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chuckd83
Apprentice
May 18, 2016
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New Backup Job - where are my folders?

I lost a drive and decided to reformat in Raid 1. After that, I deleted all my backup jobs and started over. When adding a new job, my folders are missing. Nothing under the root Drive folder. The co...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    May 18, 2016
    chuckd83 wrote:

    Shares are there.

    shares.JPG

    These are not shares.  They are folders within a specific "private" user share.

     

    The shares are in the left pane (and these folders are in the user share you blotted out).

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
May 18, 2016
chuckd83 wrote:

I lost a drive and decided to reformat in Raid 1.  When adding a new job, my folders are missing. 

 

When you created a new volume, of course the old shares were all destroyed.  Although some shares are created by default during a factory default, none are created automatically when you manually create a new volume.

 

So after you reformatted you needed to re-create the shares.

  • chuckd83's avatar
    chuckd83
    Apprentice
    May 18, 2016

    Shares are there.

    shares.JPG

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      May 18, 2016
      chuckd83 wrote:

      Shares are there.

      shares.JPG

      These are not shares.  They are folders within a specific "private" user share.

       

      The shares are in the left pane (and these folders are in the user share you blotted out).

      • chuckd83's avatar
        chuckd83
        Apprentice
        May 18, 2016

        Thanks Stephen.

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