Sometimes (usually in the afternoon) my wireless keyboard response slows almost to nothing. When this happens, after checking the battery is OK, I find that WDC Smartware is consuming a lot of processor resource. I terminate it and performance return to normal.
But, I am not using Smartware to do my backups. I bought the product just to get a reliable back-up drive. The back-ups are all activated overnight by a script I wrote, using Robocopy.
I suppose that Smartware is nonetheless trying to do something. How do I tell it to desist, without deactivating any disk drivers that might be essential to the working of the drive?
Ron
Hi,
Try this:
Open Smartware.
In the Backup Source column check the list of drives in the drop down box
In the Backup Target feild list the drives.
Select pairs and click the Backup Tab and make sure the Enable Backup Box is “Enable Backup” which really means that backup for that pair is off.
That should work.
Thanks for replying. I don’t recognise the features you mention in the Smartware dialog. There is no drop-down list of drives. Two drives are shown, but not in a list. I have version 1.4.5.2
It is apparent that Smartwre is not doing any backups. I already knew that, of course. So I don’t understand why it wakes up in the afternoon and does something.
The latest version of Smartware is 2.4.20.5! Here is a picture with drop down high-lighted.
Two drives shown sounds like WD Backup, not WD Smartware.
Can’t help you any further.
Cliff
Thanks, Anyway, Cliff.
I had not realized there were to different products.
Regards, Ron
