Opening The Wd Smartware Software - Western Digital WDBAAC2500ACH - My Passport Elite User Manual

The following sections describe how to use the icon and other ways to do these things,
as well as how to unlock the My Passport drive using the virtual CD on the desktop.

Opening the WD SmartWare Software

When the WD SmartWare software is running in the background, you can open it in the
following ways:
• Click Start > (All) Programs > WD SmartWare > WD SmartWare.
• Double-click the WD SmartWare icon
Note: You can also right-click or left-click the WD SmartWare icon
task bar and select WD SmartWare.
The WD SmartWare Home screen displays:
In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for
backup are shown against a blue background in six categories where:
This file category
Documents
Mail
Music
Movies
Pictures
Other
in the task bar.
Includes files with these extensions
.doc, .txt, .htm, .html, .ppt, .xls, .xml, and other document
extensions
.mail, .msg, .pst., and other mail extensions
.mp3, .wav, .wma, and other music extensions
.avi, .mov, .mp4, and other movie extensions
.gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions
Others that do not belong in the five main categories
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