User Manual

BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES

MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 

The My Cloud device supports the following formats for externally attached USB drives while

performing file transfer:

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FAT32

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NTFS

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HFS+J

WARNING! Mounting or ejecting a USB drive while performing a file transfer

will

interrupt the file transfer process.

Creating a USB Backup

There are two ways to create a USB backup with your My Cloud device:

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Back USB port backups: Use the ports on the back of your My Cloud device to backup

the data on your USB port to your My Cloud device, or to backup data on your My Cloud

device to the inserted USB port. (See “Creating USB Port Backups” on page 44.)

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Front USB port with USB Copy button: Backs up all of the information on inserted

USB device to your My Cloud device. (See “Creating Front USB Port Backups with the

USB Copy Button” on page 45.)

Creating USB Port Backups

Use the following steps to back up your data on your My Cloud device to a USB device or to

backup your USB device data to your My Cloud device.

Note: This information is applicable only for the USB ports on the back of your My

Cloud device. See “Creating Front USB Port Backups with the USB Copy

Button” on page 45 for information on creating a USB backup copy using the

USB port on the front of your device.

1. On the Navigation bar, click Backups to display the Backups screen.

2. Click USB Backups, if not already selected.

3. Click Cr

eate Job.