Using Windows NT Backup to Backup Removable Media

Last reviewed: May 9, 1997
Article ID: Q104291

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

Windows NT Backup does not recognize removable media drives, such as Bernoulli or floptical drives, as usable backup drives.

To work around this limitation, use the following procedure:

Use File Manager to share the removable media drive.
Connect to the shared network drive from File Manager, or from Command Prompt using the following command:
net use x: \\<machinename>\<sharename>

Windows NT Backup will now see the removable drive as a network drive and will be able to back it up.

NOTE: The drive will not appear in Windows NTBackup unless there is a disk in the drive.

For additional information on Removable Media with Windows NT, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   REMOVABLE MEDIA REQUIREMENTS

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbtool ntfilesys ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 9, 1997
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