Windows 10: My Acer PC Backup Utility no longer recognizes my mapped network drives.

It use to work before I updated Windows to newer version? What is the bug?I can see the mapped network drives in File Explorer and move files around and add and delete files but the Backup Utility has no clue?I know Microsoft would prefer us to purchase cloud storage but I have an 8 TB NAS storage drive and I will never find an affordable method to backup and keep that many files other than my purchased NAS storage 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.

 

backup drive not recognized

Hi,

As per the description, I understand that the external backup is not being recognized. I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter and check for status.

• Type “Troubleshooting” in search box and press Enter.
• Click on “View All” option on top left pane.
• Select “Hardware and Devices” from the list and follow the prompts for troubleshooting.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

Thank you.

 

I cannot re-map network drives that used to be mapped.

I am having difficulty re-mapping network drives that I used to be mapped to. I have a VAIO SX14 laptop running Windows 10 pro 21H1. I used to be able to access mapped drives on a Dell 7010 PC running Window 10 Pro and a Sony VAIO laptop running Windows 7 Pro. All three machines are WiFi connected to my network. I was out of the country recently for a few weeks and took my SX14 with me. I stayed in hotels so used their WiFi internet with my Nord VPN set to the USA. Since I arrived back in the USA, I can no longer open the mapped drives on the Dell or the Sony laptop.

1. I have turned off my VPN and Anti-Virus software and Windows Defender Firewall. Also I have checked all the usual settings including Internet Properties, Network and Sharing Center, and Advanced Sharing. But nothing worked.
2. I uninstalled the latest Windows 10 update, but still nothing changed.
3. I compared the settings on the Dell PC to my SX14 and all were the same.
4. When I browse for a folder when trying to map a network drive, the only thing that shows is the SX14 that I am trying to map from.

I can still access the Sony laptop from the Dell PC and vice versa, so I assume the network is OK. But neither machine can access the SX14 laptop and vice versa. When I open “This PC” the mapped network locations each shows a green check mark which changes in about one second to a red X. I must be overlooking something. Does anyone have any suggestions about where I should look next? I do have a recent Image of the SX14 drive created before I was out of the country but to restore it would be my LAST resort. - - - Updated - - - I wanted to post a few more pictures showing the settings, but they would not upload.