I use Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition. I have a networked frive (SimpleTech, formatted as NTFS) on a local network. It is mapped, accessible for files read/write. I would like to backup information on that drive as part of my backup When I use Vista Backup wizard it does not show the netwroked drive among the source drives at all. The result is the same when firewall on my computer is down. Is it the matter of setting up my router properly? If yes, then how it should be configured? Thanks!

Hi, This behavior is by design. Please open the Help file when backup and you will see that the Help file explain this situation. For your reference, I paste the related contents below. ======================================== When I'm using the Back Up Files wizard, why don't I see the location that I want to back up to when I'm choosing where to save my backup? When you choose a location to save your backup to, the wizard searches your computer and displays a list of all locations that you can use. If the location that you want to use doesn't appear in the list, it could be due to one of the following problems: The location is a tape drive. You can't save backups to tapes. The location is a disk that you are trying to back up. You can't back up a disk to the same disk. For example, you can't back up the contents of a disc on drive D to that same disc. The location is a CD-ROM drive. You can't use a CD-ROM drive to make a backup; you must use a CD burner, also known as a CD-R or CD-RW drive. The location is a USB flash drive. You can't save backups to a flash drive. The location is not formatted as NTFS, FAT, or Universal Disk Format (UDF) (also called Live File System). Backups can only be saved to disks that are formatted using the NTFS, FAT, or UDF file systems. For more information, see Comparing NTFS and FAT file systems. The location is either the system disk (the disk that Windows is installed on also called the C drive) or the boot disk (the disk that Windows uses to start your computer also called the startup disk).