Hello,
my windows 10 laptop is currently connected to my NAS and the folder structure looks like this:
Laptop
├── Laptop local storage
└── NAS folder
I want to update to windows 11, and format the disk with the installation.
Once done, I would like to reconnect the laptop to the existing NAS folder.
Would it be possible?
I did some basic tests to see how I could manage this, but I am afraid that I would incur in the “The chosen folder is not empty” error message if I would try to do it
If both, the local and the NAS instance, are currently registered locally on the laptop (i.e. both listed under Library → Switch Active Library Instance), then this should work by simply using File → Switch Library → Browse… to open both instances on the new Win11 installation, one after the other.
If the NAS instance is instead loaded on the NAS directly by running Aspect there, and then synchronized via P2P, opening the laptop instance on the new Win11 installation for the first time should automatically trigger a popup on the NAS machine to allow the new device to reconnect to the library. This has been fixed/improved in 1.0.0-rc.36.
The only problematic situation is when the synchronization happens only between the desktop version of Aspect and the experimental server version, because the server version currently doesn’t show the same popup. It instead simply denies any reconnection-requests. In case you are using the server version, I would prioritize implementing that popup for the next release.
Hi Soenke,
thanks for your support.
If both, the local and the NAS instance, are currently registered locally on the laptop (i.e. both listed under Library → Switch Active Library Instance), then this should work by simply using File → Switch Library → Browse… to open both instances on the new Win11 installation, one after the other.
This is exactly my case, so I would try your suggestion. Thanks!
It worked, thank you.
