= NFS Client for Windows =

**Summary**: How to install the NFS Client for Windows. \\
**Date**: Around 2012 \\
**Refactor**: 7 March 2025: Checked links and formatting. \\
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I needed to access some AIX and linux NFS shares so I tried to find a tool to access the NFS shares. After searching some more I found there is a NFS client included with Windows, you just have to download the software and install it.

> If you're looking for more info regarding this on Windows Server 2008 and Red Hat click [[windowsnfssharing|here]].

= Installation =

After downloading the software extract the package and double click the setup.exe. For my installation I used these settings during the install:
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After the installation I rebooted my machine just to be sure... it is Windows after all...

= Mount Commands =

After the reboot I could mount, check and unmount a share like this:
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount

Local    Remote                                 Properties
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount nfsserver:/mnt/data x:
x: is now successfully connected to nfsserver:/mnt/data

The command completed successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount

Local    Remote                                 Properties
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
x:       \\nfsserver\mnt\data                   UID=-2, GID=-2
                                                rsize=32768, wsize=32768
                                                mount=soft, timeout=0,8
                                                retry=1, locking=yes
                                                fileaccess=755, lang=ANSI
                                                casesensitive=no

C:\WINDOWS\system32>umount x:

Disconnecting           x:      \\nfsserver\mnt\data
The command completed successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount

Local    Remote                                 Properties
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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