Hi Allie, I backup my file routinely using FTM. Perhaps I can shed a little light on this matter. After your first message, I did look at the various options. I agree backup options 1 and 2 are rather restrictive. I'm not sure why. * Option 1 Removable media - You are correct it only shows possible connections to possible USB drives (Thumbnails, Memory Sticks and similar memory drives. I have a 1 TB external portable hard drive. It is connected as drive G: but it is not shown. If like I, you have one of those multiple types of connectors, Windows assigns a drive designation to each possible port. When you click on the bullet, the option shows a down arrow next to the field. Clicking on that down arrow lists all of these possible ports and memory drives. * Option 2 Working Directory - set to the folder (directory) where the file is stored. This is for ease of use by inexperienced users. It keeps all FTM files in one single directory which can be easily backed up using an external backup feature. * Option 3 Custom Directory - this is the option which actually lets you use any storage facility including anything linked via a network. In essence, it makes available to the user any storage facility available under Windows. In fact when you select it and click "Change", a "Browse for folder" dialog box opens which allows the user to select any thing available under Windows Explorer. If you are using Windows 8, there a number of entries: o "This PC" - Click on that and you should see all devices available on the PC. This includes all hard disk drives, external hard disk drives, all thumbnail and memory disks. o "Network" - Click it and you will see links to any computers networked with this computer. Storage available to you is dependent upon what drives are shared and your access to them. * You need to simply click on the appropriate drives and directories to select the desired target directory. * Once you have selected the drive and folder/directory, it will be remembered until you change it. If you still cannot select your external hard disk using FTM, you can use FTM to make the backup file to your working directory. You can then use Windows Explorer to copy the backup file from the working directory and pasting it to your external drive. The way to identify the backup file is to look for the file extension, .FTMB. Let me know if you have any problems. BJ On 2/3/2014 5:24 PM, Allie wrote: > Rosemary > That just takes me to my Desktop only no other choices. This is beyond me. > I'll just have to find another way to save my FTM files. Thanks for your > help.