Mapped network drive not supported in WD SmartWare Pro 2.1?

Hi WD,

I have recently purchased one WD MyPassport Ultra (1To) with SmartWare Pro 2.1.

I have as well one network drive (WD MyBook World - White light) mapped on my laptop with drive letter P.

I would like to backup part of my network drive on my WD MyPassport Ultra, using WD SmartWare (= NOT to use the network drive as the backup destination, but to use it as a source).

Of course only through my laptop where WD SmartWare is installed and network drive mapped.

Issue: 

WD Smartware does not list my mapped drive (P:) in the available sources for backup…

 

Am I missing anything or are mapped network drives not supported by WD SmartWare Pro 2.1 ?

In the second case, please do add support of it in the next WD SmartWare release.

Even more I have paid for the “Pro” version which then would not support this basic functionality.

 

Thanks a lot in advance :slight_smile:

Hello,

WD Smartware Pro does not support backups from network drives.

I recommend that you post this as an idea for a future Smartware update.

http://community.wd.com/t5/Software-Accessory-Ideas/idb-p/software_ideas

Ok, will do.

Thanks for the anwser