Western Digital My Passport User Manual page 40

b. Click Advanced View to open the backup by categories selection box:
c. In the backup by categories selection box:
Clear the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to exclude
from the backup.
Select the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to include in
the backup.
d. Click Apply Changes to create a custom backup plan and refresh the content
gauges.
e. Click Enable Backup to begin backing up the selected categories of files on the
selected backup source device, at the specified backup frequency, and skip to
step 11 on page 38.
Note: If you configured a scheduled backup at step 5 on page 32, the
WD SmartWare software adds a backup schedule reminder button to the
Backup screen:
Clicking the reminder button displays the Scheduled Backup Status
dialog that shows the date and time of your next scheduled backup, the
last backup that might have been missed, and the last completed
backup:
Click Back Up Now if you want to bypass the schedule and run the
backup now.
9. To back up all of the files and folders on the selected backup source device:
a. Verify that the backup mode is file and that Ready to perform file backup appears
at the upper-left corner of the Backup screen.
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