“Can this backup hard drive be hooked up to two computers at the same time on the same network?”
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I am assuming an external drive is being discussed. (I only see the question, not what drive the question is for.) What I do is connect it via USB3 to one PC. Then share the drive (either the entire drive, or individual directories) on that PC. Then it can be seen by other PCs on the LAN. (Assuming Network in Explorer is showing the share, not a given in Windows 10. Might be forced to manually use Map network drive.) I use Macrium Reflect Free to backup my PCs. I point the backup destination to a directory on the shared drive (\\shared directory name). Macrium Free cannot "browse" to a network location, so I copy that location and paste it into a text file on the pen drive I use to boot Macrium. Then I copy/paste from the text file (instead of typing it in) when starting the backup. Obviously both PCs (the one being backed up and the one where the backup drive is connected) need to be running. If you mean physically connecting the drive via USB to two computers at the same time, via USB hub or otherwise, not possible. I wanted to do something similar with a non-disk device (A/V mixer) and learned it wasn't possible. Another option is a NAS (Network Attached Storage). People "shuck" external drives to put into a NAS. I don't shuck and don't own a NAS, but I think some also have USB3 ports on them. I don't know how that works exactly. Then the backup destination would be the NAS on the LAN without needing a second PC.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you connect the usb cable from the drive to the usb connection on the router if your router has a usb connection you should be able to see it on the network as storage that's how i have mine connected and im able to stream movies over the wifi to my playstaion
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. I do it with multiple 10tb easystores.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Certainly you can access the single external drive from two computers at the same time on the same network but only if you have a router with a usb port that is capabile of allowing network sharing of the drive. You could also purchase a small device like a pogo or a Rasberry Pi or share the drive out from one of your computers so that the other computer can access across . Any of these options can require technical knowledge to setup.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes - on the premise that you are using a NAS device of some sort.
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