Mapped drive wont backup?

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Im trying to run a backup of a few computers on my home LAN to a external
drive on my main computer.

I mapped another computers drive to Z on my computer.

Norton Ghost only sees the main computer local drives.
Also the Windows backup utility does not see the mapped drive or any network
drives for that matter.
Windows explorer does see the mapped drive correctly as Z.

What do I need to do to back up network files on my small home LAN to one
drive on the main computer?

Any tips appreciated.

thanks !

 

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jtsnow wrote:
> Im trying to run a backup of a few computers on my home LAN to a
> external drive on my main computer.
>
> I mapped another computers drive to Z on my computer.
>
> Norton Ghost only sees the main computer local drives.
> Also the Windows backup utility does not see the mapped drive or any
> network drives for that matter.
> Windows explorer does see the mapped drive correctly as Z.
>
> What do I need to do to back up network files on my small home LAN to
> one drive on the main computer?
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
> thanks !

I don't know about ghost, but my mapped drives show up fine in NTBackup -
and you can always browse to the UNC path (\\computer\share) if you want.