ReadyCLOUD Backup PC Folder

Right now you can't...

Hopefully that will be addressed soon.

Thanks Steve for the quick reply. I had thought I was having a 'blond' moment....; )

I think Netgear had the "blond" moment this time.

JohnNulty wrote:

I have tried to look for in-depth information about the setup of the new ReadyCLOUD PC client, and didn't get very far. I have setup a user client and connection to my NAS (RN312, 6.2.0) is OK, but when I go to the 'Backup PC Folder' link on the client machine (Win7) I am met with a selection of potential directories which I can choose from......but I don't want those ones, I want to choose another one....How do I accomplish this? Cheers, John

You may create a symbolic link from the folder you want to one of the folders that Netgear forces you to choose from.

Windows command prompt (as administrator)
MKLINK /J C:\Folder C:\Users\User1\Favorites\Folder

The above will create a hard symbolic link and allow 'C:\Folder' to be backed up via the selection of 'Favorites'. It also brings all of Favorites with it, so you could choose a different, unused folder from the Netgear selection.

ReadyCLOUD will use any folder or file at the \Users\Myaccount directory level, i.e., the MyDocuments directory level but nothing outside of that directory level. You can create a backup job using the Admin page and set all the share permissions, etc. of the Source file while creating a Shares folder as the destination which allows full directory accessibility. The best documentation is a You Tube video by Mammoth Jerk titled "How to set a Backup with a Netgear ReadyNAS step by step guide". It is a little behind OS 6.2 but no worse than the Netgear documentation. A good instruction video on the necessary sharing settings, passwords, etc.