MY PASSPORT
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES
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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
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 29).
