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USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE
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Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions
If you selected
Install Drive Settings
at the
What would you like to do?
prompt on the
Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the backup and retrieve
functions:
1.
On the disk management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on page 32), click
Preferences
to display the Set Preferences dialog:
2.
Select the
Enable Backup and Retrieve functions
check box.
3.
Click
Enable Backup Now
to:
•
Add the
Backup
and
Retrieve
tabs to the Home screen display
•
Add the
Set Up Software
and
Set Up Drive
options to the Settings screen
•
Remove the
Preferences
option from the Drive Settings screen
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
You can easily uninstall the software. However, you will need to restart the Run Backup
backup job manually after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing
backup job configurations. (See “Backing Up Your Computer Files” on page 20.)
Use your operating system’s Add or Remove Programs function to uninstall the
WD SmartWare software from your computer.
Uninstalling on Windows XP
1.
Click
Start
>
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click
Add or Remove Programs
.
3.
Select
WD SmartWare
and click
Remove.
4.
Click
Yes
at the
Are you sure...
prompt.
Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7
1.
Click
Start
>
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click
Programs and Features
.
3.
Click
WD SmartWare
or the WD SmartWare icon and click
Uninstall/Change
at the
top of the screen.
4.
Click
Yes
at the
Do you wish to proceed...
prompt.
