I believe that OP is talking about the external drive connected to the Airport Extreme. If that drive is to be shared between a Mac and PC, then it would need to be FAT32. Or if that external drive is to be used to backup both PC *and* Mac, then it might need to be FAT32.
>From what I can tell, the only current requirement is backing up the Dell >laptop. The Dell laptop, AFAIK, isn't formatted with FAT32 (or even worse, >FAT). The Mac can be backed up to the existing external disk. The Dell can be >backed up using Windows Home Server. Alternatively, the Mac could be configure >to rsync documents to the WHS. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 8 August 2008 8:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Personal laptop - home backup? Correct me if I am wrong but it appears he is wanting to use this backup to keep a Mac and a PC in sync. >SNIP There is only a single dell laptop which is always connected with wireless at home. So we want to take backups. What device do you use for this? I tested apple time capsule and their airport extreme with an external usb disk attached. Biggest issue is to keep it compatible between mc and windows it only supports FAT32 >END SNIP He specifically mentions FAT32, that would leave out Home Server if I am reading it correctly. Jon On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Home Server can't backup a FAT/FAT32 client partition. But I don't think that the OP's client machine has FAT/FAT32 partitions. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Friday, 8 August 2008 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Personal laptop - home backup? I don't think Home Server supports FAT or FAT32. I have a test machine sitting on the floor of my office but I can't get back to it for a few days. Jon On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Subject: OT: Personal laptop - home backup? <snip> > Basically I am trying to do what apple does with time machine and time > capsule under vista Windows Home Server Cheers Ken -- M.BT<http://m.bt/> (UNSW), B.Com Microsoft MVP - Windows Server (IIS) MCITP (EA, SA), MCTS (SQL Server, ISA), MCSE + Security, MCDBA http://adopenstatic.com/blog ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
