Updating Your Software; Uninstalling The Wd Smartware Software; Windows Xp - Western Digital My Book WDBAAF0010HBK User Manual

3. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk.
4. Click Drive Erase to erase your drive.
Note: Erasing your drive removes your password. If you created a password to protect your drive,
you will need to do it again after erasing the drive. (See "Password Protecting Your Drive" on page
27.)

Updating Your Software

Clicking the Update Software button on the WD SmartWare Home screen checks for an
updated version of your WD SmartWare software. Then, if an update is available, your
Internet connection opens the Downloads page of the Western Digital Service & Support
website.
To update your software:
1.
Click the Home tab to display the Home screen (see Figure 9 on page 12).
2. Note the version of the WD SmartWare software that is installed on your computer,
shown in the WD Online box.
3. Click Update Software.
Appearance of . . .
A No updates available message,
An Internet connection to the Downloads
page of the Western Digital Service &
Support website,
4. Follow the instructions for downloading and installing the newest version for your
operating system.
5. After the installation completes, note the new version shown in the WD Online box.

Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software

You can easily uninstall the software. However, you will need to restart the Run Backup
backup job manually after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing
backup job configurations. (See "Backing Up Your Computer Files" on page 14.)
Uninstalling also duplicates all of the backup files on the drive. You may want to delete
the duplicates.
Use your operating system's Add or Remove Programs function to uninstall the
WD SmartWare software from your computer:

Windows XP

1.
Click Start > Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Select WD SmartWare and click Remove.
4. Click Yes at the Are you sure... prompt.
Means that your WD SmartWare
software is . . .
Current.
Out of date.
Proceed to step 4.
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