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Dave
Flightless Bird
"Roy Smith" <rasmith1959@live.com> wrote in message
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> On 8/18/2010 1:25 AM, Dave wrote:
>>
>> "Roy Smith" <rasmith1959@live.com> wrote in message
>> news:bEGao.5178$Ph5.3253@en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com...
>>> On 8/16/2010 24 PM, Dave wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Sunny" <wombathouse@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:0BG9o.3644$FH2.3314@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:lsWdnV5bDZQQu_rRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@sigecom.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "JKConey" <jkconey@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:i445ac$drj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:CaSdnTQj6Lpv5fnRnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@sigecom.net...
>>>>>>>> I'm running Win7 Home Premium and want to switch to Professional.
>>>>>>>> Can I do this with an Win7 Pro Upgrade?
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's in Pro that you need?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> JK Sinrod
>>>>>>> www.myconeyislandmemories.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From what I understand it will network better than Home. My printer
>>>>>> works ok now, but I'm having trouble setting up a backup drive on my
>>>>>> router so I can backup both desktop and laptop to it.
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> All you get "extra" in pro is ;
>>>>> 1. Run WinXP applications in "WinXP Mode",
>>>>> 2. Connect to *Company* networks more securely, and
>>>>> 3. Auto backup to Home or Business Network.
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing I don't understand is your "backup desktop and Laptop to a
>>>>> "Router" ?
>>>>>
>>>>> FWIW I have backed up two laptops (Win7 Home) and three Desktops
>>>>> (WinXP and Win98SE) to a western digital external hard drive (And
>>>>> scheduled monthly "update backups")
>>>>> a. Used the Win7 "backup application" and burned a recovery disc, and
>>>>> b. Used Acronis True image for the Desktop PCs
>>>>>
>>>>> The only lack of control was that the Win7 application did not give me
>>>>> the option to backup to a "folder" of my choice, however, it does
>>>>> create an image in the external hard drive, with the "Laptop Name" as
>>>>> the identifying title.
>>>>>
>>>>> NB My "Workgroup" LAN (Ethernet for Desk tops and WiFi for the Win7
>>>>> Laptops) through my DLink DIR-615, router works fine
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can backup fine from a USB port to a backup drive. My router has a
>>>> port that I can plug a backup drive into and do incremental, full or
>>>> selective backups. I can't seem to get it enabled to work right.
>>>> Someone
>>>> told me Professional would do this without any problems.
>>>> Do you know if this is true?
>>>
>>> Yes Dave Win 7 Pro is capable of creating it's backup files on a
>>> networked drive and Win 7 Home cannot. One restriction is that Win 7
>>> Pro will only make a full system image file and not an incremental
>>> system image each time the backup program does it's thing. Though it
>>> will make incremental backups of your user files (go figure).
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Roy Smith
>>> Windows 7 Professional
>>> Thunderbird 3.1.2
>>> Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:25:20 PM
>>
>> Roy,
>> I appreciate your tip. If I understand you correctly, each time I do a
>> backup it will be a full backup unless I'm backing up just the files
>> that are under my username? If this is correct, when I do a full backup
>> will I have the choice to overwrite the previous backup or have both on
>> the backup drive?
>
> When using a networked storage for saving your backups, it will do an
> incremental backup of your user files, but will only keep the most
> recent full system image file. It's because of this limitation that I
> don't use the built in backup software and use Acronis instead.
>
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Windows 7 Professional
> Thunderbird 3.1.2
> Wednesday, August 18, 2010 51:56 AM
Thanks Roy for the tips. I messed with the drive again last night and today
and remembered what the problem was/is. The drive works fine through USB
port, but I can't see it when I connect it to the router. I installed the
Storage Manager software again, messed with Windows Firewall and even turned
firewall off, but still can't see it. I have Win 7 Professional on my laptop
so I installed Storage Manager on it and got the same results. I scoured the
support on MS and Belkin's web sites and finally emailed Belkin's tech
support, I either have a bad router or something isn't set right, hopefully
they can find a solution.
Dave
news:xEOao.53521$pX3.8074@en-nntp-11.dc1.easynews.com...
> On 8/18/2010 1:25 AM, Dave wrote:
>>
>> "Roy Smith" <rasmith1959@live.com> wrote in message
>> news:bEGao.5178$Ph5.3253@en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com...
>>> On 8/16/2010 24 PM, Dave wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Sunny" <wombathouse@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:0BG9o.3644$FH2.3314@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:lsWdnV5bDZQQu_rRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@sigecom.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "JKConey" <jkconey@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:i445ac$drj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:CaSdnTQj6Lpv5fnRnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@sigecom.net...
>>>>>>>> I'm running Win7 Home Premium and want to switch to Professional.
>>>>>>>> Can I do this with an Win7 Pro Upgrade?
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's in Pro that you need?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> JK Sinrod
>>>>>>> www.myconeyislandmemories.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From what I understand it will network better than Home. My printer
>>>>>> works ok now, but I'm having trouble setting up a backup drive on my
>>>>>> router so I can backup both desktop and laptop to it.
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> All you get "extra" in pro is ;
>>>>> 1. Run WinXP applications in "WinXP Mode",
>>>>> 2. Connect to *Company* networks more securely, and
>>>>> 3. Auto backup to Home or Business Network.
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing I don't understand is your "backup desktop and Laptop to a
>>>>> "Router" ?
>>>>>
>>>>> FWIW I have backed up two laptops (Win7 Home) and three Desktops
>>>>> (WinXP and Win98SE) to a western digital external hard drive (And
>>>>> scheduled monthly "update backups")
>>>>> a. Used the Win7 "backup application" and burned a recovery disc, and
>>>>> b. Used Acronis True image for the Desktop PCs
>>>>>
>>>>> The only lack of control was that the Win7 application did not give me
>>>>> the option to backup to a "folder" of my choice, however, it does
>>>>> create an image in the external hard drive, with the "Laptop Name" as
>>>>> the identifying title.
>>>>>
>>>>> NB My "Workgroup" LAN (Ethernet for Desk tops and WiFi for the Win7
>>>>> Laptops) through my DLink DIR-615, router works fine
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can backup fine from a USB port to a backup drive. My router has a
>>>> port that I can plug a backup drive into and do incremental, full or
>>>> selective backups. I can't seem to get it enabled to work right.
>>>> Someone
>>>> told me Professional would do this without any problems.
>>>> Do you know if this is true?
>>>
>>> Yes Dave Win 7 Pro is capable of creating it's backup files on a
>>> networked drive and Win 7 Home cannot. One restriction is that Win 7
>>> Pro will only make a full system image file and not an incremental
>>> system image each time the backup program does it's thing. Though it
>>> will make incremental backups of your user files (go figure).
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Roy Smith
>>> Windows 7 Professional
>>> Thunderbird 3.1.2
>>> Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:25:20 PM
>>
>> Roy,
>> I appreciate your tip. If I understand you correctly, each time I do a
>> backup it will be a full backup unless I'm backing up just the files
>> that are under my username? If this is correct, when I do a full backup
>> will I have the choice to overwrite the previous backup or have both on
>> the backup drive?
>
> When using a networked storage for saving your backups, it will do an
> incremental backup of your user files, but will only keep the most
> recent full system image file. It's because of this limitation that I
> don't use the built in backup software and use Acronis instead.
>
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Windows 7 Professional
> Thunderbird 3.1.2
> Wednesday, August 18, 2010 51:56 AM
Thanks Roy for the tips. I messed with the drive again last night and today
and remembered what the problem was/is. The drive works fine through USB
port, but I can't see it when I connect it to the router. I installed the
Storage Manager software again, messed with Windows Firewall and even turned
firewall off, but still can't see it. I have Win 7 Professional on my laptop
so I installed Storage Manager on it and got the same results. I scoured the
support on MS and Belkin's web sites and finally emailed Belkin's tech
support, I either have a bad router or something isn't set right, hopefully
they can find a solution.
Dave