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Retrieving Backups, Retrieving a File

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BACKING UP/RETRIEVING (WD SMARTWARE) Retrieving Backups The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to retrieve files that your My Book Live drive has backed up and either: „ Restore them to their original locations on your computer, or „ Copy them to a special retrieve folder. Retrieval is generally a four-step process: 1. Choose the drive to retrieve content from on the Home screen. 2. Choose whether content is to be retrieved to a special retrieval folder or to the original location. 3. Choose what content to retrieve: files, folders, or everything. 4. Retrieve the content. Retrieving a File After selecting the drive on the Home screen, you can retrieve files or complete folders from your My Book Live drive. (For information on retrieving folders, see "Retrieving a Folder" on page 36.) To retrieve a file or folder from your drive: 1. Click the Retrieve tab to display the Select a destination for retrieved files screen: MY BOOK LIVE 33 USER MANUAL

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BACKING UP/RETRIEVING (WD SMARTWARE)
33
MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
Retrieving Backups
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to retrieve files that your
My Book Live drive has backed up and either:
Restore them to their original locations on your computer, or
Copy them to a special retrieve folder.
Retrieval is generally a four-step process:
1.
Choose the drive to retrieve content from on the Home screen.
2.
Choose whether content is to be retrieved to a special retrieval folder or to the
original location.
3.
Choose what content to retrieve: files, folders, or everything.
4.
Retrieve the content.
Retrieving a File
After selecting the drive on the Home screen, you can retrieve files or complete
folders from your My Book Live drive. (For information on retrieving folders, see
“Retrieving a Folder” on page 36.)
To retrieve a file or folder from your drive:
1.
Click the
Retrieve
tab to display the Select a destination for retrieved files
screen: