I want to make sure it scans the external hard drive and can't see how to do this.
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Hello
Just to clarify a bit, this feature is actually in the program, and you don't have to use right-click functionality to use it. If you choose to do a Custom Scan from the PC Security menu and click Add File / Folder, you can add all of your external drives to be scanned during a custom scan. Then run your scan, and it will perform a full scan of all selected drives.
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Ideas-Exchange/Easier-scanning-of-external-drives/idi-p/2974
You can verify this by saving the log file
And check out the scan paths
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The difference between a 'deep' scan and a 'full' scan
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Complete/The-difference-between-a-deep-scan-and-a-full-scan/ta-p/6476
How to Use and Configure Scans
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-Education/How-to-Use-and-Configure-Scans/ta-p/21494
Just to clarify a bit, this feature is actually in the program, and you don't have to use right-click functionality to use it. If you choose to do a Custom Scan from the PC Security menu and click Add File / Folder, you can add all of your external drives to be scanned during a custom scan. Then run your scan, and it will perform a full scan of all selected drives.
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Ideas-Exchange/Easier-scanning-of-external-drives/idi-p/2974
You can verify this by saving the log file
And check out the scan paths
optional
The difference between a 'deep' scan and a 'full' scan
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Complete/The-difference-between-a-deep-scan-and-a-full-scan/ta-p/6476
How to Use and Configure Scans
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-Education/How-to-Use-and-Configure-Scans/ta-p/21494
Hi foxter
Welcome to the Community Forums.
If I may add to the information that Petrovic has provided?
I am sensing that you would like to regularly scan your external drive and so would like to be able to have such a scan run automatically? If I am incorrect then please regard the below.
If I am correct then I am afraid that this feature is not currently available in WSA...one can do a manual scan as Petrovic has correctly explained but there is no way, as far as I am aware, to save the scan criteria and then get them scheduled again.
I believe that such a feature may be on the cards but at present it does not exists in terms of scheduled scanning.
Regards, Baldrick
Welcome to the Community Forums.
If I may add to the information that Petrovic has provided?
I am sensing that you would like to regularly scan your external drive and so would like to be able to have such a scan run automatically? If I am incorrect then please regard the below.
If I am correct then I am afraid that this feature is not currently available in WSA...one can do a manual scan as Petrovic has correctly explained but there is no way, as far as I am aware, to save the scan criteria and then get them scheduled again.
I believe that such a feature may be on the cards but at present it does not exists in terms of scheduled scanning.
Regards, Baldrick
Thank you kindly. I will follow these instructions. I thought that in the trial period I had I was able to right click on the external drive and have Webroot work. Then the program was deleted when the trial period ended. Days later I contracted for the program and tried to right click but there was no dropdown choice for Webroot. It is probalby my confusion. I am very happy that it has the capacity to do external hard drives as I have alot of dox to transfer to different drives. Thank you again. The links are quite helpful. This is a wonderful community.
Thank you for your insight. Yes, I was looking for a way to scan all drives at once. As in my other reply post, I was mistaken as to the program's functionality. Perhaps in time the program will be changed. Happy new year to you.
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