How-to-do Guide: WD My Book Automatic Backup in 2 Ways

About WD My Book

The WD My Book is a series of external hard drives produced by Western Digital (WD). These external drives are designed for personal and business use, providing a convenient way to store and back up data. Here are some key features and aspects of the WD My Book series:

• Storage Capacity: WD My Book external drives come in various storage capacities, ranging from several hundred gigabytes to several terabytes.
• Connectivity: My Book drives typically use USB 3.0 or USB-C connections for fast data transfer between the external drive and a computer. Some models may also include additional connectivity options such as Thunderbolt.
• Automatic Backup: Many WD My Book models offer automatic backup features. Users can set up scheduled backups or continuous backup processes to ensure that their data is regularly backed up without manual intervention.
• Security Features: Some My Book models come with built-in hardware encryption and password protection to enhance the security of stored data. This is particularly important for users who want to protect sensitive or private information.
• Compatibility: WD My Book drives are compatible with both Windows and macOS operating systems.
• WD Software: Western Digital provides software tools such as WD Backup and WD Discovery, which offer additional features and utilities for managing and using the My Book external drives.

So we know the distinguished features about WD My Book external hard drive, so how to perform WD My Book automatic backup? The official launched the WDMy Book desktop automatic backup software: WD Backup for you.

Is WD Backup Still Available in Windows 11/10?

WD Backup is a software bundled with WD hard drives (or available for download from the official website) designed to automatically back up files, photos, or documents to HDD/SSD or Dropbox. It supports scheduled backups such as daily, weekly, or monthly, as well as incremental backups.

It's important to note that support for WD Backup has been discontinued. Therefore, users need to explore alternative backup solutions. One official option is Acronis True Image for Western Digital, which requires a Western Digital-branded storage device (WD, SanDisk, G-Technology) for use.

For users seeking a broader range of applications and more flexible backup capabilities, a recommended alternative is AOMEI Backupper. This powerful hard drive backup software offers extensive features. For more details and a free download, continue reading.

Then in the following article, we will offer WD external hard drive automatic backup via WD Backup if you are OK, and its best free alternative AOMEI Backupper Standard.

How to automatically backup files via WD Backup software

To initiate a backup using WD Backup on Windows, follow these steps:

1. Launch WD Backup on your Windows system, and choose either Back up Files or Add Backup Plan.

2. Select a destination for your backup. And click Next.

3. Click Edit Schedule to adjust the backup schedule to choose a schedule frequency (e.g., hourly, daily, or monthly).

4. If applicable, adjust the week, day, or time settings for daily or monthly schedules. Click OK.

5. Click Edit Filesto to specify the files or folders to be included in the backup. By default, WD Backup will back up files and folders for the user signed into Windows.

6. Place a checkmark next to the files or folders you want to include in the backup. Click OK.

7. Finally, click Start Backup to initiate the backup process.

Best alternative: automatic backup WD My Book easily

AOMEI Backupper Standard is a reliable and easy-to-use WD backup tool. It allows you to backup files, system, disk, or partition in Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11 and applies to all branded hard disks, such as WD, SanDisk, Seagate, Samsung, etc. You can enable WDMy Cloud automatic backup as well. It has some advanced features as below:

 ▪ Auto backup file, system, disk and partition: It supports backing up them in daily, weekly, monthly. And you can set backup date, time, intervals. ▪ Incremental backup: It backs up only changed files, which greatly reduces backup image size and disk space you will use. And it is usually used with schedule backup option.(Differential Backup is also supported in Professional version) ▪ Multiple backup devices supported: It supports backup to internal/external hard drives, SSD, USB, DVD/CD, NAS, etc of all brands. ▪ Other settings: You can comment the current backup task and enable email notifications. When you upgrade to the professional version, you can also enable encrypted backup.

Full guide: how to backup WD My Book automatically

Before you start, please make some preparations:

• Download AOMEI Backupper Standard and install it on your computer.
• Connect the WD MY Book to your computer and make sure it can be detected.

Step 1. Open AOMEI Backupper and go to Backupat the left-side menu and choose Disk Backup.

Step 2. Modify the Task Name for better nonrecognition. Then, click Add Disk to select the computer hard drive you want to backup.

Step 3. Then choose the WD My Book as the destination drive to receive your backup image.

Step 4. To make this task run automatically, click Schedule Backup and select a backup frequency.

Step 5. Click Start Backup to start Western Digital automatic backup.

☁Tip: To solve the backup disk full issue in a long-term backup task, you may upgrade to higher editions like AOMEI Backupper Professional and enable automatic backup cleanup. It can delete old backup images automatically with different rules - By quantity, By time, By daily/weekly/monthly and By space.

To sum up

This guide presents a full guide on WDMy Book automatic backup. You can use the official WD Backup. However, there are system limitations for this software. Then you can choose AOMEI Backupper Standard as the best free alternative.

This software is full-featured, consisting of Backup and Restore, Sync, and Clone feature. As the growing trend of using cloud service, you can choose backup your files to AOMEI Cloud.