Re: [BackupPC-users] [SMB] HowTo backup non shared SMB-folder

sudo_root <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote on 11/08/2011 03:47:43 AM: > One thing that I've tried to do is to backup a folder on a computer > that is not shared. > > As an example, I would like to backup folder temp on mycomputer1 (I > can access the folder with smb://computer1/c$/temp and backuppc can > backup the C$ on same computer). > > I have tried with C$\temp etc but no dice.

This should work *if* the default shares are turned on and you have access to those shares (and there aren't firewall issues, etc.). By default they're not.

A quick Google of "C$ Share Windows 7" has this as the second link. It may help:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/cannot-network-access-windows-7-shared-c-drive/0bf04264-3336-4db6-a98c-b4c1aca35aaf

Timothy J. Massey


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