WD Passport worked on the old laptop. WD Smartware will open but not allow for Backup function to proceed on the new laptop with Windows 11. Is Windows Firewall blocking the software from performing? I added WD Smartware.exe software to list of applications to allow through the Firewall. I purchased a Samsung SSD T7 external drive recently. More @Wikipedia
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