Frequently asked questions

• How do I connect to my network drives?
• How can I restore a previous version of a file/folder or recover deleted files/folders?
• What does Ghent University recommend to its researchers regarding data storage and backup?
• FAQ about shared network drives

Data storage for employees

• personal disk space (home drive) via the H: drive or G:\home
• personal web space via the W: drive or G:\WWW
• shared network drives (ACL shares) via the S: drive or G:\shares

Data storage for students

• personal disk space (home drive) via the H: drive or G:\home
• personal web space via the W: drive or G:\WWW

Microsoft 365

Within the Microsoft 365 platform, you can use OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint online for data storage.

High Performance Computing

UGent provides many researchers, academics, students, industry, etc. with access to the supercomputing infrastructure and services of HPC-UGent.