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I have used Smartware in the past to backup files on my hard drive, but now I am going to another backup program. I want to erase the files that Smatware backed up but I would like to keep the ability that Smartware has to shut down the hard drive after a fixed amount of time if it is not in use.

Here are the files on the hard drive: WD Quick Formatter.exe, WD SmatWare, WD SmartWare for Mac, WD SmatWare.exe, WD SmartWare.swstor

Which file(s) should I remove and will I still be able to use the timer in SmartWare?

Thanks for your help.

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Hello,

WD Smartware keeps the backups on the folder that says WD Smartware.swstor, so if you delete that folder, the backed files will be erase from the drive.