Western Digital Passport Slim WDBGMT0010BAL User manual

External Portable
My Passport®Slim™
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My Passport Slim User Manual

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WD Service and Support
Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning
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or email support service at http://support.wd.com. If the answer is not available or if you prefer,
please contact WD®at the best telephone number shown below.
Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. This 30-
day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. Email
support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/
7. To help us keep you informed of new features and services, remember to register your
product online at http://register.wd.com.
Accessing Online Support
Visit our product support website at http://support.wd.com and choose from these topics:
• Downloads—Download drivers, software, and updates for your WD product.
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data recovery information.
• Knowledge Base—Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID.
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Contacting WD Technical Support
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Table of Contents
WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
1 About Your WD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating System Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Disk Drive Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Power/Activity LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
USB 3.0 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Registering Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Started with the WD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 WD SmartWare Software Functional Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Home Tab Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Backup Tab Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Retrieve Tab Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Settings Tab Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Help Tab Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4 Backing Up Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How the Backup Function Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Backing Up Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5 Retrieving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
How the Retrieve Function Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Retrieving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Password Protecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Unlocking the Drive with the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7 Managing and Customizing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the WD Quick View Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safely Disconnecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Monitoring Icon Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Registering the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Erasing the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the Drive Erase Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8 Managing and Customizing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Specifying the Number of Backup Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Specifying a Different Retrieved Content Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Checking for Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuring a Remote Dropbox Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Uninstalling the WD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Uninstalling on Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Uninstalling on Windows 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9 Using the Drive with a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
A Installing the SES Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing on Windows XP Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the Driver Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the Driver Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Installing on Windows Vista Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing the Driver Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing the Driver Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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B Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CE Compliance For Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
KC Notice (Republic of Korea only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Environmental Compliance (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
GNU General Public License (“GPL”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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About Your WD Drive
Welcome to your My Passport®Slim™portable hard drive. This drive offers high capacity
in a sleek portable device. It features ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, local and cloud
backup, and password protection with hardware encryption to help protect your files
from unauthorized use.
This introductory chapter includes the following topics:
Features
Kit Contents
Optional Accessories
Operating System Compatibility
Disk Drive Format
Physical Description
Registering Your Drive
Handling Precautions
Features
My Passport Slim features a durable metal enclosure, ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity,
automatic and cloud backup, and password protection with hardware encryption. It also
includes a 3-year limited warranty and protective soft pouch.
Sleek metal enclosure with high capacity—Our thinnest drive yet, My Passport Slim is
the ideal companion for your Ultrabook™or other slim notebook. Thin enough to fit in
your briefcase, pocket or purse, it lets you travel light with all your digital content.
Ultra-fast transfer rates—When connected to a USB 3.0 port, My Passport Slim lets
you access and save files with blazing speed. Reduce transfer time by up to three times
when compared to USB 2.0 transfer time. (Performance can vary based on your
hardware and system configuration.)
Automatic, continuous backup software—The WD SmartWare™Pro automatic
backup software works quietly in the background to help protect your data using
minimal PC resources. Select automatic, continuous backup to instantly back up your
files. Or select the scheduled backup option to back up your files on your schedule and
take control of your backup.
Local and cloud backup—The WD SmartWare Pro software lets you choose where you
back up your files. Back up files to your My Passport Slim drive or back up files to the
cloud using Dropbox™. (A Dropbox account is required for cloud backup. Cloud services
can be changed, terminated, or interrupted at any time and can vary by country.)
Works great with Windows®8—The WD Windows 8 app makes it easy to discover the
digital media stored on your My Passport Slim drive with your Windows 8 computer.
Your content is automatically displayed and organized so you can easily locate and enjoy
your photos, videos, and music.
USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility—With this single drive you get compatibility with
the latest USB 3.0 devices and backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices as well.
WD Security™software—Set password protection and hardware encryption for your
drive to help protect your files from unauthorized use or access.
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WD Drive Utilities™software—Register your drive, set the drive sleep timer, run
diagnostics and more using the WD Drive Utilities software.
USB-powered—Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power
supply is needed.
Important: For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at
http://www.westerndigital.com. For the latest software, firmware, and product
documentation and information, go to http://support.wd.com/downloads.
Kit Contents
As shown in Figure 1, your My Passport Slim drive kit includes the following:
• My Passport Slim portable hard drive, with the WD Drive Utilities, WD Security,
and WD SmartWare software plus the WD Smartware Pro software upgrade
• USB 3.0 cable
• Quick Install Guide
Optional Accessories
For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit:
US http://www.shopwd.com or http://www.wdstore.com
Canada http://www.shopwd.ca or http://www.wdstore.ca
Europe http://www.shopwd.eu or http://www.wdstore.eu
All others Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support
contacts, visit http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1048.
Figure 1. My Passport Slim Drive Kit Components
Quick Install Guide
USB 3.0 Cable My Passport Slim
Portable Hard Drive

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Operating System Compatibility
Your My Passport Slim drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are
compatible with the following operating systems:
The WD SmartWare software is compatible with the following operating systems:
Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system.
For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service
pack (SP). For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update.
For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update.
Disk Drive Format
Your My Passport Slim drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with
all updated Windows operating systems. If you want to use the drive with a Mac
computer, see “Reformatting the Drive” on page 62 and “Troubleshooting” on page 63.
Physical Description
As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport Slim drive has:
• A power/activity LED indicator
• A USB 3.0 interface port
Windows Mac OS X
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista®
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Leopard
• Snow Leopard
• Lion
• Mountain Lion
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
Figure 2. My Passport Slim Drive
USB 3.0 Interface Port
Power/Activity LED

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Power/Activity LED
The power/activity LED shows the drive’s power state as follows:
USB 3.0 Interface
USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is backward compatible
with USB 2.0. Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed—up to
480 Mb/s.
Registering Your Drive
Always register your My Passport Slim drive to get the latest updates and special offers.
You can easily register your drive using the WD Drive Utilities software, as described in
“Registering the Drive” on page 52. Another way is to register online at
http://register.wd.com.
Handling Precautions
WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during unpacking
and installation. Rough handling, shock, or vibration can damage drives. Always observe
the following precautions when unpacking and installing your external storage product:
• Do not drop or jolt the drive.
• Do not move the drive during activity.
LED Appearance Power State/Activity
On steady Idle
Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Activity
Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds System standby

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Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive and installing the WD Drive
Utilities, WD Security, and WD SmartWare software on your computer. It includes the
following topics:
Connecting the Drive
Getting Started with the WD Software
Connecting the Drive
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Connect the drive to your computer as shown in Figure 3.
3. Verify that the drive appears in your computer's file management utility listing.
4. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it. The WD software
installs the proper driver for your drive.
Your My Passport drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. You can
enhance its capabilities by installing the WD software that is on the drive:
• WD Drive Utilities
• WD Security
• WD SmartWare
Figure 3. Connecting the My Passport Drive
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Getting Started with the WD Software
1. Double-click the WD Apps Setup file that appears in the listing for the drive in your
computer’s file management utility to display the WD Apps Setup Wizard:
2. Click Next to display the End User License Agreement.
3. Read the license agreement and select the I accept the terms... check box to
accept the agreement and activate the Next button.
4. Click Next to display the Custom Setup dialog:
5. On the Custom Setup dialog:
a. Select an application name to see a brief description of the application:
• WD Drive Utilities
•WDSecurity
•WDSmartWare
b. Clear the check box for any application that you do not want to install.
c. Select or clear the installation option check boxes for each application:
• Create Desktop Shortcut
• Launch Application
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6. Wait for the installation to complete:
7. When the installation completes, click Finish to exit the WD Apps Setup Wizard:
8. Depending on your selections:
• Installing the WD Drive Utilities software with the Launch Application option
displays the WD Drive Utilities screen (see Figure 4 on page 8 and “Managing
and Customizing the Drive” on page 50).
• Installing the WD Security software with the Launch Application option displays
the WD Security screen (see Figure 5 on page 8 and “Locking and Unlocking the
Drive” on page 43).
• Installing the WD SmartWare software displays the Upgrade to WD SmartWare
Pro screen for activating your free software upgrade (see Figure 6 on page 9 and
proceed to step 9).

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Figure 4. WD Drive Utilities Screen
Figure 5. WD Security Screen

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9. The WD SmartWare Pro software upgrade extends the backup function to non-WD
drives, unsupported WD drives, and a remote Dropbox folder. Activating your free
upgrade installs the WD SmartWare Pro software on this computer and provides
email delivery of an activation code that you can use to install it on two other
computers.
a. Type your first name in the First Name box.
b. Type your last name in the Last Name box.
c. Type your email address in the Email Address box.
d. Click Activate to complete the upgrade and display the Activation Result
message:
Figure 6. Upgrade to WD SmartWare Pro Screen

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e. Click OK to display the Select Backup Source and Backup Target screen:
Note: At this point, the WD SmartWare Pro software is installed. If you want to
skip the setup procedure for your initial backup for now, click the X close
window icon in the upper-right corner of the Select Backup Source and
Backup Target screen. Otherwise proceed to step 10.
10. In the Backup Source area of the Select Backup Source and Backup Target screen,
select the device that has the files you want to back up:
a. Use the backup source selector to specify whether you want to back up files
from a local hard drive or from a remote Dropbox folder:
• By default, the computer option is selected and the computer icon signifies
that the backup source device will be either an internal hard drive or drive
partition, or a local direct-attached external hard drive:
• Selecting the Dropbox option displays the Dropbox Login Required dialog for
configuring your Dropbox account for access by the WD SmartWare Pro
software:
You must configure your Dropbox account for access by the WD SmartWare
Pro software before you can use it as a backup source device. See step 4 of
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• After configuring your Dropbox account for access by the WD SmartWare Pro
software, the Dropbox icon signifies that the backup source device will be
your remote Dropbox folder:
b. If the selected backup source has more than one internal hard drive or drive
partition, or external hard drives, use the backup source device selector to select
the one that you want to back up:
11. In the Backup Target area of the Select Backup Source and Backup Target screen:
a. If you have more than one backup target device connected to your computer,
select the one that you want to back up files to:
b. Verify that a light-blue highlight surrounds the selected device.
c. If you select Dropbox as your backup target device, use the Dropbox Login
Required dialog for configuring your Dropbox account for access by the
WD SmartWare Pro software:
You must configure your Dropbox account for access by the WD SmartWare Pro
software before you can use it as a backup target device. See step 4 of
“Configuring a Remote Dropbox Account” on page 60.
d. If the selected backup target device has more than one drive partition or network
share, use the backup target device selector under the device icon to select the
one that you want to use:

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12. Click Next on the Select Backup Source and Backup Target screen to display the
Select Backup Plan screen:
13. On the Select Backup Plan screen:
a. Select the option for the type of backup that you want to run:
•Category Backup—Finds and backs up all of the files of the selected
categories on the backup source device.
•File Backup—Backs up files or folders that you select from a folder view of
the backup source device.
b. Click Next to display the initial Select Backup Frequency screen:

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14. On the initial Select Backup Frequency screen:
a. Select the option for when you want to scan the backup source device and
automatically back up any existing file that is changed or new file that is added:
• Continuous Backup—Runs all the time
• Scheduled Backup—Runs only on specified days at specified times
b. If you selected the Scheduled Backup option, select the Hourly, Daily, or
Monthly option and use the check boxes and selection boxes to schedule your
backups:
c. Click Next to display the initial Backup screen. The initial Backup screen display
depends on the type of backup you selected at step 13 on page 12. (See Figure 7
on page 14.)
15. On the initial Backup screen you can either:
• Run your first backup—See “Backing Up Files” on page 30 before clicking
Enable Backup.
•ClickSkip Backup to skip the backup.
16. Click OK to close the Backup Plan configuration complete dialog:
Selecting . . . Performs a backup . . .
Hourly Every hour, on the hour.
Daily On the selected days of the week, at the selected time:
a. Select or clear the Days check boxes to specify the days of the
week that you want to run your backup.
b. Use the at selection box to specify the time of day that you
want to run your backup.
Monthly On the selected day of the month, at the selected time:
a. Use the Every selection box to specify which occurrence of the
day that you want to run your backup—First, Second, Third,
Fourth, or Last.
b. Use the Day selection box to specify the day of the week that
you want to run your backup.
c. Use the at selection box to specify time of day that you want to
run your backup.

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Figure 7. Initial Backup Screens
Initial File Backup Screen
Initial Category Backup Screen
Note: The initial Backup screens only
appear one time—when you
install the WD SmartWare
software on your computer.
After that, launching the
software displays the Home
screen so you can choose
what you want to do.

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WD SmartWare Software Functional Overview
This chapter provides a brief functional overview of the WD SmartWare software. It
includes the following topics:
Home Tab Display
Backup Tab Displays
Retrieve Tab Displays
Settings Tab Display
Help Tab Display
All operational features and capabilities of the WD SmartWare software are presented in
five tab-selected screen displays where:
The . . . tab display Provides . . .
Home Device icons and content gauges showing the total capacity and
category structure of the selected backup source device and each
available backup target device.
If the selected backup source device has more than one internal
hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if an available backup
target device has multiple partitions or network shares, the
WD SmartWare software displays a selector box that you can use to
specify the one you want to work with.
See “Home Tab Display” on page 16.
Backup One of two backup dialogs, depending on the backup mode that
you select:
• The by-category dialog provides content gauges showing the
total capacity and category structure of the selected backup
source and backup target devices.
• The by-file dialog provides a folder view of the selected backup
source device for selecting the files and folders that you want to
back up.
See “Backup Tab Displays” on page 23.
Retrieve Three full-screen dialogs for selecting the:
• Backed up volume that you want to retrieve files from
• Destination where you want to copy the retrieved files
• Files that you want to retrieve
See “Retrieve Tab Displays” on page 25.
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