They made that part clear in their terms. They have a higher fail rate, but I'd rather take my chances with a company that will at least point and laugh after robbing me, WD won't even speak to it's customers about installing software. /rebates/2fproducts2fportable-drives2fwd-easystore-portable-3-0-hdd&. Returning my devices tomorrow and going with Seagate.too bad, I really didn't want to take that risk. They appear to be some sort of file recovery programs for Windows and Mac. I won't be needing them, so I decided to upload the files here. Has anyone else had this experience on Windows 10? Has anyone been able to select "Don't share my data" and successfully install the driver? I have a video of proof if anyone wants to see this sorcery of data tricksters. I just bought a WD Easystore portable HDD and these were the default files that came with it. I've seen 3 other people mention this in the WD forums and they didn't even have the balls to reply and say "yes we forced you to hand over your data because we can". That's got to be illegal, and even if not, it's the single scummiest thing I've seen a company do in a while. To change the backup schedule (hourly), click Edit Schedule to automatically back up files daily or monthly. Step 3: Choose your WD hard drive, WD Easystore or My Passport as the backup destination and click Next. Click the Windows 10 start menu Type diskmgmt. Included WD Discovery software makes it easy to back up your photos, videos, and documents to the easystore desktop storage. Step 2: If there is a created backup, click Back up Files to start. For a Windows 10 PC, you need to check an application called Windows Disk Management. I tested it multiple times and the result is always the same. The 10TB desktop hard drive lets you opt for automatic continuous or scheduled backup tasks via the WD Discovery software. If you see a yellow/red sign appearing against the driver, right-click on its name and select Update Driver Software. We will assume that when you connect your WD easystore, you are not seeing any immediate activity from Windows 10 or macOS. Pretty frustrating to buy two new Western Digital external hard drives only to find out after 2 hours of troubleshooting that the only method that works is by clicking the "share my data" option.
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