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KaBob
Oct 07, 2013Aspirant
ReadyNAS as Backup/Restore source for Win Machines?
I need a single place to backup all computers in the house - and it also must be able to supply the image restore to all the computers too! (using Windows restore and the advanced option of getting t...
StephenB
Oct 08, 2013Guru - Experienced User
ReadyNAS (including OS6) support SMB, and works fine with drag and drop for me. Sometimes the NAS doesn''t appear in the networked computer list, but that seems to be the case for many competitor NAS as well.
I use my Pro to as a backup destination for a Windows XP machine, a Vista machine, and 3 Windows 7 machines. I use Acronis TrueImage as the backup client, and I have done backup restores from the Acronis boot CD. The three desktops are backed up on schedule, the two laptops are done manually. This should also work on then the RN102/4 (I use my RN102 to backup some of the Pro shares).
I have seen some postings that suggest that Win7 image backups don't work well with linux-based NAS, but I haven't tried that.
I use my Pro to as a backup destination for a Windows XP machine, a Vista machine, and 3 Windows 7 machines. I use Acronis TrueImage as the backup client, and I have done backup restores from the Acronis boot CD. The three desktops are backed up on schedule, the two laptops are done manually. This should also work on then the RN102/4 (I use my RN102 to backup some of the Pro shares).
I have seen some postings that suggest that Win7 image backups don't work well with linux-based NAS, but I haven't tried that.
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