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Drive Erase and Start Over

Mybook is almost completely full. Erasing a backup volume with Windows Explorer isn’t going to work well. I have WD Drive Utilies and Drive Erase. After the erasing what should I download and install? Is there a correct order?

Hello,

You don’t need to install anything on the drive in order to use it again. 

The drive should be seen on the computer as a external device.

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