Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual - Manual (Page 29)

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE AND GETTING STARTED – 25
Getting Started—Your First Backup
The Select Backup Source and Backup Target screen shows all of the devices that are
available for backup operations. Use it to select the source and target devices for your
first backup:
1. In the Backup Source area of the Select Backup Devices screen, by default, the
computer option is selected as the backup source device:
2. In the Backup Target area of the Select Backup Source and Backup Target screen,
select the external device where you want to create a backed up volume and copy
the backup files:
IF . . . Then . . .
Your computer has:
More than one internal hard drive or
multiple hard drive partitions
Multiple direct-attached external hard
drives
Use the backup source device selector to
specify the device that you want to back up
files from:
You want to use Dropbox cloud service as
the backup source device, You must upgrade to the WD SmartWare
Pro software. Select the Dropbox option in
the backup source selector and see
“Upgrading to the WD SmartWare Pro
Software” on page 32.
IF . . . Then . . .
The external device that you select has
multiple hard drive partitions or network
shares, Use the backup target device selector to
specify the drive partition or network share
that you want to back up files to:
You select an unsupported WD drive, a
non-WD drive, or Dropbox cloud service as
the backup target, You must upgrade to the WD SmartWare
Pro software. See “Upgrading to the
WD SmartWare Pro Software” on page 32.
Computer Option Dropbox Option