Can't retrieve backup with SmartWare on new laptop

I have just bought a new Dell laptop to replace an older one that suddenly stopped working.

When trying to retrieve my backup data from My Book using SmartWare I couldn’t. Either the retrieving process stopped after a few files were retrieved, or SmartWare just wouldn’t boot up, or after selecting files to retrieve the software just froze. All sorts of shenanigans.

I desperately need to retrieve all these data - more than 10 years worth of work. My older laptop broke down so I can’t even access the data on my internal hard drive.

Any help would be much appreciated now that WD no longer support these products.

Hi,

You could refer to the following link: WD Backup & WD Smartware: Access and Recover Backup Data in Windows File Explorer