Western Digital My Passport Ultra Metal User Manual User Manual

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION

USER MANUAL

BACKING UP FILES

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If the backup mode is category and Ready to perform category backup appears
there, then click the Switch to File Backup button and OK at the Switching
Backup Plan prompt.

b. In the backup by files selection box, select the check box for the backup source

device:

c. Open the folder structure and verify that selecting the check box for the backup

source device automatically selected the check boxes for all of the files and
folders on the device:

d. Click Apply Changes to create a custom backup plan using your selections.

Note:

Clicking Revert clears your recent selections and redisplays the prior

applied configuration.

e. Click Enable Backup to begin backing up all of files and folders on the selected

backup source devices, at the specified backup frequency, and skip to step 11
on page 38.

Note:

If you configured a scheduled backup at step 5 on page 32, the

WD SmartWare software adds a backup schedule reminder button to the
Backup screen:

Clicking the reminder button displays the Scheduled Backup 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:

Click Back Up Now if you want to bypass the schedule and run the
backup now.

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