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Backup housekeeping ideas - full disc

I have been running my MyBookLive for a while using it primarily for backups using the WD backup software.

I have now spotted that I have an alert with some new files not being backed up as the disc is full.

What I want to understand is how to go into the backed up files and do some housekeeping to free up some space. 

Andy

Hi there,

You should be able to see a folder called “Smartware.swstor” on the drive, inside this folder you should be able to see all the backup made with the software and you can verify what you don’t need and remove it from there, also please notice that the information removed, if it is still on the computer, can be backed up again. 

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