“Have MY Passport WDBYNN0010BBL-OB from Best Buy. Use to backup Toshiba laptop. No problems. Have been getting pop-ups that say: "WD Discovery--a new version 1.9.6731.39035 of WD Backup is available. Click here to update." Why would I need this?”
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Just a guess is that they found better ways to do backups and or security issues. Why wouldn't you want the latest and greatest software? Usually before it updates it tells you what it fixes. Check with WD
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Some people like the convenience of a program that will back up an entire hard drive. This hard drive comes with that program well as Window OS. If you use the program or not the upgrade will stop the pop-up messages.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This update is more of a lets call it "a extra feature to your Western Digital arsenal". Which also comes with a few other free applications and possible useful information that you might be interested in. But this update or software add-on is not mandatory.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You shouldn't need this unless you had a network with multiple WD drives.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You'll need to determine that by looking at the revision number at the Western Digital site. Each revision is a fix or addition for some item, and it may or may not pertain to your situation.
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