Western Digital My Book Essential User Manual - Manual (Page 14)

MY BOOK ESSENTIAL
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 9
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 running your first backup:
a. Click Continue to Settings to display the WD SmartWare initial Drive Settings
screen ( Figure 7 on page 10 ).
b. See “Password Protecting the Drive” on page 27 and “Registering the Drive” on
page 37 before clicking Continue to display the WD SmartWare Home screen
(Figure 8 on page 11).
This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare
and running your first backup.
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 10). Here you can either:
• Run your first backup—See “Backing Up Your
Computer Files” on page 16 before clicking
Start Backup and then proceed to step 5.
• Skip the backup and display the WD SmartWare initial
Drive Settings screen (
Figure 7 on page 10) —See
“Password Protecting the Drive” on page 27 and
“Registering the Drive” on page 37 before clicking
Skip Backup and then skip to step 6 on page 11.
Note: In this case, the WD SmartWare
initial Drive Settings screen
includes a Return to Backup
button for returning to the initial
Backup screen.
Install Drive Settings The drive management initial Drive Settings screen for
securing and registering your drive (
Figure 7 on
page 10) .
a. See :
• “Password Protecting the Drive” on page 27
• “Registering the Drive” on page 37
b. Skip to step 7 on page 11.
Retrieve a backup The Home screen for accessing all WD SmartWare
functions:
a.
See Figure 8 on page 11 and “Retrieving Backed
Up Files” on page 23.
b. This completes the getting started procedure after
selecting Retrieve a backup.