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jtsnow wrote:
> ok..thank you for that. I can see the mapped drive now in the XP windows
> backup utility. Network must have had to resync or something. But cant
> see all the files, ie, not the files in the programs folder show up..its
> empty...the biggest folder.
Are the permissions set for the account that you are using such that you are
allowed to see the files in that folder?
> Norton Ghost still doesnt see it so I guess I
> have a version that doesnt work on network.
There is no version of Ghost that can back up a network share. That is not
its purpose. Its purpose is to make an exact image of the data on a drive,
sector by sector, without regard to the content. It needs to access the
disk controller in order to function and network shares do not allow that.
It can send that image to a network share, or it can restore an image from a
network share, but it can't go the other way.
> Is there a backup program that will back up an image from a network drive
> like GHost does locally?
There are none that can do it without having a component running on the
machine that you are trying to image. The only product I'm aware of that
does that is Novell Zenworks and you need a Netware server running in order
to use that. Symanetec's LiveImage products may do the same--I haven't
played with them enough to know.
> Or do I just have to back up files like the
> Windows XP backup utility does.
Or install Ghost on the machine you want to back up.
>
> thanks again
>
> "J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:crqj1c0fl7@news2.newsguy.com...
>> jtsnow wrote:
>>
>>> Im trying to run a backup of a few computers on my home LAN to a
>>> external drive on my main computer.
>>>
>>> I mapped another computers drive to Z on my computer.
>>>
>>> Norton Ghost only sees the main computer local drives.
>>
>> Ghost makes image copies of local drives--to do that it has to have
>> access to the raw data.
>>
>>> Also the Windows backup utility does not see the mapped drive or any
>>> network drives for that matter.
>>> Windows explorer does see the mapped drive correctly as Z.
>>>
>>> What do I need to do to back up network files on my small home LAN to
>>> one drive on the main computer?
>>
>> What operating system are you running? I just checked the Windows XP
>> backup
>> utility and it sees all my network shares just fine.
>>
>>> Any tips appreciated.
>>>
>>> thanks !
>>
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