Upates firmware etc

WD External Drives External Drives for PC
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I have both WD My Book 2T and MY Book Essentials 1T .

My operating system is Win 8.1.

There is no problem.

I only plug them in at the end of the month and perform a system image with Macrium.

My question is, because they are about 3-4 yers old, should I be concerned with updates or firmware? If I have to update please advise and how do I save my images?

I do not want to lose the images on the drives but do not want to be vulnerable either.

Thank you

Peter

P.S. HI to freiter Soto if he is still there.

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If the drives are working OK I would not update the firmware. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I don’t update mine.

Joe

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Actually I removed the smartware when I go them so updates/firmware would prbably not alpply. I agree with the “ain’t broke don’t fix it” but wanted to hea rsomeone else say it.

No trouble in 4 years, knock on wood, and with 8.1 compatibility too - lucky so far.

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Wrong, smartware has nothing to do with firmware updates you can still do it easily with the WD Firmware Updater.

I wouldn’t ever do a firmware upgrade on a WD drive though. My 1st 2 TB Passport’s speed went down from 150MB/S to 80 MB/s after the firmware update and there is no way to restore it back to factory firmware.

Same mistake I did again with my 3TB My Book, used to get around 450MB/S with the stock firmware. I updated, and now I can be lucky if I get 100 MB/S

WD has the worst firmware update time ever! and what’s worse, they don’t offer you to downgrade! total [Deleted - Trancer]

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MaXimus

Thanks for the reply. I did not know about the difference before.

I think that is shameful about the WD irreversible firmware update. I hope something works out for you and I’ll know better.

Thanks

Peter

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