Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual - Manual (Page 8)

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE – 4
In each display, the WD SmartWare software changes the names and graphic images to
match the hardware configuration of the connected device.
Note: In addition to the detailed Help tab information, each WD SmartWare
display provides easy access to online help to quickly guide you through
your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. Whenever you are uncertain
about what to do, click the info/online help icon in the upper-right corner
of the display:
To close the info/online help screen after reading the online help, click the
X close window icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Home Tab Display
Use the Home tab display to view device content gauges and select:
The source device or drive partition that has the files you want to back up
The target device or device partition/network share that you want to back up files to,
retrieve files from, or set up
See Figure 1 on page 5 and Table 1 on page 6 for a brief functional description of the
Home tab display.
Settings One of two dialogs, depending on the type and model of the
selected backup target device:
For most supported WD drives and network-attached devices,
the Settings tab display provides buttons for displaying
Software Settings and Drive Settings screens.
For some supported WD drives, unsupported WD devices, and
all non-WD drives, the Settings tab display provides only the
Software Settings screen.
See “Settings Tab Displays” on page 17.
Help Instant access to:
Detailed information about backing up and retrieving files and
making your software and drive setup selections
WD Customer Support services
See “Help Tab Display” on page 20.
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