USER MANUAL Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the data on your My Book drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. Western Digital My Book Essential User Manual User Manual. Retrieving backed, Retrieving backed up. Western Digital Computer hardware. Manuals Directory ManualsDir.com - online owner manuals library. In the Backed Up Volumes box, select the WD SmartWare. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE – 2. WD Hard Drive Support. The WD SmartWare software supports the following direct- and network-attached WD external devices: My Book ® direct-attached drives - My Book - My Book Essential™ - My Book Elite™ - My Book Duo - My Book for Mac (reformatted for Windows operating systems) - My Book.
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WD Hard Drive Support
The WD SmartWare software supports the following direct- and network-attached WD
external devices:
My Book
®
direct-attached drives
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My Book
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My Book Essential™
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My Book Elite™
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My Book Duo
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My Book for Mac(reformatted for Windows operating systems)
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My Book Studio™ (reformatted for Windows operating systems)
My Passport
®
direct-attached drives
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My Passport
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My Passport Essential™
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My Passport Essential SE
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My Passport Elite™
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My Passport Edge™
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My Passport Ultra™
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My Passport Ultra Metal Edition
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My Passport Slim™
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My Passport for Mac(reformatted for Windows operating systems)
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My Passport SE for Mac (reformatted for Windows operating systems)
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My Passport Edge for Mac (reformatted for Windows operating systems)
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My Passport Air (reformatted for Windows operating systems)
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My Passport Studio™ (reformatted for Windows operating systems)
Note:
You must reformat Mac drives for compatibility with Windows operating
systems to use them with this version of the WD SmartWare software. For
information about reformatting your My Book or My Passport drive, see
answer ID 3865 in the WD Knowledge Base at
WD Network-attached devices
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My Book Live™
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My Book Live Duo
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WD My Cloud™
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WD My Cloud EX2
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WD My Cloud EX4
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WD My Cloud Mirror
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My Net™ N600
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My Net N750
My Book Essential Wd Driver
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My Net N900
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My Net N900 Central
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Retrieving Backed Up Files
This chapter includes the following topics:
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 copy them to either:
• Their original locations on your computer
• A special retrieve folder
Retrieve is generally a five-step process:
1.
Choose the drive to retrieve files from on the Home screen.
2.
Choose the backup you want to retrieve files from.
3.
Choose whether the files will be copied to a special retrieve folder or to their original
locations.
4.
Choose which files to retrieve—either individual files, folders, or everything.
5.
Retrieve the files.
Retrieving a File
After selecting the drive on the Home screen, to retrieve a file:
1.
Click the Retrieve tab to display the Retrieve screen (see Figure 13 on page 24).
2.
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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 14 on page 24).
3.
On the Select a destination for retrieved files screen:
IF you want to copy your
retrieved files to . . .
THEN . . .
Thier original locations,
a.
Select the To the Original Places option.
b. Click Select Files to display the Select content to
retrieve... screen (see Figure 15 on page 25) and
proceed to step 4 on page 25.
A retrieved content folder,
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 (see Figure 15) and proceed to step
4 on page 25.
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