I had set up My Passport for continuous backup to my laptop and did a full backup then unplugged My Passport from my laptop. When I want to make a backup, I plug it back in to my laptop, do the backup, unplug it, and lock it up again. I must unlock My Passport each time in order to use it. My ques…

Hello, The WD Smartware software will recognize the new passport as a different drive and a new backup plan will have to be created. This means that the WD Smartware will not backup to the new passport unless you create a backup plan for it.

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If continuous backup setting on laptop, can any My Passport initiate backup?

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k4147 June 24, 2014, 5:59pm 3

Hi HDKnows,

Thank you for the information! It was very helpful.