During Backup

Several feedback mechanisms provide you with the status of your backup, including a progress bar, the number of files,and the size of the files being backed up. The gauges, columns that represent your computer and your WD backup drive, display different colors depending on your current backup status.

Content Gauges

• The content gauge displayed at the left side of the window (your computer) changes color when backup begins. The light blue categories become dark blue as the backup progresses.  
• The content gauge displayed at the right side of the window (your WD drive) initially displays selected categories on a gray background. As the system identifies files to be backed up, the color changes to light blue. When backup is complete, the category colors change to dark blue.
• Yellow identifies any files that are either pending or where backup was not completed.

On backup completion, information about any files that experienced problems during backup is displayed.

Using your Computer while Backing Up Files

WD SmartWare runs in the background so you can continue working on other tasks on your computer while backup occurs. You can even continue setting up your drive while the backup is running.

To set up your drive during backup:

Click Continue to Settings to go the drive settings screen and set drive management options for your drive.

Stopping Backup

You can stop the backup process to return to the initial Backup screen.

To stop backup:

1. Click Stop Backup to stop backup and return to the initial Backup screen.
2. Select the desired options on the Backup screen; then click Start Backup. File backup begins from the point at which you stopped.