Review on 💻 1TB WD Elements SE Portable SSD - USB 3.0 - PC and Mac Compatible - WDBAYN0010BBK-WESN by Jackquell Cash

Windows 10 recognizes the drive, so if you want to manually move files off the main drive I think that's fine. What it does NOT support are the only reasons I bought an external hard drive: Windows 10 file history and system backup features. For some strange reason, Windows forces you to choose an external drive or a network location - backing up to an internal hard drive isn't supported. The problem is that it isn't automatically backed up to that drive either. It starts - adds a few configuration files - but then just stops with 0 actual data in the file. It could be a problem with this WD hard drive and Windows naming conventions. Windows doesn't like long file paths (one of the reasons I can't use OneDrive; I never know which files will be excluded in which subfolder), and storing files on that external hard drive makes the file path even longer, so all files , even if you call them "a" or "b" will be excluded. It's a deal breaker. You should not advertise this disk as working with Windows 10 if it does not work with File History or System Backup. Just being recognized by the system is a start, but I don't want that. If I want to back up files manually, I can use one of my two internal hard drives. Not worth the time or hassle.