Enabling The Backup And Retrieve Functions; Uninstalling The Wd Smartware Software - Western Digital WDBAAA2500Axx - My Passport Essential User Manual

4. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive.
5. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk.
6. Click Format to erase your drive.
After the drive erase operation completes, go to
Base Answer ID #5419 for information about downloading and restoring the
WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Passport drive.
Note: Erasing your drive also removes your password. If you still want to use a
password to protect your drive, you will need to do it again after restoring
WD SmartWare software and disk image
the
Protecting the Drive" on page 25.)

Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions

If you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you like to do? prompt on the
Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the Backup and Retrieve
functions:
1.
On the disk management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 16 on page 25), click
Preferences to display the Set Preferences dialog:
2. Select the Enable Backup and Retrieve functions check box.
3. Click Enable Backup Now to:
• Add the Backup and Retrieve tabs to the Home screen display
• Add the Set Up Software and Set Up Drive options to the Settings screen
• Remove the Preferences option from the Drive Settings screen

Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software

Important:
You can easily uninstall the software. However, you will need to restart the
backup job manually after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing
backup job configurations. (See "Backing Up Your Computer Files" on page 14.)
Use your operating system's Add or Remove Programs function to uninstall the
WD SmartWare software from your computer.
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