Back Up an External Hard Drive (Windows)

You can use Backblaze Computer Backup to back up your external hard drives using the Backblaze Windows client.

Connect External Hard Drives

1. Open the Backblaze Client Control Panel.
2. Click Settings.
3. Select the Settings tab.
4. In the Select Hard Drives for Backup section, select the hard drive that you want to back up.
5. Click Apply, and click OK.

View Files Backed Up from an External Hard Drive

There are two options to ensure that the files on your external hard drive are backing up. 

Use the Backblaze Web UI to View Files

1. Sign in to your Backblaze account.
2. In the left navigation menu under Computer Backup, click View/Restore Files.
3. Scroll to the backup that contains your external hard drive files.

Use the Backblaze Client for Windows to View Files

1. Open the Backblaze Client Control Panel.
2. Click Settings.
3. Select the Reports tab.
4. Select Files Scheduled for Backup.
   A log displays only the next 1,000 files that are scheduled for backup. If your backup is up-to-date, this log will be empty.

Resume an External Hard Drive Backup after Renaming

If you change the name of your external hard drive, you must reselect it for backup.

1. Open the Backblaze Client Control Panel.
2. Click Settings.
3. Select the Settings tab.
4. In the Select Hard Drives for Backup section, select your renamed external hard drive or clear the external hard drives that you no longer want to back up. 
5. Click OK.

It may take some time for the backup to complete the process and resume backing up. You may see all of your files queued for back up, but a majority of them should recognize that they are already backed up, and "deduplicate" resulting in them updating on the server rather than re-uploading.