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Managing and Customizing the Software, Specifying the Number of Backup Versions

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WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 17 Managing and Customizing the Software This chapter includes the following topics: Specifying the Number of Backup Versions Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder Checking for Software Updates Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 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 To specify the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file: 1. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Software to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 13). 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 - 47

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WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE SOFTWARE
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Managing and Customizing the Software
This chapter includes the following topics:
Specifying the Number of Backup Versions
Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder
Checking for Software Updates
Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
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
To specify the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file:
1.
Click the
Settings
tab and
Set Up Software
to display the Software Settings screen
(see Figure 4 on page 13).
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
.
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