I have a computer running Windows XP with a external hard drive attached to it. Is there a way to access this hard drive on my mac for use with Time Machine? I'm using a wireless network.
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How To Access Windows External HD for Time Machine?
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I've had no problems having my work Mac do Time Machine backups to a Windows server that has shared drives available. Time Machine puts everything in a spare image file on the Windows network drive, which I guess gets around the limitations that NTFS/FAT has.
I set it up a few months ago, but it wasn't too complex. Try googling for "time machine backup smb" or something like that.
I set it up a few months ago, but it wasn't too complex. Try googling for "time machine backup smb" or something like that.
