Windows 10: Backup to external HDD on network

Discus and support Backup to external HDD on network in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; My PC OS is Windows 10 v17763. The OS is installed on a SSD drive. D, E and F SATA drives are also on the computer. The PC is connected by Ethernet to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by thira, Jan 2, 2020.

  1. THIRA
    thira Win User

    Backup to external HDD on network


    My PC OS is Windows 10 v17763. The OS is installed on a SSD drive. D, E and F SATA drives are also on the computer. The PC is connected by Ethernet to a Netgear Nighthawk R7800 router by ethernet. A 4Tb external HDD is connected to the Netgear router by USB. This drive is mapped to the network in windows 10.

    When I try to use Windows 10 to mirror image onto the external HDD on the network, Windows 10 sees the drive and begins the backup but fails shortly after starting.

    Any help to do a backup to the network HDD would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you so much for the anticipated reply.

    Happy New Year!!

    :)
     
    thira, Jan 2, 2020
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  2. THIRA
    thira Win User

    Backup to external HDD on network

    My PC OS is Windows 10 v17763. The OS is installed on a SSD drive. D, E and F SATA drives are also on the computer. The PC is connected by Ethernet to a Netgear Nighthawk R7800 router by ethernet. A 4Tb external HDD is connected to the Netgear router by USB. This drive is mapped to the network in windows 10.

    When I try to use Windows 10 to mirror image onto the external HDD on the network, Windows 10 sees the drive and begins the backup but fails shortly after starting.

    Any help to do a backup to the network HDD would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you so much for the anticipated reply.

    Happy New Year!!
     
    thira, Jan 2, 2020
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  3. MARK0S
    mark0s Win User
    backup on external hdd on router

    i have an external hdd on my router and i want to make a system image backup there, but i can't find it when i have to choose a network location. what should i do?
     
    mark0s, Jan 2, 2020
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  4. GEEKOID
    Geekoid Win User

    Backup to external HDD on network

    Using network hard drive for backup

    It depends what sort of backup you want to do. If you're happy just backing up regular files, then there are a bazillion (really, that many!) different bits of freeware to do that. There is a good list here:

    Download Back Up Tools for Windows - MajorGeeks

    and pretty much all of them can do network backups. Some even have fancy options like encryption. Really, the most useful thing is just being able to schedule them and know they ran OK.

    You may also want to make a system image backup too, and you'll find that software in the very same list.

    I don't have Windows 8 as yet, so I'm afraid I can't suggest any for that platform. Personally, I use Clonezilla for image backups.
     
    Geekoid, Jan 2, 2020
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