Western Digital My Passport Edge User Manual - Manual (Page 34)

MY PASSPORT EDGE
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 29
7. To backup selected files or folders:
a. Verify that the backup mode is file and that Ready to perform file backup
appears at the upper-left corner of the Backup screen.
If the backup mode is category and Ready to perform category backup
appears there, then click the Switch to File Backup button and OK on the
Switching Backup Plan dialog.
b. In the backup by files selection box, click the pointers to open the folder
structure:
c. Select the check boxes for the individual files or folders that you want to back up.
Note that selecting a folder check box automatically selects all of the subfolders
and files in the folder.
d. Click Apply Changes to create a custom backup plan and update the content
gauge for your My Passport drive
Note: Clicking Revert clears your recent selections and redisplays the prior
applied configuration.
e. Click Start Backup to begin backing up the selected files or folders and proceed
to step 8.
8. During the backup:
• A progress bar and message indicate the amount of data that has been backed
up.
• For a category backup, the blue background in the content gauge for your
computer’s internal hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all of the files that
have not yet been backed up.
• The gray background for categories or files in the content gauge for your
My Passport drive changes to blue as the backup completes.
• You can continue to set up your drive or perform any other functions because the
WD SmartWare software backs up your files in the background.
• The Start Backup toggle button changes to Stop Backup for stopping the
backup (see step 10 on page 30).