Updating Your Software; Uninstalling The Wd Smartware Software - Western Digital My Book WDBAAG0010HCH User Manual

3. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk.
4. Click Drive Erase to erase your drive.
Note: Erasing your drive removes your password. If you created a password to protect your drive,
you will need to do it again after erasing the drive. (See "Password Protecting Your Drive" on page
26.)

Updating Your Software

Clicking the Update Software button on the WD SmartWare Home screen checks for an
updated version of your WD SmartWare software. Then, if an update is available, your
Internet connection opens the Downloads page of the Western Digital Service & Support
website.
To update your software:
1.
Click the Home tab to display the Home screen (see Figure 6 on page 10).
2. Note the version of the WD SmartWare software that is installed on your computer,
shown in the WD Online box.
3. Click Update Software.
Appearance of . . .
A No updates available message,
An Internet connection to the Downloads
page of the Western Digital Service &
Support website,
4. Follow the instructions for downloading and installing the newest version for your
operating system.
5. After the installation completes, note the new version shown in the WD Online box.

Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software

Important:
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
13.) Uninstalling also duplicates all of the backup files on the drive. You may want to
delete these duplicates.
1.
Double-click the WD SmartWare virtual CD on the desktop or WD SmartWare in the
Applications list.
2. Click the extras folder and then the WD SmartWare Uninstaller folder.
Means that your WD SmartWare
software is . . .
Current.
Out of date.
Proceed to step 4.
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