NAS In Windows 10

[Nathaniel_Hellewell]

I have an old dell prebuilt with around 5TB of storage in it. I am getting into making YouTube videos and are running out of space on my main machine. I would like it to remain functional (AKA Running Windows) while being able to allocate my extra empty hard drives to become network storage for MP4 Files. Do you know of a way to do this?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Right click on a folder you want to shre, then go to properties, sharing, then you made a network share that other systems can mount. There is also tons of guides out there about how to do this.

[BondiBlue]

You just need to create a shared folder. @Electronics Wizardy outlined the steps above. Keep in mind that the computer will need to be on and awake whenever you want to access it, so you'll want to make sure it doesn't sleep automatically. It's also a good idea to nail it down to a static IP address. 

[Stephen_witheford]

i have done the exact same thing and as stated there are some good youtube videos out there that can help you to achive this, my second pc has no gpu no keyboard or mouse i just use widows remote desktop to access it when i need to

 

[BondiBlue]

Just now, Stephen_witheford said:

i have done the exact same thing and as stated there are some good youtube videos out there that can help you to achive this, my second pc has no gpu no keyboard or mouse i just use widows remote desktop to access it when i need to

 

Yep, making a NAS is a great way to repurpose older hardware. I've got two NAS machines right now, and one of them runs Windows 10 Pro. When using a client version of Windows for a NAS you just have to be careful about update settings and things like that. 

[Master Disaster]

Full disclosure - I am a Linux user and advocate.

 

Please don't use Windows (and especially the non server edition) to host network storage, Windows filesharing can best be described as functional, at times. Its great for a family to move stuff around their home on occasion but its not really intended to act as a permanent service.

 

Install Ubuntu Server & Samba, its really not that hard to do and is the industry standard for Windows based permanent network storage services for a good reason. Its reached the point that it does it better than Windows and MS themselves actually contribute to it these days.