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Note 4: Windows: If using Map a Network Drive, we recommend "standardizing" the Group's drive letter to "W:\". This will facilitate talking about this share among research group members.
Please consult the 'How To...To…' or 'Frequently Asked Questions' on CIT's website for more information:
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Don't use the following conventions unless you must. Instead, use the conventions shown above. But for older clients which don't don’t support DFS (such as Mac OS 10.6 and below) your CIFS share may be accessed via a DNS CNAME:
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