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When is Windows going to be configured to recognize that most of us are now using laptops which by definition are portable and therefore we don't leave an external hard drive for backing up constantly attached?
I had a Western Digital Passport which had software that allowed me to schedule a backup once a week at a specific time. The usb port eventually failed and I made the mistake of replacing it with a Seagate which came with no software at all. Then I bought another WD, but this time an Element, which also does not come with any software for scheduling back-ups.
So now I am forced to use the Windows 10 version of backing up. But there is only the option to back up once a day, not once a week. And I do not need to back up every single day. And it doesn't not play well with me detaching the external hard drive.
Backing up to the cloud is also out of the question. I will never do that except for files I don't care about and have no vital information in them.
So, when is Microsoft going to recognize that backing up to an external hard-drive needs a schedule beyond once a day and said external drive is NOT going to remain attached at all times?
Lastly, does anyone know of a software program which will do what the Western Digital Passport software did? In terms of providing a means to schedule back-ups for a specific day and time? And a means of adding password protection? I was really disappointed that WD didn't provide this software for any of their other external drives. Even SanDisk thumb-drives had password protection options on them!
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I had a Western Digital Passport which had software that allowed me to schedule a backup once a week at a specific time. The usb port eventually failed and I made the mistake of replacing it with a Seagate which came with no software at all. Then I bought another WD, but this time an Element, which also does not come with any software for scheduling back-ups.
So now I am forced to use the Windows 10 version of backing up. But there is only the option to back up once a day, not once a week. And I do not need to back up every single day. And it doesn't not play well with me detaching the external hard drive.
Backing up to the cloud is also out of the question. I will never do that except for files I don't care about and have no vital information in them.
So, when is Microsoft going to recognize that backing up to an external hard-drive needs a schedule beyond once a day and said external drive is NOT going to remain attached at all times?
Lastly, does anyone know of a software program which will do what the Western Digital Passport software did? In terms of providing a means to schedule back-ups for a specific day and time? And a means of adding password protection? I was really disappointed that WD didn't provide this software for any of their other external drives. Even SanDisk thumb-drives had password protection options on them!
Thanks
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