Time Machine Drive on a PC

[WeeManFoo]

Hey, I had this strange idea to put an extra hard drive in my always running PC to be a network drive that I can back up my Macbook Pro to. I've done a few google searches and can't find a good answer. I want it to function like a Time Capsule, but the hard drive be in my PC and shared over my router. Is this even possible? I figure I'll need some software so that a OSX formatted drive can be read in Windows, but I need to know if I'll be able to share it over the network.

 

[Hellhammer]

Not sure is that possible but you will at least need MacDrive. Give the trial a try

 

[RedReplicant]

Unfortunately not, closest you're going to get is with linux.
http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/

 

[RedReplicant]

Found this randomly today
http://www.xiotios.com/itimemachine.html

 

[BobZune]

OP -- do you really want to go with an unsupported configuration for a backup of your precious data? [I hope you keep an archive in a safe place and update it frequently if you want to go with unsupported solutions.]