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MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
RETRIEVING BACKED UP FILES – 25
Retrieving Backed Up Files
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This chapter includes the following topics:
About Retrieving Files
Retrieving a File
Retrieving a Folder
Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files
Retrieving All of Your Content
About Retrieving Files
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to retrieve files that have been
backed up on your My Book drive and either:
• Restore them to their original locations on your computer
• Copy them to a special retrieve folder
Retrieve is generally a five-step process:
1. Choose the drive to retrieve content from on the Home screen.
2. Choose the backup you want to retrieve content from. (This is only required if you
have created several different backups on your My Book drive.)
3. Choose whether content will be retrieved to a special retrieval folder or to the original
location.
4. Choose what content to retrieve, either files, folders, or everything.
5. Retrieve the content.
Retrieving a File
After selecting the drive on the Home screen, you can retrieve files from your My Book
drive. To retrieve a file or folder from your drive:
1. Click the Retrieve tab to display the Retrieve screen (see Figure 13 on page 26).
2. In the Backed Up Volumes box, select the WD SmartWare volume that you want to
retrieve a file or folder from and click Select Destination to display the Select a
destination for retrieved files screen (see Figure 14 on page 26).
3. On the Select a destination for retrieved files screen:
IF you want to copy your
retrieved content to . . .
THEN . . .
Its original location, a. Select the To the Original Places option.
b. Click Select Files to display the Select content to
retrieve... screen and proceed to step 4 on page 27.
A retrieved content folder, a. Select the In the Retrieved Content Folder option.
b. If you want to specify a different retrieve folder, click
Browse and use the browse function to identify the
new retrieve folder.
c. Click Apply
to save and implement the new retrieve
folder.
d. Click Select Files to display the Select content to
retrieve... screen and proceed to step 4 on page 27.
- External Desktop 1
- WD Service and Support 2
- Accessing Online Support 2
- Table of Contents 3
- TABLE OF CONTENTS – iv 4
- TABLE OF CONTENTS – v 5
- About Your WD Drive 6
- Kit Contents 7
- Optional Accessories 7
- Compatibility 8
- Physical Description 8
- Indicators 9
- Power Button 10
- Drive Interface 10
- Kensington 10
- Security Slot 10
- Registering Your WD Product 10
- Handling Precautions 11
- Connecting the Drive 12
- Installing on Windows XP 13
- Installing the Drive 13
- MY BOOK ELITE 14
- USER MANUAL 14
- Figure 6. AutoPlay Screen 15
- WD SmartWare Overview 19
- WD SmartWare Home Screen 19
- Figure 10. Backup Screen 23
- Backing It All Up 24
- Advanced Backup Capabilities 25
- Figure 11. Settings Screen 27
- Retrieving Backed Up Files 30
- Figure 13. Retrieve Screen 31
- Retrieving a Folder 33
- Unlocking Your Drive 36
- Changing Your Password 38
- WD SmartWare Icon 39
- Opening WD SmartWare Software 39
- Monitoring Icon Alerts 40
- Using the System Tray 41
- Using the Power Button 41
- Registering Your Drive 45
- Setting the Drive Sleep Timer 46
- Erasing Your Drive 46
- Windows XP 47
- Windows Vista or Windows 7 47
- Checking Drive Health 48
- • Quick SMART Status 49
- • Quick Drive Test 49
- • Complete Drive Test 49
- Using the Drive with a Mac 50
- Dismounting the Virtual CD 55
- Safely Dismounting the Drive 56
- Using the WD SmartWare Icon 56
- Using the My Book Icon 56
- Unlocking the Drive Manually 57
- Troubleshooting 60
- TROUBLESHOOTING – 56 61
- Installing an SES Driver 62
- INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 58 63
- INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 59 64
- Windows Vista 65
- INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 61 66
- INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 62 67
- Windows 7 68
- INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 64 69
- INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 65 70
- Warranty Information 72
- Obtaining Service 72
- Limited Warranty 72
- Western Digital 76
- 20511 Lake Forest Drive 76
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