I want to connectsecurely to an FTP site, which is SS H enabled. CanI do this by adding a "Network Connection"in the Windows 7 "Computer" dialog? Note: I am a complete novice concerning anything to do with networking.Steve Behman

There is no built-in functionality for SSH/SCP within Windows. If you want to copy files securely, I recommend you download a copy of WinSCP . If you want to use SSH, download PuTTY .

Chris, thanks for the reply. Will WinSCP permit other applications (e.g. Acronis Backup and Restore 10 and Beyond Compare 2) to use the SSH protocol when interacting with the FTP site?Steve Behman

Not without a WinSCP plugin, which those two programs don't appear to have (Beyond Compare 2 explanation ). Alternatively, if your backups are scheduled to be saved in a certain location automatically, you could script WinSCP to automatically upload the files to the server via a scheduled task. Otherwise, you would need to create your backup with the program of your choice and manually transfer the files to the site using WinSCP.

Thanks again Chris. Beyond Compare's capability to "mirror synchronize" to folders is especially useful to me because the mirroring keeps two folders identical in their content. The Acronis program maintains a grandfather-father-son sequence of backups periodically collecting several incremental and differential backups into full backups so that merely adding current backups to the FTP site without deleting the files from which they were derived is somewhat of a mess. . Moreover, the volume (which is now a RAID 0) considerably less dynamic, files which I hope to keep safe. So that, if my understanding of WinSCP's function is correct it would not do exactly what I want whereas Beyond Compare does. I really appreciate the research you did on Beyond Compare. It seems that the combination of Beyond Compare and the program they suggest to map an SSH protected FTP site to a Windows drive letter is precisely what I need. Thanks again and, if you wish, I'll let you know how it all works. Steve Behman

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