Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual User Manual

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WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE

USER MANUAL

BACKING UP FILES

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Selecting the Dropbox option displays the Dropbox icon to signify that the
backup source device will be he Dropbox cloud service:

c. If you selected the computer option, use the backup source device selector to

select the internal drive, drive partition, or external drive that you want to back
up:

2.

In the Backup Target area of the Home screen:

a. If you have more than one backup target device connected to your computer,

select the one that you want to back up files to.

b. Verify that a light-blue highlight surrounds the selected device:

c. If the selected backup target device has more than one drive partition or network

share, use the backup target device selector under the device icon to select the
one that you want to use:

3.

Click the Backup tab to display the Backup screen (see Figure 2 on page 12).

4.

The initial/default configuration of the WD SmartWare software is for continuous

backups. If you want to configure scheduled backups:

a. Click Set Backup Frequency to display the Set Backup Frequency screen:

b. On the Set Backup Frequency screen, select the Scheduled Backup option.

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