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Retrieving Backed Up Files

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This chapter includes the following topics:

About Retrieving Files

Retrieving a File

Retrieving a Folder
Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files
Retrieving All Your Content
About Retrieving Files
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to retrieve files that have been
backed up on your My Passport drive and copy them to either:
• Their original locations on your computer
• A special retrieve folder
Retrieve is generally a five-step process:
1.
Choose the drive to retrieve files from on the Home screen.
2. Choose the backup that you want to retrieve files from.
3. Choose whether you want to copy the files to a special retrieval folder or to their
original locations.
4. Choose what to retrieve, either individual files or folders, or everything.
5. Retrieve the files.
Retrieving a File
After selecting the drive on the Home screen, you can retrieve files or complete folders
from your My Passport drive. To retrieve a file or folder from your drive:
1.
Click the Retrieve tab to display the Retrieve screen (see Figure 12 on page 22).
2. In the Backed Up Volumes box, select the WD SmartWare volume that you want to
retrieve a file or folder from and click Select Destination to display the Select a
destination for retrieved files screen (see Figure 13 on page 22).
3. On the Select a destination for retrieved files screen:
IF you want to copy your
retrieved content to . . .
Its original location,
A retrieved content folder,
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a. Select the To the Original Places option.
b. Click Select Files to display the Select content to
retrieve... screen (see Figure 14 on page 23) and
proceed to step 4 on page 23.
a. Select the In a Retrieved Content Folder option.
b. If you want to specify a different retrieve folder, click
Browse and use the browse function to identify the
new retrieve folder.
c. Click Apply to save and implement the new retrieve
folder.
d. Click Select Files to display the Select content to
retrieve... screen and proceed to step 4 on page 23.
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