Question How do I backup my laptop do a desktop drive via ethernet?

[Hayabusa Rider]

Hope this is the right forum. Trying a null ethernet cable to make an image to the desktop as the lappy is USB 2.0 and I'd rather not have to remove the drive as it's a PIA.


Both machines are completely updated Win 10.

What I'm getting under network settings is "no network access".

Suggestions?

 

[ch33zw1z]

Share the drive out of the desktop

Map a network drive on the laptop

It will get a drive letter, point the image software at the network drive

 

[JackMDS]

Maybe this can Help.

How to set up network file sharing on Windows 10 (2025) - Pureinfotech

You can share files on Windows 10 in many ways, and here I'll show you to share files using File Explorer, OneDrive, Nearby Sharing

pureinfotech.com

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Thanks guys. I bit the bullet and backed up via USB overnight. The options mentioned didn't seem to allow for an image backup onto another machine although I might have missed it.

Thanks!

 

[SamirD]

Generally, I've found that you can't image a system over the network unless you're using something like a clonezilla live cd--I use this all the time to make baseline images to a file server.