Hello,
I am considering using an old windows XP as a time machine capsule (with a large external HD connected to it) And I was wondering if there are any issues with this that people can think of.
It would be connected to the network via an ethernet Cable on a Squeezebox media player which then connects to the rest of the network via Wifi (apparently this player has a Bridge function allowing other devices on its Ethernet port to bridge to the wifi network)
1) Would the mac use this windows laptop’s HD as a time machine volume? I guess I would have to set up some form of home sharing.
2) I need to backup over 1.2TB of data. I have heard that time machine mustn’t be stopped such as sleeping the PC on it’s first backup. Is this true? As I can imagine it would take days to make the initial backup. The last time I backed up this volume on my PC was with a SATA connection and it took 19hours then.
I am considering using an old windows XP as a time machine capsule (with a large external HD connected to it) And I was wondering if there are any issues with this that people can think of.
It would be connected to the network via an ethernet Cable on a Squeezebox media player which then connects to the rest of the network via Wifi (apparently this player has a Bridge function allowing other devices on its Ethernet port to bridge to the wifi network)
1) Would the mac use this windows laptop’s HD as a time machine volume? I guess I would have to set up some form of home sharing.
2) I need to backup over 1.2TB of data. I have heard that time machine mustn’t be stopped such as sleeping the PC on it’s first backup. Is this true? As I can imagine it would take days to make the initial backup. The last time I backed up this volume on my PC was with a SATA connection and it took 19hours then.