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WD SmartWare Software Functional Overview, Home Tab Display, Backup Tab Displays

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION USER MANUAL 13 WD SmartWare Software Functional Overview This chapter provides a brief functional overview of the WD SmartWare software. It includes the following topics: Home Tab Display Backup Tab Displays Retrieve Tab Displays Settings Tab Display Help Tab Display All operational features and capabilities of the WD SmartWare software are presented in five tab-selected screen displays where: The . . . tab display Home Backup Retrieve Provides . . . Device icons and content gauges showing the total capacity and category structure of the selected backup source device and each available backup target device. If the selected backup source device has more than one internal hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if an available backup target device has multiple partitions or network shares, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box that you can use to specify the one you want to work with. See "Home Tab Display" on page 17. One of two backup dialogs, depending on the backup mode that you select: The by-category dialog provides content gauges showing the total capacity and category structure of the selected backup source and backup target devices. The by-file dialog provides a folder view of the selected backup source device for selecting the files and folders that you want to back up. See "Backup Tab Displays" on page 24. Three full-screen dialogs for selecting the: Backed up volume that you want to retrieve files from Destination where you want to copy the retrieved files Files that you want to retrieve See "Retrieve Tab Displays" on page 26. (Continued) WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW - 16

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA
METAL EDITION
USER MANUAL
WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW
– 16
WD SmartWare Software Functional Overview
This chapter provides a brief functional overview of the WD SmartWare software. It
includes the following topics:
Home Tab Display
Backup Tab Displays
Retrieve Tab Displays
Settings Tab Display
Help Tab Display
All operational features and capabilities of the WD SmartWare software are presented in
five tab-selected screen displays where:
The . . . tab display
Provides . . .
Home
Device icons and content gauges showing the total capacity and
category structure of the selected backup source device and each
available backup target device.
If the selected backup source device has more than one internal
hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if an available backup
target device has multiple partitions or network shares, the
WD SmartWare software displays a selector box that you can use to
specify the one you want to work with.
See “Home Tab Display” on page 17.
Backup
One of two backup dialogs, depending on the backup mode that
you select:
±
The by-category dialog provides content gauges showing the
total capacity and category structure of the selected backup
source and backup target devices.
±
The by-file dialog provides a folder view of the selected backup
source device for selecting the files and folders that you want to
back up.
See “Backup Tab Displays” on page 24.
Retrieve
Three full-screen dialogs for selecting the:
±
Backed up volume that you want to retrieve files from
±
Destination where you want to copy the retrieved files
±
Files that you want to retrieve
See “Retrieve Tab Displays” on page 26.
(Continued)
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