I had similar experiences last year with a LinkStation for our church network. After months of messing around, I finally returned the drive the Buffalo and they sent me a new one that worked perfectly. It has been working fine for 6-8 months now. Must be a software problem on the original drive. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Stephenson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:31 AM Subject: [PCBUILD] Network drives > Hello all! > > I have a client with a peer-to-peer Windows XP network. A year or so ago, > we > got a Buffalo LinkStation network drive to host their business files for > all > users (especially the data file for GoldMine, which requires a mapped > drive > designation to work correctly). We also bought a Western Digital external > hard drive that connects directly to the Buffalo via USB and acts as a > backup for the Buffalo. Everything is connected through a 4-port Linksys > router (internet is through Verizon DSL through the router) and a hub off > the router. > > The setup works reasonably well except for the backup. After multiple > configuration changes and phone conversations with Buffalo, I cannot get > the > backup to work consistently. One example: if you manually start the backup > (through software installed by Buffalo on a desktop), it refuses to ever > end, as the process never actually stops unless you turn off the Buffalo > and > the WD drive. Setting the Buffalo to do automatic backups most times > results > in a failed backup. (If anyone has any suggestions about this, I'd be very > grateful.) > > The client is tired of messing around with this setup, so I came up with > the > idea of getting another network drive, attaching it directly to the > network, > and doing backups with a real backup program. And finally the question(s): > is this a reasonable concept and, if so, what backup program would you > use? > Would you have any suggestions as to possible pitfalls or gotchas? > > Thank you for your time and thoughts about all this. > > Will Stephenson > Acadia Technologies Inc. > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > - Ideologies are ways of organizing large swaths of life and experience > under a set of shared but unexamined assumptions - > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.2/766 - Release Date: 4/18/2007 > 7:39 AM > > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://freepctech.com > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com