Yes basically either time capsule or air port with an external printer. I only need to backup a windows device
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August-08-08 6:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Personal laptop - home backup? 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]> 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] 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]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Ara Avvali [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> ~
