How to Backup Network Shared Files in Windows 10
Backing up network shared files is important
Computer users often face situations that can lead to data loss, such as software or hardware failures, human errors, laptop theft, or unexpected disasters. To mitigate this risk, users typically backup their files to ensure their data remains safe.
Users who store files on network drives to prevent hard drive failures still face the risk of losing data. To mitigate this, it is essential to backup network shared files in Windows 10/8/7.
Best network backup solutions for you
To keep shared files safe, users often backup network shared files to local hard drives or external hard drives. For this purpose, Qiling Disk Master, a free network backup software, can be used to help users achieve this goal.
- The software allows users to backup various types of data, such as system files, external hard drive files, and network shared files, among others.
- You can save the backup image on a local hard drive, external hard drive, USB flash drive, NAS, or cloud drive.
- You can create daily/weekly/monthly backup to get continuous data protection.
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Stepwise guide to backup network shared files in Windows 10
Backing up network files to a local hard drive is a common example of backing up data. This process involves copying files from a network location to a local hard drive, typically for the purpose of creating a redundant copy of the data.
Step 1. Launch Qiling Disk Master. Select File Backup under Backup tab.
Step 2. Go to the File Backup window, click on "Files" or "Folders" to select the files/folders on the network drive you want to backup, then select "Share/NAS" on the left side.
Step 3. To add a share or NAS device, go to the Select Share/NAS Device window and click "Add Share or NAS Devices". In the pop-up window, enter the network path of your share or NAS device and click "OK".
✎ Tip: Enter username and password if it is required.
Step 4. After selecting the shared folders to be backed up, you can choose the destination where you want to store the backup image, which in this case is the local E:\ drive.
Step 5. Finally, click Proceed to execute all operations.
✍ Useful Tips: Actually, you can set up more for your backup before clicking Proceed.
>>> You can add a comment for you backup, or enable email notification in Options.
>>> Qiling Disk Master also allows you to set up an automatic file backup in Windows 10 with the Schedule Backup utility. You can choose from Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
>>> You can choose backup methods in Backup Scheme. Differential backup is preferable to incremental backup because incremental backup requires all backups to be complete before a backup can be restored. You can also enable automatic backup cleanup to save disk space. You need to upgrade to Qiling Disk Master Professional to enjoy differential backup and auto backup deletion.
Conclusion
The article provides guidance on backing up network shared files in Windows 10 and using Qiling Disk Master to restore files from backup, as well as Qiling Centralized Disk Master for backing up multiple computers over a network.
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