Can I back up a network drive without installing Acronis on that machine?

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I've been running Acronis on my main desktop for a few years now and it works great! However, I recently built a home theater PC and would also like to have it backed up on my main desktop's backup drive. I'm trying to keep the HTPC as clutter free as possible, so I'm trying to figure out a way to do this without actually installing Acronis on it. Can I use the Acronis installation on my desktop to backup the HTPC's shared drive over my home network somehow?

After opening Acronis on my desktop, I'm trying to set up a new backup, but the only source drives available are the local drives installed in my desktop. Ideally, I'd like the HTPC's network drive to appear in this list.

Anyone have any suggestions? Is this even possible?

Mon, 01/11/2010 - 23:54
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Hello SpriteMV!

Thank you for your question and let me help you with.

I completely understand your scenario, but nevertheless the solution depends on several details I would like to have clarified.

First of all I would like to mention that we can backup the HTPC only in case it is running the supported OS (based on Windows, Windows Server and Linux platforms) You can see lists of Supported Operating Systems for Acronis True Image products here, Acronis True Image Home 2010 here and Acronis Backup and Recovery products here.

Also unfortunately there is no way to backup HTPC from your desktop without installing the software on it, but we have a workaround for it: you can back it up offline, from the Acronis Bootable Rescue Media CD created with the help of Acronis product. Please note that according to the Acronis License Policy you will need one license for one computer your are going to backup or restore, so you will have to purchase additional license for backing up the HTPC.

The version of the product to use depends on the OS running on HTPC. In case it is has Windows Server platform, you will need Acronis Backup and Recovery Server for Windows; for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, etc. Acronis True Image Home 2010 will be the best solution, and for Linux OS you'll need Acronis Backup and Recovery Server for Linux.

Anyway I would advise you to test the solution first, and due to the trial version limitations (one cannot backup from the Trial Acronis Bootable Rescue Media) I would like to help you with obtaining the full functional demo version, so I would appreciate if you could contact me directly regarding this question.

Please kindly let me know should anything still confuse you -  I will be glad to clarify.

Thank you!

Wed, 01/20/2010 - 17:57