WD External Drive Software

Is the software that comes with WD External Drives such as My Passport any good? Also, when downloading the software, is it better to just use the installer on the drive in case the latest version is incompatible or just get the installer from the WD website?

Hi ... I have found the Software to be okay ... You are best getting the latest Version from the Manufactures Website ...

Hi,
What are you going to use the drive for data/ os ?
I've never used anything that comes with a drive ssd or hdd I just clean it and use it or what I bought it for
If for an os I've never transferred an os to either of them I just clean install especially to load an os on it
Cheers.

Hey ThrashZone, if you don't know already, it is an external drive. It is currently mostly for pictures. The drive utilities are mostly diagnostics for example a drive self test and reading SMART data as I don't think third party software works on external drives.

Thanks no I'm not familiar with the software you were referring to or why windows it's self couldn't do the same tasks managing the data especially for an external but that's good to have the additional info :)
Cheers.

Well, for some reason, it seems SMART data can't be read from many external drives without their own software. To be exact, it is called WD Drive Utillities.

Ha okay my definition of smart data is data I remembered to save to a external device before my internal became corrupt :)
Not quite the same thing I'm guessing

When I had a WD external drive (quite a few years ago), the only part of the software I actually installed and used was the spin down utility that would spin down the drive so I could eject it. Most of the time, I didn't even need it to eject the drive so I could disconnect it.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

When I had a WD external drive (quite a few years ago), the only part of the software I actually installed and used was the spin down utility that would spin down the drive so I could eject it. Most of the time, I didn't even need it to eject the drive so I could disconnect it.

Well, I'm now one of those people that kind of worry about SMART alerts. I think I did have it on my old computer, but I'm thinking if I actually need it.

ThrashZone said:

Ha okay my definition of smart data is data I remembered to save to a external device before my internal became corrupt :)
Not quite the same thing I'm guessing

Yes, I mean Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, not data that is smart.