canthis be used with out theWD back up software ? I have a third party one that I use ?
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Yes I think to lock the drive down you need the software but for backing up and using as hard drive you can use whatever. Weather Digital is good for that reason.
1211444
No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
563143
I'm using it for two computers but I'm manually backing them up. I never use the built in software.
1588284
I don't think you can use any USB cable, you need to get a clickfree transformer cable, and this cable can be used with any external hard drive to back up automatically.
522270
Any hard drive that is designed to attach to your device can be used. All you need is to reinstall your operating system software. Or you can use it as a ghost drive as a backup.
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I did get this unit to use as an external backup, but I also use CrashplanPro to backup to the cloud http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetUpCrashPlanCloudBackupHeadlessOnASynologyNASBackupStrategies.aspx. Two of the slots in the expansion are dedicated to SSD acceleration now supported in 4.3
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I just leave it connected to my computer and backup once a day using time machine. There's no charge that I'm aware of for the cloud back-up.
267955
Any hard drive can be used as a back up. If you are using this for backing up your computer or additional storage, you might want a higher capacity drive.
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Just plug it in - I backed up my entire hard drive. If you have issues - contact their 800 tech desk.
545221
Yes. You can use Synology Data Replicator or you can use the standard backup program that comes with windows. See synology link for instructions. https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/tutorials/454
2007760
Good Question, I haven't had the opportunity to test it out. I'm not sure if the file type will be support. I'll test it and send out an update. Bobby
924524
Thanks for your inquiry, yes this drive can be operated using other software other than Nero.
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It will work just fine as an extra drive. It can be accessed just as you do any internal drive. What you cannot do with the Dashboard software is to do automatic backups if the drive is connected to your router. It should be able to do automatic backups but only if the drive is connected directly to a USB port on your computer.
2007113
This backup drive does not work. The software supplied with the drive is faulty and you will get no help from their support. Beware.
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You should be able to as long as you do not exceed the capacity of the drive. Please see my other review as to backup. DO NOT use the Seagate backup utility that comes with the drive as it fails to back up many of the most important informational files in Windows installs. Use a dedicated 3rd party backup software (I use Macrium Reflect) and dump the garbage software provide by Seagate.
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You can also plug a USB HDD in and do a content drag and drop from explorer, or use something like the free versions of EASUS, Paragon, Free sync etc., set up a back up and let it run overnight, but you have to be willing to become an active participant in your data backup routine, at least once. The plus is that you can back up what's important to you and not the fluff that might accumulate like TV shows you aren't going to watch again.
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I believe you can password protect it if you like. It comes with instructions and software sites, but I just use them for straightforward back up. They are really fast and at a good price.