MY PASSPORT EDGE
USER MANUAL
WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW
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Retrieve Tab Displays
Three WD SmartWare software Retrieve tab displays guide you through the tasks for
finding backup files and copying them to your computer’s internal hard drive:
• Selecting the backup volume to retrieve from
• Selecting the destination for retrieved files
• Selecting the files to retrieve from your My Passport drive
See Figure 11 and Table 3 on page 21 for a brief functional description of the Retrieve
tab displays.
Start/Stop Backup toggle
button
Controls backup operations by starting and stopping the backup.
Switch to Category/File
Backup toggle button
Switches the backup mode between categories and individual
files:
•
Category mode—Backs up files according to their categories,
as shown in the content gauges for your computer and your
My Passport drive.
The button name is
Switch to File Backup
when the backup
mode is category.
•
File mode—Backs up files according to their folder structure on
your computer.
The button name is
Switch to Category Backup
when the
backup mode is file.
Table 2. Backup Tab Functional Description (Continued)
Display Component
Description
