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Can you backup Windows 7 Professional to network drive?

Backing up computer is one cumbersome job, and it’s also time-consuming. But it’s one of the most important things for a computer user. A backup can help you get computer back to normal quickly when you encounter various problems, like an unexpected system crash.

As a Windows 7 user, you probably know that the backup utility included with Windows is called Backup and Restore, which can help you create a system image as well as backup the selected libraries/folders. Meanwhile, to save your computer storage space, you plan to backup computer in Windows 7 to a network drive. However, you may find that Winodws 7 backup save on a network missing. What exactly is going on?

This may be caused by the disabled network discovery and file sharing or your Windows 7 computer is home version, such as, Windows 7 home premium. The Windows Backup and Restore only allows users to backup files to network drive automatically in Windows 7 Professional or above versions. In other words, if your computer is Windows 7 home premium, you cannot use Backup and Restore to do so. Then, is there any other solution that can help you finish the job?

The answer is YES. One free backup software named AOMEI Backupper Standard can help you backup your Windows 7 to network drive easily and quickly, whether it's home, professional or other advanced versions. Just keep reading to learn more info.

Free network backup software for Windows 7: AOMEI Backupper Standard 

AOMEI Backupper Standard is one comprehensive backup tool for Windows users, which offers various backup options that can meet all your needs in different situations. It can help you backup all versions of Windows 7 to network drive without effort. The following are its outstanding features.

• Various Backup Solutions. It helps you backup anything you concerned, including the system, disks, partitions, folders, and files.

• Different Backup Modes. It offers three backup types, namely, Full Backup, Incremental Backup and Differential Backup. The last two options can save your backup disk space and backup time.

• Schedule Backup. It allows you to set a custom scheduled backup, and then it will automatically backup Windows 7 to network drive daily/weekly/monthly. Thus, you won’t worry about forgetting to backup files.

• Backup to Different Destinations. It enables Windows 7 Home/Professional/Education/Ultimate backup to network drive. Besides that, you can also choose to backup to your external disk, USB flash drive or cloud drive.

In addition, AOMEI Backupper is quite easy to use. Its interface is user-friendly and the timely notification will guide to complete the backup in minutes. Just download and install AOMEI Backupper on your computer and follow the steps to perform Windows 7 backup to network.

Step by step guide: backup Windows 7 Professional to network drive

As mentioned earlier, this software supports backing up all versions of Windows 7 computers to network drive. Take Windows 7 Professional as an example to show all steps. You can use it as a reference no matter what version you are currently using. Without further ado, let's get started. 

Step 1. Launch AOMEI Backupper on your computer > Click Sync  and Basic Sync. 

Note: This feature not only makes an exact copy of your files, but also allows you to see these files when there is a network connection. It's very useful for users who may frequently change files or colaberate in team. But if you don't have these needs, it's suggested to use file backup under the backup tab. Because it's an image file that prevents unwanted access.

Step 2. Name the Task > Click Add Folder to choose the data you want to backup.

Step 3. Choose Select a network location and choose Share/NAS.

Step 4. Click Add Network Location > Fill the blanks with accurate information and click OK to continue > Choose the files you want to backup and click OK.

Step 5. Click Schedule to create the scheduled task. You can choose to make a backup daily/weekly/monthly > Finally, click Start Sync to make it.

Notes:
1. You can click Options to set the compression level for the backup.
2. There are two more features in Schedule: Event triggers, USB plug in. They are available in AOMEI Backupper Professional. You can also download the trial version to explore it by yourself.

Tip: If your Windows 7 is Professional, Education or Ultimate, you can also backup Windows 7 to network drive via Backup and Restore. Please note if you backup entire computer, you need to restore system image under recovery environmrnt.

Conclusion

It's easy to backup Windows 7 Professional/Home/Education/Ultimate to network drive with AOMEI Backupper Standard, isn't it? The entire process can be completed within 5 steps. Also, you are allowed to automatically backup files to network drive via daily, weekly, monthly option. In addition, you can compress/comment the backup, enable email notification to get final result timely etc. Most importantly, it can restore your computer to an earlier date quickly when your computer goes wrong. Just download it to enjoy your new journey right now!

Besides the backup & restore function, AOMEI Backupper also supports disk cloning. It can help you clone hard drive to the new HHD/SSD in a few clicks, whether the disk is MBR or GPT. Meanwhile, cloning hard drive with different size is supported, such as, clone disk to larger disk, clone large HDD to smaller SSD etc. In a word, AOMEI Backupper can always insure the safety of your computer data. It's wothy a try.