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USER MANUAL
BACKING UP FILES
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9.
To back up all of the files and folders on the selected backup source device:
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
at the Switching
Backup Plan prompt.
b. In the backup by files selection box, select the check box for the backup source
device:
c. Open the folder structure and verify that selecting the check box for the backup
source device automatically selected the check boxes for all of the files and
folders on the device:.
d. Click
Apply Changes
to create a custom backup plan using your selections.
Note:
Clicking
Revert
clears your recent selections and redisplays the prior applied
configuration.
e. Click
Enable Backup
to begin backing up all of files and folders on the selected
backup source devices, at the specified backup frequency,
step 11 on
Note:
If you configured a scheduled backup at step 5 on page 31, the
WD SmartWare software adds a backup schedule reminder button to the
Backup screen:
Clicking the reminder button displays the Scheduled Backup Status
dialog that shows the date and time of your next scheduled backup, the
last backup that might have been missed, and the last completed backup:
Click
Backup Now
if you want to bypass the schedule and run the
backup now.
