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Two internal hard drives and WD Smartware

Hello.

I have got 2 internal WD hard drvies (250gb each). One hard drive is “main” drive which i use, and the second was a backup drive.

It was possible because there was wd smartware software on them.

Now, i have formatted both drives, and I have no idea how to make them as they were.

I don’t want to get back my old data. I want to make backup “all the time” of my new system, new data etc.

I have got on one hard drive windows XP with drivers and the second hard drive is totally clean. What should I install on the first drive (with winXP) to make the second disc a backup drive? Can I install it from pendrive ? I was looking for a manual of wd smartware, but I haven’t found any, that would help me (all manuals are for external drives).

I tried this one:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5419/~/wd-ses-driver-download-and-instructions-for-r…

I downloaded it on hard drive with windows XP. I tried to run _ WD Smartware.exe  but there was an error._

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