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USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE – 34
Customizing Your Software Settings
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its own
software settings for the best possible perfor mance with your drive by:
• Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file
• Inhibiting backups until times when your computer is idle
• Specifying a unique folder to store files retrieved from your drive
• Automatically checking for WD SmartWare software updates
To customize your WD SmartWare software settings for the best possible performance
with your drive, on the Software Settings screen (see Figure 8 on page 19):

Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder

When you start a retrieve, you can choose whether you want to store the retrieved files in
either:
• Their original locations on your computer
• A Retrieved Content folder
By default, the WD SmartWare software creates and uses a Retrieved Content subfolder
in your MYDESKTOP folder. To specify a different folder:
1. Either create a new folder or determine which existing folder you want to use.
2. On the Software Settings screen (se e Figure 8 on page 1 9), click Retrieve Folder to
display the Set Retrieve Folder dialog:
3. Click Browse and use the browse function to identify the new retrieve folder.
4. Click Apply to save and implement the new retrieve folder.
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Change the number of backup
versions to keep for each file,
Set File History “Specifying the Number of
Backup Versions” on page 19.
Enable anytime backups or inhibit
them until your computer is idle,
Backup Speed “Pausing Backups Until Your
Computer is Idle” on page 20.
Specify a path to a different retrieve
folder,
Retrieve Folder “Specifying a Different Retrieve
Folder” in the next section.
Change the option that checks for
software updates whenever you
reconnect your WD SmartWare
drive to your computer,
Preferences “Setting the Preferences
Option” on page 35.