Steps to get a network mounted drive to work for CrashPlan PRO on Windows: 1. There is a work around for those technically minded, and I've included it below. Now customers have 'hacked around' this limitation of Windows by having a script that runs on boot do a ' net use' for 'system' to attach the drive. Hack around 'Windows not seeing user space mount points' We're not giving up though, we have some features in the works that allow us to go directly do device and bypass your 'user space' mounted drive. Microsoft designed it so the system could not see user space mounted drives. We run in system space, so we only have access to 'system space' drives. Most products run in 'user space' which means they have access to 'user space' mounted drives. Logoff while the backup keeps runningįrom a day to day perspective, this means that you can 'lock' or 'log out' of your Windows machine without giving up backup security. If your laptop was stolen, you'd want to be able to remotely track it even if they couldn't log in, or perhaps restore data, or perhaps (when we add the feature) remotely wipe the machine. This means that it's running when you're not logged in, backing you up.

Unlike other backup software CrashPlan PRO is designed as Windows service. The problem is, our service can't see the drives you mount for yourself. One of the key beneﬁts is it's running evenif you're logged out. Backup windows netwerk share / mapped drivesĬrashPlan (for many reasons) runs as a Windows service.

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