Viewing The Info/Online Help Topics; Hiding The Wd Smartware Virtual Cd - Western Digital WDBAAC2500ACH - My Passport Elite User Manual

Note that:
• The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes all of your
operating system files that are not available for backup. Files that are not backed
up include system files, program files, applications, and working files.
• The Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, shows the
files that you have retrieved from a prior backup. They, too, are not available for
backup.
• Hovering the pointer over a category displays the number of files in the category.
In the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes
all of the files shown in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not
available for backups.
Note: The small number of files that are shown in the Additional Files category
when you first install the WD SmartWare software—before performing
your first backup—represent the system and hidden files that your
computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive.

Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics

Each WD SmartWare screen provides easy access to online help information to quickly
guide you through your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. Whenever you are uncertain
about what to do, just click the info/online help icon
screen:
To close the info/help screen after reading the online help, click the red X button in the
upper-left corner of the screen.

Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD

If you have decided to get started without installing the WD SmartWare software, you
might also want to hide (disable) the WD SmartWare virtual CD (VCD). Doing this would
be a simple two-click operation from the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Settings dialog (see
"Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on page 44). But if you have not installed the
WD SmartWare software, it is more involved, and you should be aware of the following
precautions:
• Hiding the VCD inhibits access to the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility
that enables and disables the VCD. If you move the drive to another computer, the
VCD remains hidden there too. You will need to either copy the utility back to the
drive or download another copy of it if you want to show the VCD or install the
WD SmartWare software on the other computer.
• You cannot run the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility directly from the
drive—you must run it from a folder on your desktop.
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