Access to files that were backed up

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1

I recently bought a WD passport ultra. I backup files, and now I’d like to view them. How can I view the files? I see an option to “retrieve” files, but that doesn’t allow me to simply view the passport’s files? I don’t want to retrieve 20 gb of photos, just view them and see what I have backed up.

Will retrieving them make duplicates and put them on my computer’s hard drive?

2

You can view your files by accessing your Passport drive without the software from Windows Explorer just like a regular external hard drive/flash drive/thumb drive. Inside your Passport you’ll notice a folder with the extension “SWSTOR”. This folder holds your backup.

That won’t happen if you select the option to retrieve to specific folder of your choice.

3

Thanks for the info. I looked in windows explorer and did not see the folder with the extension SWSTOR. Just a folder EXTRAS and LOCALE. I searched within both, neither have SWSTOR in them.

4

That means there’s no backup done yet, or the backup is not being handled by a WD app.