Hard Drive connected to a network?

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Hard Drive connected to a network?
Topic Started: Jul 22 2009, 09:46 PM (47 Views)
McKee	Jul 22 2009, 09:46 PM Post #1
WebMaster Posts: 273 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Dec 8, 2007 Xbox Live Gamertag McKee 91 PlayStation Network ID McKee91	I was wondering if there is a way to hook up a external hard drive to a router so that I can be seen on a network. I would use this hard drive to back data up from multiple computers. Is there a way to do this?



Badour	Jul 23 2009, 02:12 PM Post #2
Posts: 312 Group: Core Member #45 Joined: Nov 11, 2008 Xbox Live Gamertag Badour	If you have an external hard drive that has network capabilities you can. Otherwise just connect it to one computer then transfer all of the files from the other computers to the one hooked up the the hard drive. If you have windows 7 its pretty simple to do. Just configure your Homegroup options and make sure allof the computers are on the same network. What version of windows do you have?



McKee	Jul 23 2009, 09:59 PM Post #3
WebMaster Posts: 273 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Dec 8, 2007 Xbox Live Gamertag McKee 91 PlayStation Network ID McKee91	I have windows 7. I've got my parents' computer hookup to the network using the homegroup thing. But what I'm trying to do is to get the external hard drive to periodically back up their files. Would I need to download a program to do this? I'm assuming I do.



CapwnD	Jul 23 2009, 11:59 PM Post #4
Cobra Saboteur Posts: 2,360 Group: Admins Member #3 Joined: Dec 8, 2007 Xbox Live Gamertag CapwnD	Like Badour said, You could have that HDD attached to one computer, and have every computer access it, or you could have every computer backup files to it Depending on how secure you want it (secure on your network end, not like internet secure) you can do this really easily or you could get more in depth with permissions for only certain users. I know there's programs that do it, probably with more options, but I think windows can do it too.
	We Were, of course, All Ninjas


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