# Mount, backup, umount
**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/mount-backup-umount/17980
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/mount-backup-umount/17980 "2024-05-23T13:29:15Z")
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### Author:  [@spayk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/spayk)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/mount-backup-umount/17980/1 "2024-05-23T13:29:16Z")
Hello,
I do have a question regarding a solution to duplicati. Was reading a manual, but haven’t found it. So my question is as follows:
1. is it possible in duplicati before making a backup to mount via script a network drive from windows, then do a backup and make an umount in script?
So what I would like to achieve is:
I have windows server machine with shared network drive in my LAN network. And have a duplicati in my linux server. So I would like to achieve: Run duplicati \> automatically run a script with mounting network drive → make backup in duplicati → then umount it via script from duplicati.
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### Author:  [@Jojo-1000](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Jojo-1000)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/mount-backup-umount/17980/2 "2024-05-23T13:58:18Z")
Hi, there is this manual here which explains how the scripts work:
> **[Example Scripts - Duplicati 2 User's Manual](https://docs.duplicati.com/en/latest/appendix-g-example-scripts/)**
>
> Documentation for Duplicati 2
You want to use the run-script-before and run-script-after options.
Some tips with scripts:
- You want to check the operation type, so it only runs for backup. Otherwise every time you try to restore, it will run.
- You can use the same script file for both if you check the event name (before/after).
I assume you know the command to mount, otherwise you can search for other posts on this forum for that.
There are sometimes problems reported when using a network drive as the backup source, but you will need to see how well it works for your setup.