Customizing Your Software Settings; Specifying A Different Retrieve Folder - Western Digital WDBAAC2500ACH - My Passport Elite User Manual

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:
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Displaying the WD SmartWare Home screen whenever you connect your drive
to your computer
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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 7 on page 22):
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 options that whenever
you reconnect your WD SmartWare
drive to your computer:
• Display the WD SmartWare Home
screen
• Check for software updates

Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder

When you start a retrieve, you can choose whether you want to store the retrieved files in
either:
• Their original locations on your computer
• A Retrieved Content folder
By default, the WD SmartWare software creates and uses a Retrieved Content subfolder
in your MYDESKTOP folder. To specify a different folder:
1. Either create a new folder or determine which existing folder you want to use.
2. On the Software Settings screen (see Figure 7 on page 22), click Retrieve Folder to
display the Set Retrieve Folder dialog:
THEN click . . . AND see . . .
Set File History "Specifying the Number of
Backup Versions" on page 23.
Backup Speed "Pausing Backups Until Your
Computer is Idle" on page 23.
Retrieve Folder "Specifying a Different Retrieve
Folder" on page 39.
Preferences "Setting the Preferences
Options" on page 40.
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