Western Digital My Book Live User Manual - Manual (Page 31)

MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 26
After performing a backup, the WD SmartWare software protects your files by
backing up any:
 New file that is created on or copied to your hard drive
 Existing file that is changed in any way
This protection is automatic—the WD SmartWare software does it for you without
any action on your part—just make sure to leave your My Book Live connected to
your network.
Note: Should you disconnect and reconnect the drive to the network, the
WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed files and
resumes automatic, continuous backup as before.
Backing Up Files
To back up some or all of your files:
1. On the Home screen:
a. If your PC has more than one internal hard drive or drive partition, select the one
that you want to back up first from the internal drive selector box under your
computer icon:
b. If you have more than one My Book Live device, WD NAS drive, or
SmartWare-compatible devices connected to your network, select the one
that you want to back up files to:
c. Select the My Book Live device folder to which you’d like to back up your
files.