Kris1923,
*[we have an Easystore 8tb desktop - your MyBook may have different functionality]
Firstly, Drag & Drop / Copy-Paste is not a replacement for trustworthy backups.
We were also told we could not do ext to ext drive backups by a WD support person when we suddenly had no WD Backup after an update. We told him - “we’ve been backing up one Easystore8tb to our identical Easystore8tb for over 2.5 years”.
He told us they had “made changes to the software”. We were not convinced of this - and found a fix. [install and run as ADMIN]
- However, you can only set up ONE backup job in WD Backup.
- We created 1 backup to do BOTH our C drive USER data (all OUR stuff)[kinda the default WD job they start us with on 1st job creation] + our MUSIC dbase (external M drive) to → our BACKUP drive (external N drive) Both of the externals are identical Easystore 8tb USB drives. WD Backup sees all the drives - you are just limited to ONE backup job.
ALSO see THIS doc -
Hope this helps others having fluky WD Backup issues.
