Wd Software

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Anon-7f4ca145be, Apr 26, 2016.

  1. Anon-7f4ca145be

    Anon-7f4ca145be Anonymized

    Hi geeks,
    I'm running Windows 10 with 12GB ram. I have a number of external hard drives all by Western Digital that I use for storage only. Under these conditions do I even need to install the software that comes with the hard drive? Copy and Paste functions work fine without it, but I don't want to leave myself without full use even though I don't know what that could be right now.

    I have in teh past used these for backup of the computer hard drive but not the WD backup software.
     
    Anon-7f4ca145be, Apr 26, 2016
    #1
  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I have 6 external WD hard drives of various sizes and ages. I have never used WD software. On all but one of the hard drives, I was able to remove the extra and in my case unwanted items.
    I don't run Win 10 but the hard drives have been used in ME, 2K, XP and 7 systems.
     
    plodr, Apr 26, 2016
    #2
  3. Digerati

    Digerati Major Geek Extraordinaire

    I agree with plodr - you don't need any special software with W10 or any other OS. The fact you can copy and paste proves that.
     
    Digerati, Apr 27, 2016
    #3
  4. Anon-7f4ca145be

    Anon-7f4ca145be Anonymized

    Excellent, thank you
     
    Anon-7f4ca145be, Apr 27, 2016
    #4

MajorGeeks.Com Menu

Downloads All In One Tweaks \ Android \ Anti-Malware \ Anti-Virus \ Appearance \ Backup \ Browsers \ CD\DVD\Blu-Ray \ Covert Ops \ Drive Utilities \ Drivers \ Graphics \ Internet Tools \ Multimedia \ Networking \ Office Tools \ PC Games \ System Tools \ Mac/Apple/Ipad Downloads

Other News: Top Downloads \ News (Tech) \ Off Base (Other Websites News) \ Way Off Base (Offbeat Stories and Pics)

Social: Facebook \ YouTube \ Twitter \ Tumblr \ Pintrest \ RSS Feeds