User:DukeEgr93/sandbox
To Install Box Drive on Windows: Download the Box Drive installer here. https://www.box.com/resources/downloads/drive Navigate to the location where you downloaded the file, and double-click it to run the installer. Follow the instructions to complete the installation. If Box Drive does not launch automatically upon installation, you may need to launch the application from the Start menu. You will need to log in to Box Drive the first time you open it. You may be redirected to Duke’s log in page.
take the tour offline
After logging in, you will be shown a quick walkthrough of Box Drive features. Once this is complete, your Box content is available at C:\Users\USERNAME\Box.
Reference: https://community.box.com/t5/Installing-and-Using-Box-Drive/Installing-Box-Drive/ta-p/37450
File Storage For EGR 103
You will be working with files on your own computer but you will be backing them up with a system called Box. Duke students have 50 GB of free storage for academic purposes on the box system. Furthermore, you can have box sync up with your local files (as long as you put them in the right place)!
Box Setup
- Go to https://box.duke.edu/.
- Click the LOG IN button.
- If asked if you are Part of Duke? Click Continue.
- Log In using your Duke credentials.
- You should now see your Duke Box - it may be entirely empty.
Local Folder Setup
Next you will create a folder on your local computer to synchronize with your Box folder.
- Go to https://duke.app.box.com/services/browse/newest/box_drive for information about Box Drive and for the download links for Windows and Mac.
- Download the appropriate file and install it.
- Keep track of where the Box folder is placed on your drive.
- For Windows it is likely a spur off the main File Explorer window and located specifically at
C:\Users\USER\Boxwhere USER is your Windows user name. - For Mac, a Box drive will be mounted.
- For Windows it is likely a spur off the main File Explorer window and located specifically at
- To see it work, on your computer go into your Box drive, create a new folder, and call it EGR103F20 in all caps with no spaces. After you have created it, refresh the browser that is looking at your Box account and the folder should show up in your list!
- Box Drive generally works when you are online and thus keeps things in the cloud and only pulls them down when you need them. To make sure that you have access when you are offline, and to mitigate any internet connectivity issues, you will want to tell Drive to make your folders available offline.
- In the File Explorer or Finder, open your Box folder. Right-click EGR103F20 and in the context box find "Make Available Offline"
- Once things have synchronized, there should be a green check by the folder - that is the sign that the folder will be available offline.
- You will never need to set this up again for the computer you are currently working on, but if you end up working on a different computer you will need to install Drive. This also means you can work from public or other computers as your files will always be on Box.
