NAS not dectected in bootable WinPe Media
I purchased a new Dell XPS 8930 computer and I am trying to restore my system from my old computer using Acronis 2019 and bootable WinPe media that includes the new computer's driver set.
With the new computer I can access the Seagate Personal Cloud NAS device without any problem, and can see all of the backup files I need to use to restore my system from within Windows File Explorer.
When I boot up the computer using the WinPe bootable media, I am unable to access this NAS device. I can click on NAS connections but there is no dialog to authenticate my access, and no display of any drive. I tried assigning a network drive in Windows but the assigned drive is not available in the boot media interface.
My NAS device is connected to the same home network as this new computer through Ethernet cable to my router.
The system backup is too large to move to any other media to perform the restore.
How can establish a connection to this NAS device?


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Ian:
When I use the bootable media on the navigation on the left side of the screen, I can see these listed: "My NAS connections" and "Network". Expanding either of these does not show my NAS device.
If I select "My NAS connections" the right side indicates "No items to display" If I enter my NAS device name in the File Name field as "\\myCloud-SMW-ALW" or any variation of the full file name or sub-directory of the Acronis backup file, the OK button is not enabled.
If I try to expand "Network" my network tree does not display aside from from the sub-directory "Entire Network" Clicking on this directory displays no information.
Everything else on my new computer that is connected by a USB connection displays in the bootable media when viewing Browse for Location. Everything except what is on my network.
If I go to the Network Options in Tools & Utilities, and try to view the network adaptors - nothing is displayed. In reading the help for this screen, it appears I should be able to establish the network protocals for accessing my network. None of this appears on my screen,
So this must mean a service is not running when I boot the device using the bootable media. How do I get the "correct' services to run while booting from the WinPe bootable media?
Is there something in the creation of the bootable media that should have included to allow this software to "see" my network?
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Not sure ikf it makes a difference, but I use the Linux convention of
//DISKSTATION/
rather than the windows convention of
\\DISKSTATION\
as most NAS run a version of Linux.
Ian
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Most likely the driver for your network adapter is missing from WinPE. You can add the driver during the build process for WinPE. See this article https://www.acronis.com/en-us/blog/posts/power-user-insights-advanced-winpere-driver-injection-acronis-media-builder
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