I guess, it is possible to back up on network drive. I have a network drive F:\ mapped and it is shown in Burn/Backup window along with A:\ and C:\.
Please check that network drive is not disconnected.
Can you tell more about your setup?
My network drive is connected. It shows up in every other software but not in Organizer.
Your network drive may be connected, but has it been mapped to a drive letter?
Yes, as I said in my original post it was mapped as Drive Z: it is visible and accessible from any other software but the Organizer.
Actually a folder on the networked computer was mapped as Z: and it works with everything but the organizer.
If you are backing up from the Organizer to a network drive what is your setup?
The setup is a simple 2 PC network – the PC running Elements 3 runs XP, the other one rund Win98 SP2. A shared folder on the 98 machine is mapped to drive Z on the Xp machine. The Z:\ drive shows as a candidate destination for backups in Elements.
Nathan,
Try accessing your mapped driver through Explorer before starting the Organizer. I’ve found that sometimes to be necessary, I also can backup the catalog to a shared resource. I’m using two XP systems.
🙂
Brent
Thank you guys. I figured it out. The folder on my 98 machine was mapped as drive Z: on the XP machine but was not shared.
On the 98 machine I changed the property of that folder to "shared" and it showed up as a destination drive on PE3 on the XP machine.
I was thrown off because the windows backup utility could use it as it was. I need to understand the difference between mapped and shared drives. Thanks again for putting me on the right track.
