WD Backup Restore To New Computer
Western Digital Corporation also commonly known as the Western Digital and WD. It is an American computer hard drive manufacturer and a data storage company.Its major products include storage devices, cloud storage, and data center systems. Follow the directions as given below to do WD backup restore to new computer.
- Turn on the new Windows computer.
- When the desktop opens, make sure to connect the WD device to the computer.
- Make sure the secondary computer is connected to the internet.
- Open the default browser, enter the WD official website link in the address bar, and hit the Enter button.
- Locate and download the WD setup to the computer.
- Go to the download section of the web browser and double-click on the .exe file.
- Install the WD backup driver to the computer to proceed with the further steps.
- The software installation window will now open; it will show the program installation progress on the screen.
- The WD backup setup will now open the restoration window, and the screen will show two options:
- Click back up files to set up your first backup.
- Click Restore files to restore files from a previous backup
- Click the second option Click Restore files to restore files from a previous backup, at the bottom right corner of the screen click the restore files button.
- The WD Backup setup window will now prompt you to select the type of restoration.
- You can select from either of the two options:
- My Passport SSD
- Dropbox
- Select My Passport SSD (E:) and click the Next button.
- The restoration window will open with the selected My Passport device.
- In the window, you will see a question:
- Where do you want to restore your file?
- Original location: the location your files were backed up from
- Select location: Select a new location
- Click on the Select Location radio button and then click the Browse button.
- You can choose a destination folder on the new computer to save or restore the backed up files.
- The restore files window will open, click the Restore button.
- Once you select the folder, click Select the files to restore... Button.
- The restore in progress window will now open, and it will display the progress bar.
- Once the restoration procedure is complete, you will see the message, “Your files were successfully restored.”
- Click the Close button. Congratulation you are successfully know how to do WD backup restore to new computer.