Windows 10: How do I set up automatic backups to a network drive?

Hi, I'm trying to set up Backup, but it wants me to sign in to Onedrive. I don't want to backup my files to Onedrive, I want to save my backup onto a network drive on another computer I own.Too cheap to pay for cloud storage, plus don't want the security risk.Is there a good way to get Backup to target a network drive?

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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.

 

Using network hard drive for backup

anyone know how to, or a program that will automatically backup my laptop (windows 8) onto my buffalo hard drive that is connected through my wireless network?

the hard drive is wired directly into the network, and can be accessed from any computer on the network.

 

Windows 10 Automatic Backup Settings

Hi,

Upon analyzing the details you have provided, the process in creating a backup of your files to another drive has
failed
causing the
error code
0x80070032
to appear. The
error code
pertains that the
process was interrupted
due to a
corrupted or damaged files. We suggest that you perform these
methods of troubleshooting
and check if there's any changes:

Method 1:
Run SFC Scan.  

To run an
SFC scan, follow these steps:  

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type
  sfc /scannow
  and hit
  Enter.   
  

Method 2:
Run DISM Tool.  

To run
DISM Tool, follow these steps:

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type the following command:  
  
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /scanhealth  
    
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth  
    

NOTE:
This might take a while to finish scanning.
Do not cancel.

Method 3: Defragmentation of drive(s).

To defrag your drives, follow these steps:

• 
  On the
  Start menu, look for
  Windows Administrative Tools.
  
• 
  Choose Defragment
  and Optimize Drives.
  
• 
  Choose the
  drive
  you want to
  Defrag
  and click on
  Optimize.
  
• 
  Wait until the
  defragmentation
  to
  finish.
  
• 
  Restart
  your PC.
  

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.