My WESTERN DIGITAL "My Passport"external hard drive won't do a backup because it is full.I went to PROPERTIES and found the disc cleanup and had no luck deleting all but the latest backups.Would like to delete a bunch of the older backups but can't figure out how.HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1999 Georgetown 325S,V-10 Ford.
2002 Ford Ranger Edge toad
carrying a 2001 Yamaha Warrior.
Maybe your latest backup file is 200 GB or more? This can happen with a bunch of pictures that can be 2-3 MB each these days.
You might want to look at a new 1 TB (1,000 GB or 1,000,000 Megabytes!) back up drives, and keep the old one so if the new hard drive ever crashes, you will have a back up plan for the back up!
Fry's electronics sells a 1TB drive for about $130.
After you delete the files you want to, don't forget to "empty trash". Deleted files remain on your hard drive until the trash can is emptied.
Ed
Ed and Susan Morgan
TT -- 2005 Northwood Nash 22H
TV -- 2004 Ford E-350 Extended Van, 6.8L V10, 4-spd. Automatic OD, 3.73 rear axle.
Generator -- Yamaha EF2400iS
Sounds easy but I can't find the files ..I go to my computer and open my passport and there are no files.....also go to properties and it says it is going to clean itself up and leave only the latestg backup but nothing happens..it is a 232 gb and has only 6.15mb free.frustrating!!!!!!when i open my passport here is what i see:
dmailer data
documentation
wdwindows tool
dmailer sync
dmailer sync v9
install
jstart
mediaid
setup
wdinstaaller
wdinstaller
wdsetup
I decided not to get an external hard drive for backups for several reasons, one of which is discussed above - it fills up. I full time and I didn't feel having my backup onboard all the time was safe either. Remember to do a backup on a regular basis is a pain.
So I use an online backup service. It solves all of the problems above and my data is available via the web anytime and from any pc.
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