Windows auto-mounts.

See also

Drive letter conventions (Windows auto-mount)

Hopefully CU-level or A&S-level needs for drive letters will not end up conflicting with conventions used by ChemIT staff or others in CCB. To assist in coordinating drive-letter choices which may impact ChemIT or CCB in general, one can use this chart to predict collisions. :-)

The value of the coordination is especially true as relates to Windows policy-based drive letter assignments. ChemIT employs Windows policies using the below drive letter conventions, and thus reinforcing these drive letters in users' minds. This can facilitate conversation among users, as well as with ChemIT support staff.

Drive letter

Use

Notes

A-G

(reserved)

Reserve for Windows system devices.

H, J, K, L

(avoid, for now)

Consider using higher letters first.

I (capital "i")Physics Admin's John MinerJohn's personal external hard drive, holding his personal files. Including iTunes ("i" for iTunes).

M

 

 

N

 

 

O

 

 

P

 

 

Q

(avoid, for now)

University system support?
Maybe SharePoint-to-come or System Center-to-come?

R

CCB Admin staff

Physics Admin, Teaching, and Technical staff

CCB and Physics non-research staff, for business-related files

S

Software distro

ChemIT, on A&S server

T

Technical staff

ChemIT, on A&S server

U

Universal CCB-level view

ChemIT. All Chemistry shares (via DFS). Incl. SFS, A&S, ChemIT shares, etc.

V

 

 

W

Workgroup share

NMR, X-Ray, and other research facilities

CCB research workgroups' shares.
Most applicable to research workgroup's instrument computers.
Facility's Windows instrument computers, and their staff computers.
Set in Windows policy, from ChemIT.

X

(avoid, for now)

Consider using earlier letters first.

Y

(avoid, for now)

Consider using earlier letters first.

Z

(reserved)

Default used by Windows, so don't use.

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