Will Windows 7 native backup work with external raid?

[DanO69]

Hi All,

I currently run a DNS-321 NAS enclosure, but Windows 7 will only backup to a network location if it is windows based (or so the online help said). I am sure that the eSATA raid enclosures are also linux based, but I am wondering if Windows 7 will back up to it because it is interfaced through eSATA rather than Samba. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Dan O.

 

[evongugg]

Depends on the partition format of the hard disk.
Check the format with a partitioning program.

 

[DanO69]

Thanks evongugg- are you saying that the partition needs to be NTFS for Windows 7 to use it for backups?

Thanks in advance,
Dan

 

[evongugg]

Either NTFS, FAT32 or FAT will work.
EXT2 and EXT3 will work with a driver.

 

[evongugg]

iSCSI will work with an Initiator driver.