You probably have access to drives that aren’t located inside your PC but are located instead in one of the other computers on the network. These network drives can be located on a dedicated server computer. At UMBC, network drives are on the Active Directory server or the AFS server.
Shared folders can be set up with restrictions on how you may use them. For example, you may be granted full access to some shared folders on your I:/ or W:/ drive so that you can copy files to or from them, delete files on them, create or remove folders on them, and so on. On other shared folders, your access may be limited in certain ways. For example, you may be able to copy files to or from the shared folder but not delete files, edit files, or create new folders. You may also be asked to enter a password before you can access a protected folder. The amount of disk space you are allowed to use on a shared folder may also be limited.
For specific instructions on how to map AFS directories to Microsoft Windows drives, please visit http://www.umbc.edu/oit/classroomtechnology/labs/map_Afs/index.html