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Retrieving Backed Up Files

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This chapter includes the following topics:

About Retrieving Files

Retrieving a File

Retrieving a Folder
Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files
Retrieving All of Your Content
About Retrieving Files
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to retrieve files that have been
backed up on your My Book drive and either:
• Restore them to their original locations on your computer
• Copy them to a special retrieve folder
Retrieve is generally a five-step process:
1.
Choose the drive to retrieve content from on the Home screen.
2. Choose the backup you want to retrieve content from.
3. Choose whether content will be retrieved to a special retrieval folder or to the original
location.
4. Choose what content to retrieve, either files, folders, or everything.
5. Retrieve the content.
Retrieving a File
After selecting the drive on the Home screen, you can retrieve files or complete folders
from your My Book drive. To retrieve a file from your drive:
1.
Click the Retrieve tab to display the Retrieve screen (see Figure 11 on page 27).
2. In the Backed Up Volumes box, select the WD SmartWare volume that you want to
retrieve a file or folder from and click Select Destination to display the Select a
destination for retrieved files screen (see Figure 12 on page 27).
3. On the Select a destination for retrieved files screen:
IF you want to copy your
retrieved content to . . .
Its original location,
A retrieved content folder,
THEN . . .
a. Select the To the Original Places option.
b. Click Select Files to display the Select content to
retrieve... screen (Figure 13 on page 28) and proceed
to step 4.
a. Select the In a Retrieved Content Folder option.
b. If you want to specify a different retrieve folder, click
Browse and use the browse function to identify the
new retrieve folder.
c. Click Apply to save and implement the new retrieve
folder.
d. Click Select Files to display the Select content to
retrieve... screen (Figure 13 on page 28) and proceed
to step 4.
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