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USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 19
5.
If you clicked
Pause Backup
at step 3, the
Stop backup?
confirmation prompt
reminds you that the WD SmartWare software runs your backup job in the
background, so you can continue using you computer for other things during the
backup.
To continue, click either:
•
Continue Backup
to disregard your pause request and resume the backup
•
Stop Backup
to follow through with your pause request and stop the backup
6.
Advanced Backup Capabilities
The advanced backup capabilities include:
• Selecting specific content to back up
• Changing the backup software settings:
-
Choosing the number of backup versions to keep
-
Pausing the backup until your computer is idle
Important:
Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full
means that there is not enough free space on the drive to complete
the backup.
The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to long-
term archive storage and:
a.
Click the
Home
tab to display the Home screen.
b.
Click the
WDStore
link in the WD Online box to view the WD Online
Store website.
c.
Click
External Hard Drives
and select the best drive to suit your
future requirements.
