Google Drive
Your Documents
Where to Save?
Google Drive is the best place to store your documents, all students receive a default storage of 15GB and you can access it on pretty much any device with an internet browser. Plus it’s automatically backed up regularly and easily integrates with the other Google apps you use at Barton.
We’ve got a Google Drive Guide to get you up to speed on how to use Drive and its features.
If you are doing any of the following courses, your default Google Storage would be larger due to subject demands:
Art/Media : 50GB on Google Drive
Music: 15GB on Google Drive
PE / Performing Arts: 25GB on Google Drive
Your file storage on the College’s central file space is commonly known as your home directory or the H drive. The easiest way to access it is through the Documents library when logged onto a Windows 10 PC. The default disk quota is 5GB and you can use it to store your college work.
If you are doing any of the following courses, your Home Directory Storage would be larger due to subject demands:
Art / Media : 15GB on Windows
Music : 15GB on Macs
Each student is provided with a home space on the network that we call your H:Drive, Home or Documents. We recommend storing everything on Google Drive and with the use of Google Drive for Desktop, which is installed on all PCs, this allows you to save directly to your Google Drive account using the Documents Library without moving files backwards and forwards from your Home Directory.
We recommend storing everything on Google Drive and during your lesson, move the work you are going to be working on into your home space and then move it back to Google Drive at the end of the lesson.
Why You Shouldn’t Use USB Sticks
USB Sticks may seem convenient but they’re not the most reliable of devices and once they’re broken it’s incredibly difficult, almost impossible to get the data off of them.
Backups
To give you peace of mind, the College’s servers are backed up daily. This means files in your home directory are secured against any disk failure or corruption that may occur. We understand that sometimes you can delete a file by accident. If this happens, we may be able to restore your file. Please note, however, that files created and deleted within the same day cannot be retrieved.
Don’t forget, Google automatically backs up all your Google Drive data. We can restore files deleted from Google Drive within the last 30 days. After 30 days, restoration is still possible but it’s a more involved process and isn’t guaranteed.