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From: T on 12 Jun 2010 18:06 Hi. have a windows 7 machine which has a printer and a external HDD connected by usb. Have two wireless laptops that are connected to this computer and printer via a home network. What i am trying to do without any success so far is to get each of the laptops to backup onto the external HDD over the network. Anyone with some ideas, pointers on how to do this please. Cheers in advance.
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 12 Jun 2010 19:59 Sorry, it won't work with Windows Backup. The included Windows Backup program requires that it back up to a "block device". IOW, a connected hard disk (or a few other options that don't play here, such as iSCSI). A shared drive doesn't qualify. You'll need to move the USB drive to the machines you want to back up. Or look at a third party solution such as Acronis. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "T" <Gos(a)DoNotBotherbtinternet.com> wrote in message news:OgYTztnCLHA.5848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi. have a windows 7 machine which has a printer and a external HDD > connected by usb. Have two wireless laptops that are connected to this > computer and printer via a home network. What i am trying to do without > any success so far is to get each of the laptops to backup onto the > external HDD over the network. Anyone with some ideas, pointers on how to > do this please. Cheers in advance.
From: T on 15 Jun 2010 19:02 Cheers Charlie. That sucks but do you know of any workarounds to this? "Charlie Russel - MVP" <Charlie(a)mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message news:73EFAEBB-D636-48AF-8CDC-787C8E5A26E3(a)microsoft.com... > Sorry, it won't work with Windows Backup. The included Windows Backup > program requires that it back up to a "block device". IOW, a connected > hard disk (or a few other options that don't play here, such as iSCSI). A > shared drive doesn't qualify. You'll need to move the USB drive to the > machines you want to back up. Or look at a third party solution such as > Acronis. > > -- > Charlie. > http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel > > > > > "T" <Gos(a)DoNotBotherbtinternet.com> wrote in message > news:OgYTztnCLHA.5848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Hi. have a windows 7 machine which has a printer and a external HDD >> connected by usb. Have two wireless laptops that are connected to this >> computer and printer via a home network. What i am trying to do without >> any success so far is to get each of the laptops to backup onto the >> external HDD over the network. Anyone with some ideas, pointers on how to >> do this please. Cheers in advance. >
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 15 Jun 2010 20:48 No, except for moving the USB drive (or adding a new one). Or things like iSCSI that can centralize your storage but are a good deal more advanced to set up as compared to simply adding another hard disk. Now some backup applications don't have the same requirements. I'm pretty sure Acronis works with a network share, and it does image backups and is quite well thought of. Windows Home Server is another option. Sticking a WHS box on your network will ensure that everything gets backed up regularly and that it can be restored if necessary. IMO, the WHS backup and restore process is the best in the business for client (PC) backups. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "T" <Gos(a)DoNotBotherbtinternet.com> wrote in message news:u91Fp7NDLHA.1368(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Cheers Charlie. > That sucks but do you know of any workarounds to this? > > "Charlie Russel - MVP" <Charlie(a)mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message > news:73EFAEBB-D636-48AF-8CDC-787C8E5A26E3(a)microsoft.com... >> Sorry, it won't work with Windows Backup. The included Windows Backup >> program requires that it back up to a "block device". IOW, a connected >> hard disk (or a few other options that don't play here, such as iSCSI). A >> shared drive doesn't qualify. You'll need to move the USB drive to the >> machines you want to back up. Or look at a third party solution such as >> Acronis. >> >> -- >> Charlie. >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel >> >> >> >> >> "T" <Gos(a)DoNotBotherbtinternet.com> wrote in message >> news:OgYTztnCLHA.5848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> Hi. have a windows 7 machine which has a printer and a external HDD >>> connected by usb. Have two wireless laptops that are connected to this >>> computer and printer via a home network. What i am trying to do without >>> any success so far is to get each of the laptops to backup onto the >>> external HDD over the network. Anyone with some ideas, pointers on how >>> to do this please. Cheers in advance. >>
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