Overview
Bushare is available to faculty and staff to store their work related documents and files. Many of us have been saving files to our drives for years, and even decades. When was the last time you reviewed the files you had in your drive? Do you need that presentation you made in 2010? How about that student employee schedule from 2020? Did you use your drive to store things to cleanup later? or to backup files when you got a new computer?
Bushare storage is not unlimited, and it is not free. It is not meant for archiving files, it is a place to store files you are working on while you are working at Binghamton University. It is recommended that one periodically reviews the files stored on their drives, and deletes unnecessary or extra copies of files.
*Please make sure to follow all Binghamton University and SUNY Record Retention Guidelines.
Windows
This section will provide instructions on how to map a network drive in Windows along with ways of sorting files within a network drive.
Map a network Drive on Windows
Windows 11
- Open File Explorer
- In the left column, select This PC
- On the top Navigation Bar, select the 3 dots and select Map Network Drive
- In the Map Network Drive window:
- Select the Drive letter and then the Folder path of the netowrk drive you would like to map.
For your Bushre H drive, or personal drive, type the following in the Folder box: username is your BU username followed by the "$" symbol: \\bushare.binghamton.edu\username$
For your S drive, or shared drive, type the following in the Folder box where departmentdrivename is the name of your department or shared folder on bushare: \\bushare.binghamton.edu\departmentdrivename
For Encrypted Research Storage, type the following, replacing usernameORlabname with the name assigned to you you:
\\researchstorage.binghamton.edu\usernameORlabname
- Make sure to check the box that says Reconnect at sign-in and select Finish. The drive should open to display the files and folders.
- If you are not logged into your domain account on the PC, Check the box to "Connect using different credentials" and type BU\username (example, BU\jsuny) in the user name field and your BU password in the password field and then click Finish.
Sort Files by Size
- Open File Explorer and then This PC
- Find your H or S Drive under Network Locations
- Locate the folder within the drive you wish to review
- Along the top navigation bar you can view various details of the files in your folder, as well as add or remove details.
- To sort files by size, select Size at the top and the size criteria you would like to use.
You can also use the Sort option at the top of the File Explorer Navigation Pane and Sort by Size with selecting Ascending or Descending
- Select the Files you would like to delete.
Sort Files by Date
- Open File Explorer and then This PC
- Find your H or S Drive under Network Locations
- Locate the folder within the drive you wish to review
- Along the top navigation bar you can view various details of the files in your folder, as well as add or remove details.
- To sort files by date, select Date at the top and the size criteria you would like to use.
You can also use the Sort option at the top of the File Explorer Navigation Pane and Sort by Date Modified with selecting Ascending or Descending
- Select the Files you would like to delete.
Mac
This section provided users on how to map a network drive onto their machine along with a robust way of filtering through lots of files that you can evaluate whether to delete or keep
Map a Network Drive on a Mac
- In the Finder, click on the Go menu, select Connect to Server.
- Enter smb:// followed by the address for the resource you wish to map:
- For your H drive, or personal drive, type the following where username followed by the "$" symbol: smb://bushare.binghamton.edu/username$
- For your S drive, or shared drive, type the following where departmentdrivename is the name of your department or shared folder:smb://bushare.binghamton.edu/departmentdrivename
- Click Connect when prompted
- Enter your Name as BU\username as a Registered User when prompted and click Connect.
- A folder will open to display your files and folders.
Filtering Files By Size
- Open your H or S Drive in Finder
- Locate the folder within the drive you wish to review
- Click the drop down in the top ribbon
- Select the Size option
- Files are now sorted by various sizes, with the top being your largest files within the folder you are in
If you would like assistance, please feel free to contact the Binghamton University ITS Help Desk at 607-777-6420 or Submit a Request, and we'll be happy to help.
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