I just bought a My Passport and have a couple of questions on how it works:
Question 1: I used SmartWare to backup all of my pics, docs, music, etc. This morning, it told me there was a software update, so I installed that and then opened SmartWare again. It looks like all of my files are still on the Passport if I browse to it through Windows Explorer but ithe software is showing that it’s backing everything up again. Is this because I have it set to continuous backup or is this because I installed the new version of the software?
I have USB 2.0, so the backup process is quite slow and I’d prefer to not have to go through the entire backup process again every time I open the software or plug in the Passport.
Questions 2: One of the reasons I bought this product was so that I could load some infrequently needed files (like old pictures) onto the drive and then delete them from my computer to free up space. I wanted to know if having SmartWare set to continuous backup causes it to mirror file deletions from my PC. I like that it will backup new additions but I don’t want it to delete files from My Passport that I delete from the PC. Is that how it works or can I delete things while still leaving them on the Passport?
