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SBS 2011 Backup failing with new drive

hopefully this is just a configuration issue but here is the gist:

We have a SBS 2011 server and it was backing up to a Western Digital USB drive (drive 1) with no problem.

I disconnected the Western Digital USB Drive (drive 1) and connected a Western Digital Passport USB drive (drive 2) because it has 30% more storage so I figured it will last several more years before I get an even larger drive.

However the last two backups have failed.  

I THINK I recall when I set up Drive 1 3 years ago that I needed to exclude some TrendMicro Antivirus folders but I can't remember.

Any help in getting our backups working again is appreciated.
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it appears my new drive is not compatible.

but now my problem is that i'm putting the original usb drive in, after removing the new usb drive, but if I use the wizard in the SBS console it wants to format the old USB hard drive.  

if I instead use the windws server backup program I get an error when trying to add the original backup drive as a destination...
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nevermind.  I found my error here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2009365

i'll continue trying to add the original usb drive and if there's additional issues i'll post a new question.

thanks for your help to you both!