Western Digital My Passport Essential SE User Manual - Manual (Page 24)

MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 19
2. In the backup files content box:
• Select the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to include in the
backup.
• Clear the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to exclude from
the backup.
3. Click Apply Changes to refresh the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive.
4. Click Start Backup to back up the selected categories of files.
Changing the Backup Software Settings
To optimize your backup, you can:
• Specify the number of backup versions to keep for each file.
• Pause backups until your computer is idle.
To configure these backup options:
1. Click the Settings tab to display the WD SmartWare Settings screen (see Figure 10).
2. Click Set Up Software to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 11 on
page 20).
3. See:
• “Specifying the Number of Backup Versions” on page 20
• “Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle” on page 21
Figure 10. WD SmartWare Settings Screen