Uh oh. I've already deleted folders I should not have. To be honest, the tech guy from WD told me I could delete the WD software if I wasn't using auto backup. But what you are saying makes sense. Do I understand you to say that, while I am able to access both my passport drives on my computer, even though I have deleted a lot of folders I should not have (it allowed me to delete some, but not all), if I try to use those two passport drives on a different computer, it might not work? Oh dear. Should I try to download the files from the WD site?
> On Feb 4, 2017, at 4:04 AM, Chris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > My point is that you should not remove the install decks, manuals etc. for > two reasons. Firstly they are small and secondly because if you need to > connect to a PC without the device drivers the system will extract them from > the My Passport install decks. > > These are the settings from my My Passport. > > Volume in drive J is My Passport > Volume Serial Number is 74B7-6DCC > Directory of J:\ > 06/09/2012 17:48 4,223,936 WD Apps Setup.exe > 25/07/2013 01:30 <DIR> Extras > 25/07/2013 01:30 <DIR> Locale > 25/07/2013 01:30 <DIR> My Passport Apps for Mac > 25/07/2013 01:30 <DIR> WD User Manuals > 25/07/2013 01:30 <DIR> WD Apps for Windows > 10/09/2014 11:52 <DIR> Backups > 14/04/2015 12:07 <DIR> temp > 08/10/2016 10:13 <DIR> GTX Drivers > 1 File(s) 4,223,936 bytes > 8 Dir(s) 1,465,986,134,016 bytes free > > WD Apps Setup.exe and folders Extras, Locale, My Passport Apps for Mac, WD > User Manuals and WD Apps for Windows are files and folders that you should > never delete, and are very, very small (245MB). > > Anything else there should be yours, unless you do use WD software to make > backups there for you. In my case I use ViceVersa to put backups into the > Backups folder. > > Regards > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Barbara Ford > Sent: 03 February 2017 22:20 > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question > > Oh, wow, good information. If I may ask further, then...my understanding was > that if I did not intend to use the Western Digital software for automatic > backups (which I do NOT), and I only wanted to use the WD passport drive > simply as an external hard drive, that I would not need the WD software that > is on the passport drive. I was wrong on that?? (I wasn't worried so much > about space taken as about trying to remember what the heck all those > folders were about). > >> On Feb 3, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Chris Hill <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I would be very careful about wanting to remove a folder, created by >> WD, on a My Passport. These files include the software installs to >> enable Windows and Mac to access the rest of the device. On my 2TB >> drive they are using 241MB, about .01% of it. Otherwise, they are >> because you are using the device as a backup to your PC. >> >> Regards >> >> Chris >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Barbara Ford >> Sent: 03 February 2017 14:40 >> To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question >> >> Now that makes perfect sense. I'm flagging this note to perhaps save >> me some pain when I do a new install into Windows 10. >> >> Agree about the admin thing--I currently cannot get rid of a folder (a >> Western Digital folder) I do not want on an external hard drive, >> because it says I don't have administrative privileges. Enfuriating. >> >> Thanks, >> Barb >> >>> On Feb 2, 2017, at 10:36 PM, Robert57P_gmail <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> One problem you may have run into with Legacy 6 and Win7: Windows 7 >> "protects" some of the folders that used to be open. By default, the >> older Legacy versions (I forget when they changed it) used to install >> in some of these folders that are now "protected". >>> >>> I got around this by overriding the Legacy install. If you install >>> Legacy >> 6 on Windows 10 (or Win8 or Win7), instead of accepting the normal >> "C:\PROGRAM FILES", instead tell Legacy to install into something like: >> "C:\winprog\legacy". Since you are creating that "winprog" folder, >> windows has no rules about it and won't protect it. So the older >> programs should run fine out of that location. >>> >>> I have a C:\winprog, and C:\wingame, and a C:\winutil - I install any >>> "old >> style" programs in those folders instead of in "C:\PROGRAM FILES" and >> it works pretty good. And I store data from "old style" programs into >> C:\windata. As much as I appreciate Microsoft "trying to protect us >> from ourselves", I don't like being told "you don't have permission to >> mess in folder xyz"!!! I'm the administrator of this computer, darn >> it - I can do (or should be able to do) whatever I want where ever I >> want . . . as long as I understand the consequences. Or, as a poster I > once saw said: >>> "When my computer tells me I don't have admin privileges . . . Aren't >>> we >> forgetting one teensy weensy but ever so critical little tiny detail? >> I OWN YOU" >>> >>> Bob >>> >>>> On 02/02/2017 14:16, Barb Ford wrote: >>>> Okay, thank you, James. My incorrect assumption that Legacy 6 would >>>> not >> play well with Windows 10 was based on this: When I started with >> Legacy 6, I used XP. A few years ago, I changed to Windows 7. At that >> time, my Legacy program simply would not open with the new operating >> system. I was able to utilize the help of someone from this group, at >> that time, who spent a lot of time off-group, even with a Skype >> session, helping me to get everything to work. It was my understanding >> that the problem was because of the operating system and that I should >> consider upgrading to a newer Legacy version if I encountered further >> problems. As I say, that was my understanding at the time; perhaps I >> misunderstood, or perhaps I was given incorrect or incomplete >> information. Either way, it has been in the back of my mind that when >> I changed operating systems again, I should be ready to upgrade to the >> latest Legacy version. I see now that I was laboring under a false > assumption/conclusion. >>>> Thank you, >>>> Barbara >>>> >>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>> From: "James Smith" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: 2/2/2017 1:03:46 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question >>>> >>>>> Barbara, Legacy 6 works perfectly well with Windows 10, I notice no >> difference since Windows XP and 8.1. As someone else indicated, if you >> upgrade to Legacy 8, make a copy of your Legacy 6 file to transfer to >> Legacy 8, keeping your Legacy 6 file intact. Once your file is >> transferred to Legacy 8 it will be unusable on Legacy 6. As stated, >> you can run both programs on the same computer until you are comfortable > with the new Legacy. >>>>> >>>>> James Smith >>>>> >>>>>> On 2/2/2017 1:46 PM, Barbara Ford wrote: >>>>>> Brian, then if I kept both, would they access the data from the >>>>>> same >> data file, or does Legacy 8 put its data in a different location, and >> does it save it "on the fly" like Legacy 6? My Legacy 6 data is all in >> a folder named Legacy that resides directly on the C hard drive. I >> don't have a real reason for wanting NOT to use Legacy 6, except that >> I fear it would not work well with Windows 10. 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