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Title: Backup Software & Other Issues!
Post by: Apota on September 26, 2010, 05:59:29 PM: I just purchased this device and I configured it as Drive Z:. Neither the DriveClone Pro software that came with it or the Nero BackItUp software will see drive Z:. They only see drive C:. So, I can only manual back up my data. Why is that? How can I resolve this issue? I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

It also says that it supports playing your media via the Xbox 360 but I can't find any information on how to set that up.

How do you know if one of the drives has failed or if it's rebuilding a drive, etc. if you can't see the until itself? It's says something about looking at the light if it has changed from blue to yellow, but it's locked away in another location and I can't see it.

Can you setup the email notifications via a hotmail account? If so, what is the SMTP settings?

Thank you for reading this and your help and your time in helping me to resolve these issues.
Title: Re: Backup Software & Other Issues!
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on September 27, 2010, 05:26:27 AM: You can configure email updates to send you email when an unusual event occurs on the NAS, check the configuration.

For backup, I've used a variety of backup applications, but the included DriveClone is apparently pretty lame from all reports here.
Title: Re: Backup Software & Other Issues!
Post by: paulw1088 on September 27, 2010, 11:42:00 AM: Why don't you try some backup software such as Oops!Backup which supports UNC paths. Backing up a mapped drive letter can cause a lot of problems.

I personally prefer to backup a UNC path such as \\nasdrive\documents\...
I downloaded OOps!Backup from www.altaro.com.
Title: Re: Backup Software & Other Issues!
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on September 27, 2010, 11:49:20 AM: All my backups use UNC paths, I don't map stuff from the NAS units unless it's a temp for a special application run.
Title: Re: Backup Software & Other Issues!
Post by: capal on September 28, 2010, 01:24:48 AM: Quote from: paulw1088 on September 27, 2010, 11:42:00 AM
Why don't you try some backup software such as Oops!Backup which supports UNC paths. Backing up a mapped drive letter can cause a lot of problems.

I personally prefer to backup a UNC path such as \\nasdrive\documents\...
I downloaded OOps!Backup from www.altaro.com.

Yep ++ on this one.

Use Oops!Backup to back up to my Drobo FS NAS and works a treat.
Title: Re: Backup Software & Other Issues!
Post by: archie76 on September 28, 2010, 02:55:26 AM: Hmm... Oops backup... strange name but looks like it's what I need... something that's fast to get going... is it like a TimeMachine type backup?