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Add New Device

When you sign in to your IDrive® account for the first time on a computer, you can either choose to add the computer as a new device or transfer the backup set, settings, etc. from an existing computer.
To add as a new device,

Download and install IDrive on your computer.
Sign in to IDrive using your credentials.
Click Add New Device when prompted to add as new device or replace it with existing computer.
Edit the computer name, if prompted, and click Proceed.
A confirmation is displayed on successful addition of the computer to your IDrive account.

If you choose to replace the computer with a previously existing computer, the backup set, scheduled jobs, IDrive application settings, etc. will be transferred from the existing machine to the new computer.

To replace with existing computer,

Download and install IDrive on your computer.
Sign in to IDrive using your credentials.
Click Replace Existing when the Set up your new device for backup screen appears.
Select the desired computer from the list of computers linked to your account and click Continue.
In the confirmation screen, click Continue.
A message appears when existing computer is replaced successfully. Backups will stop for the existing computer.

Note: Online / local backup set and scheduled jobs for online and local data will be transferred.

Important: For some accounts, this feature may not be available.