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Launching wd smartware after installation, Wd smartware home screen – Western Digital My Book Live User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK LIVE

USER MANUAL

BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 24

8.

Click the Launch WD SmartWare button to display the WD SmartWare Home
screen. (See “WD SmartWare Home Screen” on page 24.)

Launching WD SmartWare After Installation

Use one of the following options for the WD SmartWare Software once you have
installed it:

WD SmartWare icon

—In the Windows system tray, left- or right-click

the WD Quick View icon to display the main menu and then select
WD SmartWare.

-OR-

Windows Explorer—Click Start or

and then click Programs >

WD SmartWare > WD SmartWare.

WD SmartWare Home Screen

The Home screen is the first screen you see after you launch WD SmartWare:

The WD SmartWare Home screen provides five tabs:

Home—Provides a content gauge showing the capacity of each My Book
Live drive on your network.

Backup—Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your
important data, including movies, music, documents, email, and photos.

Retrieve—Brings back valuable data that has been lost or overwritten.