title: Google colab access Machine's local drives directly using Os.listdir
body: <p>I am new to google colab and i am figuring out if google colab is able to access files on my computer's cdrive directly. </p>
  
  <pre><code>import os
  path = 'C:\\Users\\guest\\Desktop\\'
  
  for file in os.listdir(path):
      print(file)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error message that come out is [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Users\zhuan.lim\Desktop\script tools\Python Scripts\'</p>
  
  <p>I searched online and some examples said to upload the files first using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>from google.colab import files
  uploaded = files.upload()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, is there another way for google colab to directly read from my drives? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>