Can i make a mapped network share appear as a local drive?

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I'm using a cloud backup service that only permits internal drives to be backed up. The thing is, I share all my backup-relevant stuff on a NAS.

Is there anyway to fool Windows 7, or at least any software running on it, into believing the network drive is internal? the NAS is a qnap which supports Samba, NTFS, Apple, FTP…

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I'm using a cloud backup service that only permits internal drives to be backed up. The thing is, I share all my backup-relevant stuff on a NAS.

Is there anyway to fool Windows 7, or at least any software running on it, into believing the network drive is internal? the NAS is a qnap which supports Samba, NTFS, Apple, FTP…

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I'm using a cloud backup service that only permits internal drives to be backed up. The thing is, I share all my backup-relevant stuff on a NAS.

Is there anyway to fool Windows 7, or at least any software running on it, into believing the network drive is internal? the NAS is a qnap which supports Samba, NTFS, Apple, FTP…

edited Feb 14 '15 at 20:23

JakeGould

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asked Sep 16 '14 at 12:00

Geir

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I'm using a cloud backup service that only permits internal drives to be backed up. The thing is, I share all my backup-relevant stuff on a NAS.

Is there anyway to fool Windows 7, or at least any software running on it, into believing the network drive is internal? the NAS is a qnap which supports Samba, NTFS, Apple, FTP…

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edited Feb 14 '15 at 20:23

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asked Sep 16 '14 at 12:00

Geir

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edited Feb 14 '15 at 20:23

JakeGould

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asked Sep 16 '14 at 12:00

Geir

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edited Feb 14 '15 at 20:23

JakeGould

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edited Feb 14 '15 at 20:23

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Whether you can cheat your backup software depends on the intelligence of the software. You can easily map a network drive or folder in the drive to a local drive name (eg. Z:)

I did the same things for the same reason recently and this were my steps:

Open the location of the folder or drive.

Press the Alt key once to reveal menu.

Select Tools> Map network drive.

Select the drive name and folder by browsing.

In Windows 7 there might be a bug reconnecting to the network drive when you boot up.
You can see the solution to that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZanQD-wG8

Hope this helps!

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

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Depending on what the software actually does, this would not work. A simple WMI request to list all drives (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Logicaldisk in PS) will show you that drives are listed with type. If you look into the documentation for Win32_LogicalDisk you will see that the type would indicate Network Drive for a network share that is mounted with a label.
– Seth
Feb 1 '17 at 8:57

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There is a command that maps a network drive the way, that Photoshop Lightroom does not recognize it as a network drive, maybe it works for your service as well:

C:WindowsSystem32subst.exe a: \nasIpAddressshare

But I would rather use another backup service like duplicati, which supports many network protocols.

edited Sep 16 '14 at 12:26

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

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I've already tried using subst with network shares, but get "Path not found" error. As for a different backup service that is a cost issue.. the cloud provider who has this limitation has ulimited storage for 10usd, 2TB on amazon costs a lot more than that
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:37

Then try it with a symbolic link: mklink /D a:LinkName nasIpAddressshare But it depends on how your application recognizes the network drive.
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:42

able to create the link, but it doesn't appear as a local folder. backup software detects that and complains..
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:46

1

There are many ways for an application to recognize a mounted drive. Maybe mounting the network drive to a folder works: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:54

1

How about mounting the share as a drive (say X:) and substing Z: as `X:` Would that work?
– Tripp Kinetics
Jun 1 at 13:26

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Whether you can cheat your backup software depends on the intelligence of the software. You can easily map a network drive or folder in the drive to a local drive name (eg. Z:)

I did the same things for the same reason recently and this were my steps:

Open the location of the folder or drive.

Press the Alt key once to reveal menu.

Select Tools> Map network drive.

Select the drive name and folder by browsing.

In Windows 7 there might be a bug reconnecting to the network drive when you boot up.
You can see the solution to that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZanQD-wG8

Hope this helps!

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

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Depending on what the software actually does, this would not work. A simple WMI request to list all drives (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Logicaldisk in PS) will show you that drives are listed with type. If you look into the documentation for Win32_LogicalDisk you will see that the type would indicate Network Drive for a network share that is mounted with a label.
– Seth
Feb 1 '17 at 8:57

add a comment |

up vote
0
down vote

Whether you can cheat your backup software depends on the intelligence of the software. You can easily map a network drive or folder in the drive to a local drive name (eg. Z:)

I did the same things for the same reason recently and this were my steps:

Open the location of the folder or drive.

Press the Alt key once to reveal menu.

Select Tools> Map network drive.

Select the drive name and folder by browsing.

In Windows 7 there might be a bug reconnecting to the network drive when you boot up.
You can see the solution to that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZanQD-wG8

Hope this helps!

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

1011

Depending on what the software actually does, this would not work. A simple WMI request to list all drives (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Logicaldisk in PS) will show you that drives are listed with type. If you look into the documentation for Win32_LogicalDisk you will see that the type would indicate Network Drive for a network share that is mounted with a label.
– Seth
Feb 1 '17 at 8:57

add a comment |

up vote
0
down vote

Whether you can cheat your backup software depends on the intelligence of the software. You can easily map a network drive or folder in the drive to a local drive name (eg. Z:)

I did the same things for the same reason recently and this were my steps:

Open the location of the folder or drive.

Press the Alt key once to reveal menu.

Select Tools> Map network drive.

Select the drive name and folder by browsing.

In Windows 7 there might be a bug reconnecting to the network drive when you boot up.
You can see the solution to that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZanQD-wG8

Hope this helps!

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

1011

Whether you can cheat your backup software depends on the intelligence of the software. You can easily map a network drive or folder in the drive to a local drive name (eg. Z:)

I did the same things for the same reason recently and this were my steps:

Open the location of the folder or drive.

Press the Alt key once to reveal menu.

Select Tools> Map network drive.

Select the drive name and folder by browsing.

In Windows 7 there might be a bug reconnecting to the network drive when you boot up.
You can see the solution to that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZanQD-wG8

Hope this helps!

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

1011

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

1011

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

1011

answered Aug 17 '16 at 9:35

Stef

1011

Depending on what the software actually does, this would not work. A simple WMI request to list all drives (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Logicaldisk in PS) will show you that drives are listed with type. If you look into the documentation for Win32_LogicalDisk you will see that the type would indicate Network Drive for a network share that is mounted with a label.
– Seth
Feb 1 '17 at 8:57

add a comment |

Depending on what the software actually does, this would not work. A simple WMI request to list all drives (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Logicaldisk in PS) will show you that drives are listed with type. If you look into the documentation for Win32_LogicalDisk you will see that the type would indicate Network Drive for a network share that is mounted with a label.
– Seth
Feb 1 '17 at 8:57

Depending on what the software actually does, this would not work. A simple WMI request to list all drives (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Logicaldisk in PS) will show you that drives are listed with type. If you look into the documentation for Win32_LogicalDisk you will see that the type would indicate Network Drive for a network share that is mounted with a label.
– Seth
Feb 1 '17 at 8:57

add a comment |

up vote
-2
down vote

There is a command that maps a network drive the way, that Photoshop Lightroom does not recognize it as a network drive, maybe it works for your service as well:

C:WindowsSystem32subst.exe a: \nasIpAddressshare

But I would rather use another backup service like duplicati, which supports many network protocols.

edited Sep 16 '14 at 12:26

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

241310

I've already tried using subst with network shares, but get "Path not found" error. As for a different backup service that is a cost issue.. the cloud provider who has this limitation has ulimited storage for 10usd, 2TB on amazon costs a lot more than that
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:37

Then try it with a symbolic link: mklink /D a:LinkName nasIpAddressshare But it depends on how your application recognizes the network drive.
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:42

able to create the link, but it doesn't appear as a local folder. backup software detects that and complains..
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:46

1

There are many ways for an application to recognize a mounted drive. Maybe mounting the network drive to a folder works: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:54

1

How about mounting the share as a drive (say X:) and substing Z: as `X:` Would that work?
– Tripp Kinetics
Jun 1 at 13:26

add a comment |

up vote
-2
down vote

There is a command that maps a network drive the way, that Photoshop Lightroom does not recognize it as a network drive, maybe it works for your service as well:

C:WindowsSystem32subst.exe a: \nasIpAddressshare

But I would rather use another backup service like duplicati, which supports many network protocols.

edited Sep 16 '14 at 12:26

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

241310

I've already tried using subst with network shares, but get "Path not found" error. As for a different backup service that is a cost issue.. the cloud provider who has this limitation has ulimited storage for 10usd, 2TB on amazon costs a lot more than that
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:37

Then try it with a symbolic link: mklink /D a:LinkName nasIpAddressshare But it depends on how your application recognizes the network drive.
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:42

able to create the link, but it doesn't appear as a local folder. backup software detects that and complains..
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:46

1

There are many ways for an application to recognize a mounted drive. Maybe mounting the network drive to a folder works: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:54

1

How about mounting the share as a drive (say X:) and substing Z: as `X:` Would that work?
– Tripp Kinetics
Jun 1 at 13:26

add a comment |

up vote
-2
down vote

There is a command that maps a network drive the way, that Photoshop Lightroom does not recognize it as a network drive, maybe it works for your service as well:

C:WindowsSystem32subst.exe a: \nasIpAddressshare

But I would rather use another backup service like duplicati, which supports many network protocols.

edited Sep 16 '14 at 12:26

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

241310

There is a command that maps a network drive the way, that Photoshop Lightroom does not recognize it as a network drive, maybe it works for your service as well:

C:WindowsSystem32subst.exe a: \nasIpAddressshare

But I would rather use another backup service like duplicati, which supports many network protocols.

edited Sep 16 '14 at 12:26

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

241310

edited Sep 16 '14 at 12:26

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

241310

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

241310

answered Sep 16 '14 at 12:16

Fabian H.

241310

I've already tried using subst with network shares, but get "Path not found" error. As for a different backup service that is a cost issue.. the cloud provider who has this limitation has ulimited storage for 10usd, 2TB on amazon costs a lot more than that
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:37

Then try it with a symbolic link: mklink /D a:LinkName nasIpAddressshare But it depends on how your application recognizes the network drive.
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:42

able to create the link, but it doesn't appear as a local folder. backup software detects that and complains..
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:46

1

There are many ways for an application to recognize a mounted drive. Maybe mounting the network drive to a folder works: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:54

1

How about mounting the share as a drive (say X:) and substing Z: as `X:` Would that work?
– Tripp Kinetics
Jun 1 at 13:26

add a comment |

I've already tried using subst with network shares, but get "Path not found" error. As for a different backup service that is a cost issue.. the cloud provider who has this limitation has ulimited storage for 10usd, 2TB on amazon costs a lot more than that
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:37

Then try it with a symbolic link: mklink /D a:LinkName nasIpAddressshare But it depends on how your application recognizes the network drive.
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:42

able to create the link, but it doesn't appear as a local folder. backup software detects that and complains..
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:46

1

There are many ways for an application to recognize a mounted drive. Maybe mounting the network drive to a folder works: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:54

1

How about mounting the share as a drive (say X:) and substing Z: as `X:` Would that work?
– Tripp Kinetics
Jun 1 at 13:26

I've already tried using subst with network shares, but get "Path not found" error. As for a different backup service that is a cost issue.. the cloud provider who has this limitation has ulimited storage for 10usd, 2TB on amazon costs a lot more than that
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:37

Then try it with a symbolic link: mklink /D a:LinkName nasIpAddressshare But it depends on how your application recognizes the network drive.
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:42

able to create the link, but it doesn't appear as a local folder. backup software detects that and complains..
– Geir
Sep 16 '14 at 12:46

There are many ways for an application to recognize a mounted drive. Maybe mounting the network drive to a folder works: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx
– Fabian H.
Sep 16 '14 at 12:54

How about mounting the share as a drive (say X:) and substing Z: as `X:` Would that work?
– Tripp Kinetics
Jun 1 at 13:26

add a comment |

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