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Basic Use of ReadyNAS
OK, got new Firmware (6.5), and have whole house hardwired. I orginally thought that I could use the ReadyNAS as the primary hard drive for storing family photos, videos, and docs. I'm finding ...
Hi brannodz,
It might be best if you map the ReadyNAS share first.
How do I map a network drive in Windows?
Once done, you can just use the "Save As" option on your MS Office program and locate the mapped drive.
You can also change the default location where your files will be saved.
Since you have different platforms that you are going to be working on I will the rest to you but here is a sample of what I am telling you:
How to Change the Default Save Location and Local Files Folder in Word 2013
Regards,
Framer, thanks for the thoughts. I'll start with mapping then review your link. Thanks again!
Unfortunately, there are still some programs around that will not show mapped drives in the open/save dialogs. Hopefully, you don't run into any.
If you do, using a symbolic link instead of drive mapping can be a solution. From a Windows command prompt, type mklink /? for the help on symbolic links.
Also remember that putting all your eggs in one basket makes a failure all the more costly, so make sure you have a backup method in place. A RAID device is a big step toward more reliability, but failures and physical loss can still occur.
Thanks for the insight here people. Good follow-up via email also.
I think my basic understnading was off. So "mapping" the drive treats the ReadyNAS as a hard drive. You can get read only access from the ready cloud APP. I'll play around with it, but SandShark, I do have the RAID up i think but definatey will keep a USB backup offsite.
Dave
Yes mapping the HDD will basically make it look like any HDD directly connected to your computer, with a assigned drive letter of your choosing. So while Windows is on C: Your NAS could be on R: like I have my NAS set to, or basically any letter you don't use. Then you can also Name it whatever you want like like any other HDD. You can read/write like anything else for most all programs.
The only program I used that Mapping didn't work was when I was running SONARR on my Windows computer and having it accessing the NAS.
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