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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL 
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE – 34
Disconnecting the Drive Safely
1.  
Right-click the WD SmartWare icon 
 in the system tray, and then click Safely 
remove My Passport Essential USB HDD. You may hear the drive power down.
2.   Wait for the drive icon to be removed from the desktop before disconnecting the 
drive from the system.
Customizing Your Software Settings
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its own 
software settings for the best possible performance 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 on your computer to store files retrieved from your 
drive
•   Automatically:
-  
Displaying the WD SmartWare Home screen whenever you connect your drive 
to your computer
-  
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 11 on page 20):
 
CAUTION!  To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before 
shutting down or removing the drive.
IF you want to . . .
THEN click . . .
AND see . . .
Change the number of backup 
versions to keep for each file,
File History,
Enable anytime backups or inhibit 
them until your computer is idle,
Backup Speed,
Specify a path to a different retrieve 
folder,
Retrieve Folder,
Change the options that whenever 
you reconnect your WD SmartWare 
drive to your computer:
• Display the WD SmartWare Home 
screen
• Check for software updates
Preferences,