Western Digital WDBK8Z0010BBK User Manual - Page 69
Specifying the Number of Backup Versions, Retrieved Contents, My Documents, Settings, Retrieve Folder
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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION USER MANUAL By default, the WD SmartWare software creates and uses a Retrieved Contents subfolder in your My Documents folder. To specify a different folder: 1. Either create a new folder or determine which existing folder you want to use. 2. Click the Settings tab to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 29). 3. On the Software Settings screen, click Retrieve Folder to display the Set Retrieve Folder dialog: 4. On the Set Retrieve Folder dialog: a. Click Browse and use the browse function to identify the new retrieve folder. b. Click Apply. Specifying the Number of Backup Versions The WD SmartWare software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file. If you overwrite or delete a file by mistake, or want to see the file a couple of versions ago, the WD SmartWare software has a copy for you. You always have the most-recent specified number of versions of each file available for retrieves, and you can choose to keep from 1 to 25 versions. Keeping more versions: Improves your ability to retrieve files from a longer back-in-time period Consumes more disk space 1. Click the Settings tab to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 29). 2. On the Software Settings screen, click File History to display the Set File History dialog: 3. On the Set File History dialog: a. Use the selection box to specify the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file, from 1 to 25. b. Click Apply. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE SOFTWARE - 64