Thank you, Chris. > On Feb 4, 2017, at 2:06 PM, Chris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Barbara > > Having the files on the My Passport means that you do not need to download > them again in the future. Obviously, you can always download the latest > versions whenever you need them if they are missing. > > Regards > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Barbara Ford > Sent: 04 February 2017 16:38 > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question > > 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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