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BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING YOUR COMPUTER FILES Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files In the retrieve files selection box, check the Show deleted files check box and/or the Show older files check box. Now, when selecting content to retrieve, you can select individual files that were overwritten or deleted. Likewise, retrieving entire folders in this mode will retrieve older versions and deleted files as well. Note: You can only retrieve one version of a file per retrieve. Retrieving All of Your Content On the Select content to retrieve... screen, choose the Retrieve All Files option, which retrieves files across all categories and copies them to either their original locations or the Retrieved Contents folder. During the retrieve: „ The Retrieve screen displays a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been copied to the specified retrieve location. „ A Cancel Retrieving button is available for you to stop the retrieve. „ A "Retrieval accomplished" message signifies completion of the retrieve. „ A "Partial retrieve accomplished" message means the file you selected for the retrieve was not copied to the specified retrieve location. In this case, either a: - "Files Not Retrieved" message provides the number of files that were not retrieved and a link to a failed-to-retrieve information screen. Click the View files link to see the list of files and the reasons they were not retrieved. - OR- "Destination is full" message means that your computer does not have sufficient disk space to complete the retrieve. Customizing WD SmartWare Software The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its settings for the best possible drive performance by: „ Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file „ Specifying a unique folder to store files retrieved from your drive „ Automatically checking for WD SmartWare software updates MY BOOK LIVE 38 USER MANUAL

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BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING YOUR COMPUTER FILES
38
MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files
In the retrieve files selection box, check the
Show deleted files
check box and/or
the
Show older files
check box. Now, when selecting content to retrieve, you can
select individual files that were overwritten or deleted. Likewise, retrieving entire
folders in this mode will retrieve older versions and deleted files as well.
Note:
You can only retrieve one version of a file per retrieve.
Retrieving All of Your Content
On the Select content to retrieve... screen, choose the
Retrieve All Files
option,
which retrieves files across all categories and copies them to either their original
locations or the Retrieved Contents folder.
During the retrieve:
The Retrieve screen displays a progress bar and a message indicating the
amount of data that has been copied to the specified retrieve location.
A
Cancel Retrieving
button is available for you to stop the retrieve.
A “Retrieval accomplished”
message signifies completion of the retrieve.
A “Partial retrieve accomplished” message means the file you selected for the
retrieve was not copied to the specified retrieve location. In this case, either a:
-
“Files Not Retrieved”
message provides the number of files that were not retrieved
and a link to a failed-to-retrieve information screen. Click the
View files
link to see
the list of files and the reasons they were not retrieved.
-
OR-
-
“Destination is full” message means that your computer does not have sufficient
disk space to complete the retrieve.
Customizing WD SmartWare Software
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its settings
for the best possible drive performance by:
Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file
Specifying a unique folder to store files retrieved from your drive
Automatically checking for WD SmartWare software updates