How to back up multiple users on multiple computers?

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I believe this is in the right place, but if I’ve chosen the wrong forum I apologize. I’ve been asked to back up several computers in our lab using an 8TB My Book WD External Drive. Each computer has between 5 and 10 user accounts on it, and I’m not really sure how to go about backing up all data. I thought I knew what I was doing and managed to back up the computers, but after checking the drive, it appears that it only backed up my specific user. Do I need to install the external drive separately for each user account on every computer?

I did try searching the forums first and found the following two posts, but I’m not using the My Book Live, and I want to make sure that there isn’t another simpler option to performing separate backups for every user separately.
Backup of multiple user’s data
MY BOOK LIVE - Backup multiple computers

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Hello,

What backup software are you using?

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The WD Backup that was installed with the drive.

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Hello,

It is possible to backup all the user on the same computer.

You just have to create a “File backup” and select all the user’s folders.

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That was what I initially tried. The result was the following screenshot. I had chosen to include all files, but the .dat files for the other users failed to back up. Does this mean that I will need to log into each user separately and back up their information separately?

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