File Sharing With Windows On a Network

[rogelah]

I recently bought an MBA. I am using it to write books now that I am confined to bed more of the time. I have a home network with several Windows PCs, one of which has a large capacity RAID configured disk. I would like to use the Windows disk for backup.

Is there a solution to recommend?

 

[clayj]

When you say "backup", what exactly do you mean? Are you talking about using Time Machine, or do you just want to store files there?

You can share a directory on a Windows server and the Mac can connect to that share and read and write files there. As long as Windows is running, the file(s) should be accessible.

 

[rogelah]

When you say "backup", what exactly do you mean? Are you talking about using Time Machine, or do you just want to store files there?

You can share a directory on a Windows server and the Mac can connect to that share and read and write files there. As long as Windows is running, the file(s) should be accessible.

I want to share. Is there a write up available to take me through the steps?

TIA