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September 2nd 10, 04:56 PM
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How Do I Remove Data from USB Backup Drive Without Removing Backup Program?
I've had very little experience with external USB drives made
especially for backup. I backup to ordinary hard drives using software of my choosing, but several computer novice friends use these USB backup drives. It seems they come with backup software installed on them. Two of these friends have just bought new computers and want to completely remove the old backup data yet keep the preinstalled backup program. How is this done? I tried to find the location of the software on the disk but was unsuccessful. 
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September 2nd 10, 08:17 PM
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How Do I Remove Data from USB Backup Drive Without Removing Backup Program?
jim evans wrote:
I've had very little experience with external USB drives made especially for backup. I backup to ordinary hard drives using software of my choosing, but several computer novice friends use these USB backup drives. It seems they come with backup software installed on them. Two of these friends have just bought new computers and want to completely remove the old backup data yet keep the preinstalled backup program. How is this done? I tried to find the location of the software on the disk but was unsuccessful. It should be very easy to see the backup files and delete those.
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September 3rd 10, 02:44 AM
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How Do I Remove Data from USB Backup Drive Without Removing BackupProgram?
On 02/09/2010 11:56 AM, jim evans wrote:
I've had very little experience with external USB drives made especially for backup. I backup to ordinary hard drives using software of my choosing, but several computer novice friends use these USB backup drives. It seems they come with backup software installed on them. Two of these friends have just bought new computers and want to completely remove the old backup data yet keep the preinstalled backup program. How is this done? I tried to find the location of the software on the disk but was unsuccessful. Hard to say, perhaps the backup software was located within the USB drives as an autoplay install. And it may have gotten overwritten during the backups? If they want the old backup software again, perhaps they can go onto the manufacturer website and download a newer copy of the backup software? Yousuf Khan
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