Wd file management shadow engine

I assume there is a coding error in the installer and you run the deinstallation routine again at the end. I hope you come up with a working fix. And please make the previous version of Smartware available again for download.

We need to isolate SmartWare from your computer, the drive, and any other software on the computer. I recommend that you unplug the drive from the computer and then do the following:.

Does SmartWare now fully run even without the drive connected and non-Microsoft software active on the computer? I also can not win 7 x64 upgrade I have to find a quick fix this problem and even the program because I have done everything. Strings 05 - 25 a 2. InstallSmartWare Same happenings at my place! I am trying for 3 hours now L It works fine when I reinstall the older version. Support Downloads Knowledge Base. German Spanish Italian French. HGST Support. Version 1.

My current WD smartware version is 1. Same here on x64 Windows 7 Stay away from this update until fixed. WW The Netherlands. Same thing with me. Please priorize a solution!!!

What other item should there be in the. NET Framework? I believe the problem is with the installer. I have been using smartware with my passport se 1tb for some time, but I just downloaded the updated software for my home edition 2tb. This is when I began having the problems.

I just uninstalled the home edition stuff, but it did nothing to stop the wdfme and others showing up in resource monitor. I did not notice any other work arounds. It is too bad that these backup utilities are so unstable.

I just began having the same cpu resource problems with smartware after installing the anywhere back up for my home edtion 2tb. What a nightmare. I just lost a few hours fighting with it. Thank you for this suggestion. I will give it a try. I prefer to have one WD software solution for my various outdated WD external hard drives. I hope it works for me like it does for you. I just encountered the same situation after installing the anywhere backup for my home edition 2tb.

I will some of the suggestions mentioned here. Well, the cpu issue is no longer a problem. I am running Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit and had NO problems until I installed the anywhere back up for this. I installed and ran the DLG as instructed. After about 13 hours, it crashed and left me with the following information. I was unable to copy the table that had specific information about the sectors. Test Time: , July 14, After this, I ran a system recovery point before I updated the WD software.

I figured that I could not become better or worse off since the update had already damaged my My Book Home edition. Indeed, it did not change the situation and left the problem as it stands. You guys here on the forum are trying to help and i am appriciative, but WD have done nothing to help me since i called them about this, next time i will buy a seagate or something else with better software! Courage my friend, many of us simple WD users are as frustated and annoyed as you are.

Spent 2much time working out some fixes for this stupidware and finally I gave up. Support Downloads Knowledge Base. German Spanish Italian French. HGST Support. NET 3. Reboot once the install is complete. Let me know if that helps, and which one. Hi Bill, I appreciate your replying, and understand your role, no worries. Thanks for your attention. Perhaps a better solution is not to use Smartware at all, instead perhaps you may consider using Acronis WD edition, which is a free down load, I use it on my WD Passport gb drive, without any problems, it need not use any resouces at all , you can choose to do incremted or full back-ups in windows or DOS, you can mount your image files and extract any of the contents at will.

Thanks If you want to use the security feature, set the password from SmartWare, then uninstall it. Hello everybody, unfortunatelly I noticed the same problem. I have just encountered the same exact problem about the following WD files wdfme. This is when I began having the problems I just uninstalled the home edition stuff, but it did nothing to stop the wdfme and others showing up in resource monitor. I have all the latest software updates mentioned in these posts.

I will now uninstall the smartware for my SE, restart, and see what happens. If all is well, I will reinstall the smartware for the passport SE, but not the home edition. I hope that will return me to normal.