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Unfortunately, this wasnt an obvious process and this excellent article by scott cramer didnt apply to the newer version 1 tb drive enclosure i have. Western digital my book live app hi all having some issues. So all my profile folders, games, steam account etc, desktop and less important software are stripped across 2 hdds. The reason that i have five is because they are solid drives at an outstanding price. Make a portable hard drive, such as western digital my passport, your companion on business trips and vacations, so that all your goto video and audio files, documents, programs and other data is at your fingertips wherever you are.
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