WD My Passport Ultra backup software confusion

thefiend1

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Hey guys,

I just picked up a 2TB WD Passport Ultra drive and installed the software and backed everything up successfully - however, im really confused on the backup process.

Everytime it backs up, is it going to back up every file in every folder I have selected? Or is it going to find new files and just send those to the external drive?

If thats the case thats really not ideal. I would much prefer that the software would recognize any new files (or deleted ones for that matter) and make changes/upload new files to the hard drive instead of everything. Sort of like a mirror of your internal HD; with just the selected folders ofcourse.

Can someone familiar with this idea shed some light? I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!
 

popatim

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The How the backup function works section on page 41 of your manual clearly describes how the process works.

I just 'installed' one of these yesterday and made sure my client read and understood this plus made sure she understood that nothing that was not in these selected folders would get backed up at all.