Department of Physics and Astronomy - Computer Facilities
Backing up Personal PCs to the Public Backup Server with Windows 7
Unfortunately (and inexplicably), the Windows 7 Backup utility does not support backup across a network.
This means you cannot back up your Windows 7 machine across the network to carpathia by using the Windows7 Backup utility.
What you can do:
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A) Use Windows 7 Backup to back up your machine locally, either to hard drive or USB device
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B) Use a 3d-party backup utility (Cobian, SugarSync, SyncToy) to back up across the network to carpathia.
Using Windows 7 Backup to back up your machine locally to a USB device:
Backup to local USB device:
Using a 3d-party backup utility:
3d-party backup
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