# Node-red running on Windows accessing File on NAS

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-on-windows-accessing-file-on-nas/33292>\
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**Created:** [24 September 2020 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-on-windows-accessing-file-on-nas/33292 "2020-09-24T14:32:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![juntiedt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/juntiedt/32/58357_2.png) [@juntiedt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/juntiedt)\
**Post date:** [24 September 2020 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-on-windows-accessing-file-on-nas/33292/1 "2020-09-24T14:32:51Z")

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I am saving chart data at midnight from a Raspi to my NAS (FRITZ-NAS) using samba client. Works perfectly.  
Now I want to load this chart data into my PC, also running node-red. My NAS has drive letter Y. Node-red throws an error saying it cannot find the drive.  
If I copy my data file to drive C on my PC I can read the file without a problem.  
How can I access this network attached file in node-red?

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [25 September 2020 00:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-on-windows-accessing-file-on-nas/33292/2 "2020-09-25T00:33:20Z")

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> [@juntiedt](#):
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> My NAS has drive letter Y. Node-red throws an error saying it cannot find the drive.

Are you using back slashes or forward slashes in Node-RED on Windows to describe the file path? If using back slashes, you need to double them up (`\\`) since a back slash is taken as an escape character.

Otherwise, if you use Windows Explorer, can you see the files? Will Node-RED see the file after you've accessed it in Windows Explorer? You could also try using the `\\ipaddress\path\to\file.xx` format instead of relying on a drive letter.

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**Author:** ![juntiedt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/juntiedt/32/58357_2.png) [@juntiedt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/juntiedt)\
**Post date:** [25 September 2020 08:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-on-windows-accessing-file-on-nas/33292/3 "2020-09-25T08:55:50Z")

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this path did it:  
"[//10.0.0.1/FRITZ.NAS/Samsung\_T5/Raspi/118/24-09-2020-LUM.txt](https://10.0.0.1/FRITZ.NAS/Samsung_T5/Raspi/118/24-09-2020-LUM.txt)"  
now I can reload the data of a saved chart.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2020 08:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-on-windows-accessing-file-on-nas/33292/4 "2020-10-09T08:55:55Z")

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