Western digital my book delete files

I would like to be able to take stuff OFF my computer, which is the reason for wanting a backup in the first place. I want to warn you right now not to delete off PC after backup. Never trust one physical drive internal or external regardless of the maker.

If something goes wrong your data is lost. The frorum is full of moaning people who did what you intend, I lost my wedding pistures or whatever. I basically wanted an external drive that I could back everything up on, and then delete stuff from my computer and still have it backed up somewhere else.

Something could go wrong with your system too. Also note that this folder is not backed up by the system. This prevent a circular backup from occurring and the software backing up what it just restored. Then delete the Retrieved Content folder when you are done.

All of the features that I mentioned above are part of the new SmartWare version so I would recommend that you update to the latest version so that you can take advantage of it.

I included a link below to the update for SmartWare. Support Downloads Knowledge Base. German Spanish Italian French. HGST Support. I also ran WD Utilities. All Good Still cant edit delete or copy files. When I tried to overwrite or copy a file. Please run chkdsk and try again. Hi, I just read your post right now. I just had the same inconvenience and I wonder if you found a solution apart formatting the hd.

LEt me know. Nope, I had to format the drive. How do I delete old backups in order to free up space? There is a folder called WD Backup. Would deleting the History folder do the trick? Then, when the next backup is done, would it create a new History folder?

It may free up the space on that drive. Also, you can use 3rd party data eraser tool like BitRaser File Eraser which will mainly use to wipe the old data from the drive and make the drive re-usable. It seems the History folder is a redundant copy of the WD Backup.