If I lose my current system and want to retrieve my backed up files to a new machine, what do I do? It’s been a while since I installed this drive - I don’t see any Western Digital cd with software on it in my file of installation cd’s so I assume that plugging it in to the new machine will give me …

no problem dude… just connect the drive and install Smartware ( if that what you used for backup ) once Smartware installed you can retrieve the files to a retrieve content folder. You also have the ability to retrieve the files manually without any software installation connect the drive to you…

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Retrieve backed up files to a different pc

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Wizer March 6, 2012, 7:00pm 4

yup…

The Smartware software comes on the drive… the drive does not come with a CD

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