# How do I up my Essential to back up more than one computer?

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/how-do-i-up-my-essential-to-back-up-more-than-one-computer/394823>\
**Category:** External SSD for Windows\
**Created:** [November 28, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/how-do-i-up-my-essential-to-back-up-more-than-one-computer/394823 "2011-11-28T23:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Krulder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sandisk/user_avatar/forums.sandisk.com/joe_krulder/32/50207_2.png) [@Joe\_Krulder](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/Joe_Krulder)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/how-do-i-up-my-essential-to-back-up-more-than-one-computer/394823/1 "2011-11-28T23:43:59Z")

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Hi All,&nbsp;

I am quite frustrated with the unfriendly interface of the software. Can anyone out there let me know how to back up data from more than one computer without having to wonder of the previous data from a previous computer is being overwritten or not?&nbsp;

Thanks!&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![ThePizzaMatrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@ThePizzaMatrix](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/ThePizzaMatrix)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/how-do-i-up-my-essential-to-back-up-more-than-one-computer/394823/2 "2011-11-29T14:43:12Z")

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If you’re using Smartware, it won’t replace the data, it will create one folder per computer inside the smartware.swstor folder inside the MyBook.