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Source cannot be mounted on the system RN422
I trying a bsckup job from my Windows 10 pro pc to my readynas RN422, fails every time. Shared the whole partition with everyone, tried the Windows sharing with and without password. set remote to:...
"Everyone" means everyone with an account on that PC unless you have expressly enabled guest access (which Microsoft is locking down). Did you input a valid user name and password? I believe there is also a problem with some Microsoft account names being too long, if that's what you use on the PC. If the PC is set up without a password for the user, it's also not going to work.
ggmasluka wrote:
I trying a bsckup job from my Windows 10 pro pc to my readynas RN422, fails every time.
Shared the whole partition with everyone, tried the Windows sharing with and without password.
Personally I recommend doing this a different way. That is to run backup software on the PC that backs up to a NAS network share. I do this myself with Acronis Trueimage, but there are several free options also (including FreeFileSync). Many let you run backups on a schedule, including booting up the PC to run the backup.
But if you want to run this from the NAS, then one next step is to confirm that you can access the PC share from another PC.
In Windows (like the NAS), you have network access controls and file access permissions. Both need to be set correctly to allow the NAS to access the PC. You should use a PC logon/password in the NAS backup job. I don't believe you can use a microsoft account (email-style) logon for this. You can create a user account on the PC for this.
StephenB wrote:
ggmasluka wrote:I trying a bsckup job from my Windows 10 pro pc to my readynas RN422, fails every time.
Shared the whole partition with everyone, tried the Windows sharing with and without password.
Personally I recommend doing this a different way. That is to run backup software on the PC that backs up to a NAS network share. I do this myself with Acronis Trueimage, but there are several free options also (including FreeFileSync). Many let you run backups on a schedule, including booting up the PC to run the backup.
But if you want to run this from the NAS, then one next step is to confirm that you can access the PC share from another PC.
In Windows (like the NAS), you have network access controls and file access permissions. Both need to be set correctly to allow the NAS to access the PC. You should use a PC logon/password in the NAS backup job. I don't believe you can use a microsoft account (email-style) logon for this. You can create a user account on the PC for this.
Thanks for the answer, I will try you suggestions. is the quick way to change my Windows user from a long to a short one, or should I change to a local user?
ggmasluka wrote:
Thanks for the answer, I will try you suggestions. is the quick way to change my Windows user from a long to a short one, or should I change to a local user?
You can just create a new user account (leaving your main account alone). Then make sure that account has access to the PC share and also the appropriate file permissions.
I first tried to use my 2 other microsoft account aliases which are 9 & 10 charachters long, shorter than the email (13) and it didn't work.
I than changed my account to a local type with a simple 5 charachter user and password and it worked like a charm.
Thank you StephenB Sandshark for your input, it helped a lot.
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