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How can I delete a file on smartware?

My computer was attacked by ransomware,  but the smartdrive contains previous versions of the damaged files. I want to delete all the contaminated files from the computer and from the backup drive before I restore the good files. I could delete them one at a time (there’s not that many) but how do I do it on the smartdrive?

Thanks.

Hello, 

You will need to do that manually going through the folders on the WD drive. 

Go to my computer and open the external drive and you will see a folder called WDSmartware.stor and all the backup files should be there.

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