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 content 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 a gray background, and changes to blue as the backup operation completes.
• Yellow identifies any files that are either pending or where backup was not completed.

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

Continuing to use Your Computer While Backup Up Files

The WD SmartWare software 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 set up your drive during backup.

Pausing Backup

You can pause backup, even though it is running in the background and may not affect your system performance.

To pause backup:

Click Pause Backup.