Western Digital WDBVHT0080JCH WD SmartWare User Manual - Page 32

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 4 Backing Up Your Computer Files 1 This chapter includes the following topics: How the Backup Function Works Backing Up Files How the Backup Function Works The WD SmartWare software automatically and continuously backs up all of your important data files to the external device-music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files. After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of files on your computer's internal hard drive, clicking the Start Backup button backs all of them up. Or you can select specific files, folders, or categories of files to back up. After performing a backup, the WD SmartWare software protects your files by backing up any: • New file that is created on or copied to your internal hard drive • Existing file that is changed in any way This protection is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for you without any action on your part-just make sure to leave your external device connected to your computer. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your external device is connected to your computer. Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the device to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. Backing Up Files To back up your files: 1. On the Home screen: a. If you are going to back up files by category AND your computer has more than one internal hard drive or drive partition, use the internal drive selector box under your computer's icon to select the one that you want to back up first: b. If you have more than one external device connected to your computer, select the one that you want to back up files to: c. Verify that a light-blue background shadow appears around the selected device. BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 28