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Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle, Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder

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BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING YOUR COMPUTER FILES To specify the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file: 1. On the Software Settings screen, click the File History button to display the Set File History screen: 2. Specify the number of file versions that you want to keep (from 1 to 25) in the Enter the number of backup versions to keep for each file box. 3. Click Apply to save and implement the new number of backup versions. Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle A large backup can take a lot of time and consume a lot of your system processing resources. The WD SmartWare software works in the background using minimal computer resources while you are working on your computer. If you want to pause all backup activity until your computer is idle, you can by enabling the Backup Speed option. 1. On the Software Settings screen, click the Backup Speed button to display the Reduce Backup Speed screen: 2. Select or clear the Pause backup until computer is idle check box to enable or disable the Backup Speed option. Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder When you start a retrieve, you can choose whether you want to store the retrieved files in either: „ Their original locations on your computer -OR„ A Retrieved Content folder MY BOOK LIVE 40 USER MANUAL

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BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING YOUR COMPUTER FILES
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MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
To specify the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file:
1.
On the Software Settings screen, click the
File History
button
to display the Set
File History screen:
2.
Specify the number of file versions that you want to keep (from 1 to 25) in the
Enter the number of backup versions to keep for each file
box.
3.
Click
Apply
to save and implement the new number of backup versions.
Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle
A large backup can take a lot of time and consume a lot of your system processing
resources. The WD SmartWare software works in the background using minimal
computer resources while you are working on your computer. If you want to pause
all backup activity until your computer is idle, you can by enabling the Backup Speed
option.
1.
On the Software Settings screen, click the
Backup Speed
button to display the
Reduce Backup Speed screen:
2.
Select or clear the
Pause backup until computer is idle
check box to enable
or disable the Backup Speed option.
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder
When you start a retrieve, you can choose whether you want to store the retrieved
files in either:
Their original locations on your computer
-OR-
A Retrieved Content folder