Whay can't win7 ultimate backup util backup a mapped drive??? ntbackup could do this no prblem, and could be scripted also.... I just want to back up \\server\share (mapped as L:\) to a removable drive I:\ thats it...nothing special and this utiity cannot do it. I have added \\server\share to a library using a symlink. UAC is disabled, and so is all AV software but stilll fail.....can we have the full ntbackup back for win7 x64 please.....Or do i have to go to xxxnix to get a read desktop OS?????

This shouldn't be a problem. Open Windows Backup, and when prompted where you want to save the backup, click on "Save on a network". Then just type in the UNC path and any credentials you need.

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