WD SmartWare is an application that provides administrative permission to control your Western Digital external hard drive. The auto-backup feature available on this software will save your time and resources spent in performing the manual back up process. The WD SmartWare software is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista operating systems. The main drawback of this application is that it does not support some of the WD products. They are New My Passport, New My Book, 8TB My Book drives with 8 characters serial number. For these products, WD manufacturer’s recommend using WD Backup or Acronis True Image WD Edition Software.
If you encountered an error while using the WD SmartWare application, then the below section will assist you in resolving it.