Western Digital WDBK8Z0010BBK User Manual - Page 31
Retrieve Tab Displays, Switch to File Backup
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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION USER MANUAL Table 2. Backup Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description Backup schedule reminder button Not shown in Figure 9 on page 24: Backup source content gauge Backup target content gauge Category/File Backup toggle button Enable/Disable Backup toggle button Set Backup Frequency button For scheduled backups, clicking the button displays a status dialog that: Shows the date and time of your next scheduled backup, the last backup that might have been missed, and the last completed backup Provides a Backup Now button for bypassing the schedule and running the backup now Same as the content gauge for the backup source device on the Home tab display. (See "Backup source content gauge" on page 20.) Same as the content gauge for the backup target device on the Home tab display. (See "Backup target content gauge" on page 21.) Switches the backup mode between categories and files: Category mode-Backs up files according to their categories, as shown in the content gauges. The button name is Switch to File Backup when the backup mode is category. File mode-Backs up files according to their folder structure on the selected backup source drive. The button name is Switch to Category Backup when the backup mode is file. Starts and stops the backup. Opens the Set Backup Frequency dialog for selecting either continuous or scheduled backups. A continuous backup runs all the time. A scheduled backup runs only on specified days at specified times. Retrieve Tab Displays Three WD SmartWare software Retrieve tab displays guide you through the tasks for finding backup files and copying them to the selected backup source device: Selecting the backup volume to retrieve from Selecting the destination for retrieved files Selecting the files to retrieve from the selected backup target device See Figure 10 and Table 3 on page 27 for a brief functional description of the Retrieve tab displays. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW - 26