Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual - Manual (Page 7)

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE – 3
Non-WD Device Support
The WD SmartWare Pro software upgrade extends the backup function to:
Direct-attached non-WD drives (USB)
Unsupported WD devices
Supported cloud services
Upgrading to the WD SmartWare Pro software requires purchase of an activation code.
Or you can upgrade for a free 30-day trial.
Cloud Services Support
The upgraded WD SmartWare Pro software supports Dropbox cloud services.
Functional Overview
All operational features and capabilities of the WD SmartWare software are presented in
five tab-selected screen displays where:
The . . . tab display Provides . . .
Home Device icons and content gauges showing the total capacity and
category structure of the selected backup source device and each
available backup target device.
If the selected backup source device has more than one internal
hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if an available backup
target device has multiple partitions or network shares, the
WD SmartWare software displays a selector box that you can use
to specify the one you want to work with.
See “Home Tab Display” on page 4.
Backup One of two backup dialogs, depending on the backup mode that
you select:
The by-category dialog provides content gauges showing the
total capacity and category structure of the selected backup
source and backup target devices.
The by-file dialog provides a folder view of the selected backup
source device for selecting the files and folders that you want
to back up.
See “Backup Tab Displays” on page 11.
Retrieve Three full-screen dialogs for selecting the:
Backed up volume that you want to retrieve files from
Destination where you want to copy the retrieved files
Files that you want to retrieve
See “Retrieve Tab Displays” on page 15.
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