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The WD SmartWare Home Screen
On the Home screen, you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the drop-
down selection box under the name of your computer. If you select a different drive, the
system will identify the categories of files on that drive. Then click the
Backup
or
Retrieve
tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other than your
computer’s main hard drive.
In the Content Gauge for your computer’s hard drive, all of your files that are available for
backup are shown against a blue background in categories that are based on the
following folders on your computer:
• Music
• Movies
• Pictures
• Documents
• Other
Each category includes all of the files in the represented folder except the
Other
category, which includes all of the files in all other folders on your computer.
Figure 18. WD SmartWare Home Screen
