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Western Digital My Book/My Book Essential (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED

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2.

Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue.

3.

Wait for the software installation to complete. This could take several minutes.

4.

After the software installation completes:

5.

On the initial Backup Plan Selection screen:

a. Select the option for the type of backup that you want to run:

Category Backup—Finds and backs up all of the files of the selected

categories on your computer.

File Backup—Backs up files or folders that you select from a folder view of

your computer’s internal hard drive.

b. Click Launch WD SmartWare to display the initial Backup screen. See Figure 6

on page 9 and proceed to step 6 on page 10.

IF you clicked . . . at step 1,

THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . .

Install WD SmartWare

The initial Backup Plan Selection screen for selecting the
type of backup that you want to perform. See Figure 5 and
proceed to step 5.

Install Drive Settings

The initial Drive Settings screen for securing and
registering your drive. See Figure 7 on page 10 and skip to
step 9 on page 11.

Retrieve a backup

The WD SmartWare Home screen for accessing all
WD SmartWare functions. See Figure 8 on page 15 and
“Retrieving Backed Up Files” on page 37.

This completes the getting started procedure after
selecting Retrieve a backup.

Figure 5. Initial Backup Plan Selection Screen