Western Digital My Book/My Book Essential (USB 3.0) User Manual - Manual (Page 21)

MY BOOK
USER MANUAL
WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 16
Table 1. Home Tab Functional Description
Display Component Description
Your computer icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the internal hard
drive or drive partition on your computer that the WD SmartWare
software will access for backup and retrieve functions.
Right-clicking the icon and clicking Properties displays the
Windows System Properties dialog:
Internal drive selector box (Not shown in Figure 8 on page 15.)
If your computer has more than one internal hard drive or drive
partition, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box
below your computer icon for specifying the drive or partition that
you want to use for backup and retrieve functions:
My Book drive icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the My Book drive
connected to your computer.
If you have more than one supported device connected to your
computer, left-click the icon for the one that you want to use for
backup, retrieve, and drive management functions. The
WD SmartWare software highlights your selection with a light-blue
shadow background:
Right-clicking the drive icon displays a menu with options for:
• Open—To display the drive listing in Windows Explorer
• Properties—To display the Windows Drive Properties dialog
• Safely remove—To prepare your system to disconnect the
drive
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Selected My Book Drive