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 Jul 12 2008, 05:37 PM
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/se...E=WEBLET03ORDER |
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Jul 12 2008, 05:45 PM
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QUOTE(raw @ Jul 12 2008, 06:28 PM)  chugg posted it is a Western Digital Passport. Unfortunately that drive only comes with WD Sync, and from the posts I've read it's not very good as it only allows you to "sync" your data between for example your home and work computer. I could be wrong but if I understand it correctly, only one of the drives has to be a Seagate for the App. to work. Not sure if it has to be the external one -------------------- Mark
 why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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Jul 12 2008, 05:56 PM
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I dont have my disc so none of these options will work for me.
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Jul 12 2008, 06:35 PM
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It stated that WD Sync comes installed on the new drive.
Looking over the DiskWizard manual it looks like it "might" work even if you are not using a Seagate drive. Chapter 5 (page 16 of the pdf) explains backups. Here is a link to the manual: http://www.seagate.com/support/discwizard/dw_ug.en.pdf DiskWizard page at Seagate: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/d...oads/discwizard -------------------- |
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Aug 6 2008, 07:48 PM
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Guys I bought this drive some time ago and its sitting here doing nothing because I cant figure out how to use it and my exausted searches have come up with nothing. Can anyone please help with this? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Aug 7 2008, 10:29 AM
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WD Sync instructions:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/ -------------------- Mark
why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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Aug 7 2008, 06:16 PM
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QUOTE(raw @ Jul 11 2008, 10:46 PM) Windows Backup is free.Here's the how-to: http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/xpbackup.htm Hi All  I hope Iam not interupting but I live in Australia and I have been unable to find any of the Sites listed above Sell or Ship to Australia is this correct?  Thanks Dasha |
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Aug 7 2008, 07:34 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 8,389 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
If you can locate platypus in the member directories, He's from Australia. I'm sure he can help you
platypus I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you sent him a PM This post has been edited by garmanma: Aug 7 2008, 07:37 PM -------------------- Mark
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 Aug 15 2008, 05:00 AM
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QUOTE(garmanma @ Jul 12 2008, 09:26 AM) QUOTE(chugg @ Jul 11 2008, 10:05 PM) There is no free way to backup my whole computer on my new removable hard drive? If one of the hard drives is a Seagate they have a free tool in the download section of their support site. I think it's called Disk Wizard Hey Mark: I do have a Seagate internal 320 GIG, thanks for the info, I will try the support site, audioAl over an out |
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Aug 20 2008, 02:20 PM
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Maxtor makes a pretty good External HD.
Or the MyBook series. They also make pretty good ones. -------------------- teerossi
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Sep 21 2008, 01:52 AM
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i bought this hardrive 2.5 months ago and it is still sitting here. I cant figure out how to get everything on my computer on it.
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Sep 23 2008, 03:41 PM
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Can someone please help me with this? I have this sitting here and really need to use it but cant figure this out. PLEASE!
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Sep 23 2008, 04:37 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 8,389 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
You have the drive, disks, and instructions. What do you need to know?
-------------------- Mark
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Oct 4 2008, 02:04 PM
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Does anyone know how to password protect this removable hardrive so when someone clicks on the removable hardrive shortcut they would have to put in a password? I have alot of social security numbers on this because it is my work computer.
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Oct 4 2008, 02:06 PM
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A form of encryption should be used for something like this, http://www.truecrypt.org/ should be sufficient.
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