Vista - Back up to a network drive

I'd like to know if there is now way to back up laptop to external drive on
desktop running xp through the network.

When I try it says that this can't be done on a pc that's running xp. Could
some one explain why it can't be done?

Many thanks in advance,
Linda

LindaAnn wrote:
> I'd like to know if there is now way to back up laptop to external drive on
> desktop running xp through the network.
>
> When I try it says that this can't be done on a pc that's running xp. Could
> some one explain why it can't be done?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Linda

Is the XP computer running XP Home Edition? Are you using the built-in
Vista backup process? If the answer to both questions is "yes", then you
can't use the built-in Vista backup to backup to a network drive hosted
on an XP Home computer. It has to be XP Pro.

The workaround would be to use a different backup program such as
Acronis True Image.

If this information isn't applicable to your situation, then please post
back with more details.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hi Malke,

Thanks for the reply, and yes sadly it is yes to both questions. I was
hoping i could just use the installed backup, instead of installing more
software. Sigh, why is it that you can't backup to an external drive where
the pc it's attached to is running xp-home?

It kind of feels like your being penalised by Microsoft.

"Malke" wrote:

> LindaAnn wrote:
> > I'd like to know if there is now way to back up laptop to external drive on
> > desktop running xp through the network.
> >
> > When I try it says that this can't be done on a pc that's running xp. Could
> > some one explain why it can't be done?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > Linda
>
> Is the XP computer running XP Home Edition? Are you using the built-in
> Vista backup process? If the answer to both questions is "yes", then you
> can't use the built-in Vista backup to backup to a network drive hosted
> on an XP Home computer. It has to be XP Pro.
>
> The workaround would be to use a different backup program such as
> Acronis True Image.
>
> If this information isn't applicable to your situation, then please post
> back with more details.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>