Western Digital My Book Live Duo User Manual - Manual (Page 39)

MY BOOK LIVE DUO
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES – 33
7. During the retrieval:
• The Retrieve screen displays a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of
data that has been copied to the specified retrieval location.
• A Cancel Retrieving button is available for you to stop the retrieval.
• A “Retrieval accomplished” message signifies completion of the file retrieval.
• A “Partial retrieve accomplished” message means the file you selected for retrieval
was not copied to the specified retrieval location. In this case, either:
- A “Files Not Retrieved” message displays, providing the number of files that were
not retrieved and a link to a failed-to-retrieve information screen. Click the View
files link to see the list of files and the reasons they were not retrieved, or
- A “Destination is full” message displays, which means that your computer does not
have sufficient disk space to complete the file retrieval.
Retrieving a Folder
To retrieve a folder from your drive, that includes all of the content within a folder, and may
include multiple categories, in the retrieve files selection, select the check box next to the
folder.
Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files
In the retrieve files selection box, check the Show deleted files check box and/or the
Show older files check box. Now, when selecting content to retrieve, you can select
individual files that were overwritten or deleted. Likewise, retrieving entire folders in this
mode will also retrieve older versions and deleted files.
Note: You can only retrieve one version of a file per retrieval.
Retrieving All of Your Content
On the Select content to retrieve... screen, choose the Retrieve All Files option, which
retrieves files across all categories and copies them to either their original locations or the
Retrieved Contents folder.
During the retrieval:
• The Retrieve screen displays a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of
data that has been copied to the specified retrieval location.
• A Cancel Retrieving button is available for you to stop the retrieval.
• A “Retrieval accomplished” message signifies completion of the retrieval.
• A “Partial retrieve accomplished” message displays, which means the file you
selected for retrieval was not copied to the specified retrieval location. In this case,
either:
- A “Files Not Retrieved” message displays, providing the number of files that were
not retrieved and a link to a failed-to-retrieve information screen. Click the View
files link to see the list of files and the reasons they were not retrieved.
- A “Destination is full” message displays, which means that your computer does not
have sufficient disk space to complete the retrieval.