SEE: Microsoft releases workflow automation tool Flow, and PowerApps custom app platform The drive I decided to investigate further, installed the software, and really liked what I found. But when I connected the drive and began to look around, I remembered reading that last year Western Digital replaced the WD Smartware backup package with a new package called WD Backup. So my original plan was to use File History to back up onto the My Passport Ultra drive. Now, as you know from reading my articles, I’m a Windows guy through and through, and I use the native Windows programs for the majority of my software needs.
I was intrigued by the idea of having a large capacity, yet portable hard drive at my disposal while I was traveling. However, I had recently seen an advertisement for a Western Digital My Passport Ultra. To protect the work I had done while traveling, I simply made copies on OneDrive. Of course, I had made a File History backup before I left, so I knew most of my data was safe. While I was on a recent trip, my laptop started making some funny sounds when booting up and I began to worry about the data I had created while I had been traveling.
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On April 29, 2016, 4:07 PM PDT How to back up Windows 10 with Western Digital’s My Passport Ultraįind out about this colorful compact drive that might be the right tool to safeguard your data when you're on the road.