Advanced backup capabilities, Selecting specific content to back up – Western Digital My Passport Studio User Manual User Manual

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MY PASSPORT STUDIO

USER MANUAL

BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 20

5. If you clicked Pause Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? confirmation prompt

reminds you that if you stop the backup before it completes, the WD SmartWare
software removes all of the backup files that were just copied to your My Passport
drive.

To continue, click either:

Continue Backup to disregard your pause request and resume the backup

Stop Backup to follow through with your pause request, stop the backup, and

remove the newly created backup files

Advanced Backup Capabilities

The advanced backup capabilities include:

• Selecting specific content to back up

• Changing the backup software settings:

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Choosing the number of backup versions to keep

-

Pausing the backup until your computer is idle

Selecting Specific Content to Back Up

To back up some of your computer files:

1. On the Backup screen (see Figure 5 on page 18), select Detailed View to open the

backup files content box:

Important:

Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full
means that there is not enough free space on the drive to complete
the backup.

The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to long-
term archive storage and:

a.

Click the Home tab to display the Home screen.

b.

Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to view the Western
Digital Online Store website.

c.

Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your
future requirements.

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