Selecting content to retrieve

Use the Select content to retrieve from ... dialog to specify what you want to retrieve from your My Book or My Passport drive and start the retrieve:

To retrieve all files:

  1. Select the Retrieve All Files option.
  2. Click Start Retrieving.

    The WD SmartWare™ software retrieves all of the files from the selected backed up volume on your My Book or My Passport drive and copies them to the specified destination on your computer.

To retrieve some files:

  1. Select the Retrieve Some Files option to display the Select content to retrieve from ... dialog.
  2. In the Retrieve Some Files selection box, navigate through the folder structure to find the files that you want to retrieve. You can also use the search box by typing the name (or partial name) of the file or folder.
  3. Click Start Retrieving.
  4. The WD SmartWare software retrieves the selected files from the selected backed up volume on your My Book or My Passport drive and copies them to the specified destination on your computer.