Did a search didn’t find much … Smartware Pro 2.0.1 set for 3 historic versions of files. Somehow it is making multiple-multiple backups of my 4 different *.pst files . Looking at the backup, there is the base file titled: “ username@domain.com - outlook(2).pst” (the same format for 4 differe…

Thanks for the reply. I thought this question might come up; I’ve had such issues with the updates of this (and other) software in the past that I avoid updates if it seems to be working … so many trimes ‘updates’ are giant steps backward and the fix is worse than the original problem. I will have…

OK so I updated Smartware to absolute latest - as of last week - with no change in behavior … updated to 2.4.11.4 on 6/27 and I have 192 of the files (adding up to 154GB ) described above (base file = username@domain.com - outlook(number).pst , excessive backups are username@domain.com - outlook(nu…

7/7/15 0700 - Problem continues … with addl data: From 7/2 @ 1 am thru 7/6 @ 10:30 pm 226 of these files making up 167GB were created as ‘backups’ with a new set of 3 or 4 of the files every 2 hours or so (oftentimes only 3 of the 4 base files are backed up - even though there were NO changes to an…

Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this. You can do so either by phone or email. To Contact WD for Technical Support http://support.wdc.com/contact/index.asp?lang=en Support by Country http://support.wdc.com/country/index.asp

Hello, Is there a solution for this problem yet? I have started facing it now. I get multiple pst files generated all of the same size almost. I also noticed that it does the same for other files and not only the pst file. But the large size of pst file made me notice the problem. Any thoughts? …

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Excessive versions of outlook pst file backups

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Welcome to the Community.

What happens if you update WD SmartWare to the latest 2.4.11.4 release? Do you still encounter the same issue?

http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-Software/New-Release-WD-SmartWare-for-Windows-Version-2-4-11-4-6-17-15/td-p/880086

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