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Changing the Backup Software Settings, Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 2. In the backup files content box: • Select the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to include in the backup. • Clear the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to exclude from the backup. 3. Click Apply Changes to refresh the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive. 4. Click Start Backup to back up the selected categories of files. Changing the Backup Software Settings To optimize your backup, you can: • Specify the number of backup versions to keep for each file. • Pause backups until your computer is idle. To configure these backup options: 1. Click the Settings tab to display the WD SmartWare Settings screen (see Figure 10). 2. Click Set Up Software to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 19). 3. See: • "Specifying the Number of Backup Versions" on page 19 • "Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle" on page 20 Figure 10. WD SmartWare Settings Screen BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 18

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES
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2.
In the backup files content box:
•
Select the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to include in the
backup.
•
Clear the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to exclude from
the backup.
3.
Click
Apply Changes
to refresh the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive.
4.
Click
Start Backup
to back up the selected categories of files.
Changing the Backup Software Settings
To optimize your backup, you can:
•
Specify the number of backup versions to keep for each file.
•
Pause backups until your computer is idle.
To configure these backup options:
1.
Click the
Settings
tab to display the WD SmartWare Settings screen (see Figure 10).
2.
Click
Set Up Software
to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 11 on
page 19).
3.
See:
•
“Specifying the Number of Backup Versions” on page 19
•
“Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle” on page 20
Figure 10.
WD SmartWare Settings Screen