 WD Passport question |
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| WD Passport question |
 May 9 2007, 12:36 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35  |
I am trying to help my girlfriend with a problem she is having but I don't use external drives the way she does (she's using the auto-update sync features) so I can't figure out what's wrong.
She wants to see the files on the drive and possibly restore some, as well as change the settings as to what gets updated, but there is no admin tool or anything. The WD website is vague. Any ideas? -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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May 9 2007, 01:05 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
i haven't used external HDs much, but have a 4GB USB keychain thing that has software built in. it's some hidden file .exe that you run. it allows you to turn on/off the built-in control software. i.e. either make it "smart" and use all the built-in features, or just make it a dumb USB storage device. i think if you remove that file you have to re-download it from the manufacturer.
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May 9 2007, 01:09 PM
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 FFFFFFFUCKKKKKKKKKKKK Group: Members Posts: 1,673 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 11 |
bust that motha open and take the hard drive out, problem solved.
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May 9 2007, 01:17 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
Well, she has the sync tool and when she would run it, it would update her files but she couldn't figure out how just to view them.
Apparently this program (WDSync) organizes things its own way and just viewing the files through Windows Explorer doesn't make sense (it has folders A-Z with crap in them). So I had her reboot, re-plugin the drive and re-sync. This time it synced and asked her if she wanted to view the files. Now I just gotta figure out how to just view files (and pull them off the drive) without syncing. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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May 9 2007, 02:26 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
funny that you mention the WD passport, because i was looking at it on amazon earlier today and the reviews were saying that the software for it suck ass
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May 9 2007, 03:16 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ May 9 2007, 03:26 PM)  funny that you mention the WD passport, because i was looking at it on amazon earlier today and the reviews were saying that the software for it suck ass Just from what my girlfriend has told me, I'd have to agree... -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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