Western Digital WDBAAB5000ASL User Manual - Page 42

Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions, Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software

Get Western Digital WDBAAB5000ASL - My Passport For Mac PDF manuals and user guides View all Western Digital WDBAAB5000ASL manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 42 highlights

MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive. 5. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 6. Click Format to erase your drive. After the drive erase operation completes, go to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Passport drive. Note: Erasing your drive also removes your password. If you still want to use a password to protect your drive, you will need to do it again after restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image. (See "Password Protecting the Drive" on page 25.) Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions If you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you like to do? prompt on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the Backup and Retrieve functions: 1. On the disk management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 16 on page 25), click Preferences to display the Set Preferences dialog: 2. Select the Enable Backup and Retrieve functions check box. 3. Click Enable Backup Now to: • Add the Backup and Retrieve tabs to the Home screen display • Add the Set Up Software and Set Up Drive options to the Settings screen • Remove the Preferences option from the Drive Settings screen Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software Important: You can easily uninstall the software. However, you will need to restart the backup job manually after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing backup job configurations. (See "Backing Up Your Computer Files" on page 14.) Use your operating system's Add or Remove Programs function to uninstall the WD SmartWare software from your computer. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 37

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE
– 37
4.
Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive.
5.
Click the
I understand
check box to signify that you accept the risk.
6.
Click
Format
to erase your drive.
After the drive erase operation completes, go to
support.wdc.com
and see Knowledge
Base Answer ID #5419 for information about downloading and restoring the
WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Passport drive.
Note:
Erasing your drive also removes your password. If you still want to use a
password to protect your drive, you will need to do it again after restoring
the
WD SmartWare software and disk image
. (See “Password
Protecting the Drive” on page 25.)
Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions
If you selected
Install Drive Settings
at the
What would you like to do?
prompt on the
Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the Backup and Retrieve
functions:
1.
On the disk management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 16 on page 25), click
Preferences
to display the Set Preferences dialog:
2.
Select the
Enable Backup and Retrieve functions
check box.
3.
Click
Enable Backup Now
to:
•
Add the
Backup
and
Retrieve
tabs to the Home screen display
•
Add the
Set Up Software
and
Set Up Drive
options to the Settings screen
•
Remove the
Preferences
option from the Drive Settings screen
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
Use your operating system’s Add or Remove Programs function to uninstall the
WD SmartWare software from your computer.
Important:
You can easily uninstall the software. However, you will need to restart the
backup job manually after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing
backup job configurations. (See “Backing Up Your Computer Files” on page 14.)