Western Digital My Book Elite User Manual - Manual (Page 16)

MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 11
4. After the software installation completes:
Note: The initial Backup and Drive Settings screens only appear one time—the
first time you install the WD SmartWare software on your computer. After
that, launching the software displays the Home screen so you can choose
what you want to do.
5. After completing your initial backup, click Continue on the initial Backup screen to
display the WD SmartWare Home screen (Figure 8 on page 13).
This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare.
6. After password protecting or registering your drive, click Finish to close the initial
Drive Settings screen.
This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install Drive Settings.
In this case, however:
• Opening the WD SmartWare software displays the drive management Home
screen (see Figure 9 on page 13) with the Settings tab for performing all drive
management functions (see “Customizing Your Drive Settings” on page 39).
IF you clicked . . . at step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . .
Install WD SmartWare The initial Backup screen for performing your first backup
(see
Figure 6 on page 12). Here you can either:
• Run your first backup—See “Backing Up Your
Computer Files” on page 20 before clicking
Run Backup and then proceed to step 5.
• Skip the backup for now and display the initial Drive
Settings screen (
Figure 7 on page 12)—See the
following subsections and then s kip to step 6 :
- “Specifying a Name for Your Drive” on page 41
- “Password Protecting Your Drive” on page 31
- “Registering Your Drive” on page 41 before clicking
Skip Backup
Note: In this case, the initial Drive
Settings screen includes a Return
to Backup button for returning to
the initial Backup screen.
Install Drive Settings The initial Drive Settings screen for securing and
registering your drive (
Figure 7 on page 12) .
a. See :
• “Specifying a Name for Your Drive” on page 41
• “Password Protecting Your Drive” on page 31
• “Registering Your Drive” on page 41
b. Skip to step 6.
Retrieve a backup The Home screen for accessing all WD SmartWare
functions:
a.
See Figure 8 on page 13 and “Retrieving Backed
Up Files” on page 27.
b. This completes the getting started procedure after
selecting Retrieve a backup.