MY PASSPORT STUDIO
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS – 53
The following sections describe how to use the icon and other ways to do these things,
as well as how to unlock the My Passport drive using the virtual CD on the desktop.
Opening the WD SmartWare Software
When the WD SmartWare software is running in the background, you can open it in the
following ways:
•
Click
Start
>
(All) Programs
>
WD SmartWare
>
WD SmartWare
.
• Double-click the WD SmartWare icon
in the task bar.
Note:
You can also right-click or left-click the WD SmartWare icon
in the
task bar and select
WD SmartWare
.
The WD SmartWare Home screen displays:
In the Content Gauge for your computer’s hard drive, all of your files that are available for
backup are shown against a blue background in six categories where:
This file category
Includes files with these extensions
Documents
.doc, .txt, .htm, .html, .ppt, .xls, .xml, and other document
extensions
.mail, .msg, .pst., and other mail extensions
Music
.mp3, .wav, .wma, and other music extensions
Movies
.avi, .mov, .mp4, and other movie extensions
Pictures
.gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions
Other
Others that do not belong in the five main categories