Monitoring Icon Alerts; Safely Disconnecting The Drive; Customizing Your Software Settings - Western Digital WDBAAA2500Axx - My Passport Essential User Manual

Monitoring Icon Alerts

The WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar flashes to indicate drive status:
IF the WD SmartWare icon flashes . . .
Green and white,
Red and white,

Safely Disconnecting the Drive

CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before
shutting down or removing the drive.
1.
Right-click the WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar, and then click Safely remove My
Passport Essential USB HDD:
You might hear the drive power down.
2. Wait for the drive power/activity LED to turn off before disconnecting the drive from
the computer.

Customizing Your Software Settings

The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its own
software settings for the best possible performance with your drive by:
• Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file
• Inhibiting backups until times when your computer is idle
• Specifying a unique folder on your computer to store files retrieved from your
drive
• Automatically checking for WD SmartWare software updates
To customize your WD SmartWare software settings for the best possible performance
with your drive, on the Software Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 19):
IF you want to . . .
Change the number of backup
versions to keep for each file,
Enable anytime backups or inhibit
them until your computer is idle,
Specify a path to a different retrieve
folder,
Change the option that checks for
software updates whenever you
reconnect your WD SmartWare
drive to your computer,
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THEN the drive might be . . .
Locked or in a format that the WD SmartWare
software does not understand (non-Windows
format in a Windows environment).
Overheated.
Power down the drive and let it cool for 60
minutes. Power it back on, and if the problem
persists, contact WD Support.
THEN click . . . AND see . . .
File History "Specifying the Number of
Backup Versions" on page 19.
Backup Speed "Pausing Backups Until Your
Computer is Idle" on page 20.
Retrieve Folder "Specifying a Different Retrieve
Folder" on page 32.
Preferences "Setting the Preferences
Option" on page 32.
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