# Can SmartWare handle multiple backups at the same time?

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/can-smartware-handle-multiple-backups-at-the-same-time/409077>\
**Category:** WD Software\
**Created:** [October 26, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/can-smartware-handle-multiple-backups-at-the-same-time/409077 "2015-10-26T06:58:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Keylonta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Keylonta](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/Keylonta)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/can-smartware-handle-multiple-backups-at-the-same-time/409077/1 "2015-10-26T06:58:35Z")

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I have 3 drives in my System. Should I schedule SmartWare to back them all up at the same time or should I schedule them to backup at different times?

My Book Duo

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**Author:** ![ERmorel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sandisk/user_avatar/forums.sandisk.com/ermorel/32/65168_2.png) [@ERmorel](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/ERmorel)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/can-smartware-handle-multiple-backups-at-the-same-time/409077/2 "2015-10-26T18:22:49Z")

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Hi,

I haven’t try this, If I was going to have a setup like this, I’ll prefer to setup the backups on different times. Let’s see if any of the users have tried this before.

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**Author:** ![Keylonta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Keylonta](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/Keylonta)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/can-smartware-handle-multiple-backups-at-the-same-time/409077/3 "2015-11-14T01:15:30Z")

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Is SmartWare designed to back up each drive at the same time?

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**Author:** ![Deepthroat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Deepthroat](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/Deepthroat)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/can-smartware-handle-multiple-backups-at-the-same-time/409077/4 "2015-11-22T16:37:39Z")

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Keylonta  
I have the same issue. Just starting up my SmartWare backup and see that I can only choose one drive. I have two drives and want to back up everything automatically.