Copy of files of My Passport ultra (usb 2.0)

I have my files on the external, but i want to my a copy og those files on my desktop - had to reformat computer so these  files are now my old ones - , but I want to just restore certain files right now.  This way I can restore them from the new folder, but leave the originals on the external in case I need them again.

Hello and welcome to the WD Community.

If you backed up the files with the WD Smartware, you will need to use the same software to restore the files to the computer. 

Please note, since you reformatted the PC, the file structure wont be the same, you will need to restore the files to an specific folder on your computer.