MY PASSPORT EDGE
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES
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9.
Appearance of a backup successfully finished message means that the backup
completed normally.
If any files could not be backed
up, the
WD SmartWare software displays a:
• Caution message indicating the number of files involved
• View link that you can click to see a list of the files and the reasons they were not
backed up
Some applications and running processes can keep files from being backed up. If
you cannot determine why some of your files were not backed up, try:
• Saving and closing all of your open files
• Closing all running applications—including your e-mail program and Web browser
10.
If you clicked
Stop Backup
at step 8, the
Stop backup?
confirmation message
reminds you that the WD SmartWare software runs your backup job in the
background so you can continue using your computer for other things during the
backup.
To continue, click either:
•
Continue Backup
to disregard your request and resume the backup
•
Stop Backup
to follow through with your request and stop the backup
11.
If you backed up files by category and your computer has more than one internal
hard drive or multiple drive partitions, repeat the backup procedure for each one.
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
Help
tab.
b. Click the
WD Store
link to view the Western Digital Online Store
website.
c.
Click
External Hard Drives
and select the best drive to suit your
future requirements.