I just bought a WD Passport external HD to save copies of my DVDs on, with the thought that I could access them from the HD when I wanted to watch them. Am I missing something? I can’t seem to access the files onces they are backed up. I feel I must have missed a step. Will I have to copy the movie back to my laptop in order to watch it? This wasn’t my intent. I bought this for the express purpose of “storing” all by DVD movies.
I backed up using the software. I figured it out – I found the file w the DVDs in it.
Now I am just copying the remainder if the movies to my passport to that same location directly. Just took a little while to find it!
I have the same question. I thought I could access video and music from the Passport without loading it back into my computer. How did you figure it out?
There is a folder on your passport (access it directly on your computer, not through the quick access) called wdsmartware.swstor. All the dvds I copied are stored there. You have to keep clicking thought b/c they are stored pretty deep (at least in my computer). But once you find them, the dvd copy software remembers that location and copies them there. I have tested several of the ones I copied and they play fine from the passport.