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Apprentice

Aug 15, 2016

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Backup from Ultra 4 Plus to Windows 10 PC - Path Syntax

So I ran out of room on my USB connected hard drive for backups and unable to upgrade that USB at this time. However, I have a 4 TB drive on my Window 10 machine formated and ready to go that I like...

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StephenB
Aug 15, 2016
c$ is an "administrative share", it is better to create a share on the PC and set the rights so the NAS has access.

This article might help: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29763/~/how-do-i-back-up-data-from-my-readynas-os-6-system-to-a-windows-(smb)-share%3F?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

NASguru

Apprentice

Aug 15, 2016

Sorry for the confusion as the first two steps are simply an example of how I use to backup from my PC to the NAS and the syntax used for the path. I need to know what syntax I can use to backup from the NAS to the PC as I suspect it has changed. I'll check the sharing permissions as I didn't even consider that piece but it makes sense.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Aug 15, 2016

c$ is an "administrative share", it is better to create a share on the PC and set the rights so the NAS has access.

This article might help: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29763/~/how-do-i-back-up-data-from-my-readynas-os-6-system-to-a-windows-(smb)-share%3F?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

NASguru
Apprentice
Aug 15, 2016
That worked like a champ. Too bad I can't do a Rsync scenario though like I could to a USB drive. It looks like I would have to delete the entire destination folder every X weeks to capture what was deleted.
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Aug 15, 2016
  You can use Rsync.
  
  I've used Deltacopy in the past (replacing the Rsync binary and some other files with the latest from Cygwin). Haven't tried it with Windows 10 but presumably it still works.
  - NASguru
    Apprentice
    Aug 16, 2016
    I checked the step 1 and step 2 options and no combination of them allows me to mix Rsync and Windows/NAS timestamp. I much rather use Rsync given its benefits but don't see how I can make it work with the current options.