Changing Your Automatic Backup Settings - Western Digital WD Dual-option User Manual

Media center and external hard drive with dual-option backup
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8. The last window summarizes the settings you specified in the Automatic Backup wizard.
If you need to make any changes, click Back. If you wish to start your first backup now,
select Start the backup now. Click Finish to complete the wizard. Your Automatic Backup
button is now illuminated, indicating that your backups are scheduled to occur
automatically.
IMPORTANT: Both the source and destination drive must be kept powered on for the
automatic backups to occur at their scheduled times. You may have to modify your power
management settings in your operating system.

Changing Your Automatic Backup Settings

Follow the steps below to edit your Automatic Backup settings, disable Automatic Backup, or
enable a previously set up Automatic Backup that is currently disabled.
1. Press the Automatic Backup button. The Automatic Backup button LED will
immediately begin to flash indicating that a change is in progress.
2. The wizard displays a summary of your existing choices and gives you a ten second
countdown. Depending on your current settings, it will either automatically Disable or
Enable the Automatic Backup.
3. To change your existing Automatic Backup settings, click Modify to go back through the
wizard to make your desired changes. Once you have made your selected changes or the
timer has expired, the LED will stop flashing and remain lit if the automatic backup is
scheduled. If backups are not scheduled, the LED will not illuminate.
Note: See "Automatic Backup" in the preceding section for more details.
WD DUAL-OPTION MEDIA CENTER AND COMBO HARD DRIVE
USING THE BACKUP SOFTWARE - 20
USER MANUAL

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