Will Reinstalling WD Smartware Erase My Book Studio LX?

I recently erased the HD on my Mac and reinstalled OSX. I have a 2.0 TB My Book Studio external drive which is already configured and about 50% filled. When I try to reinstall the WD SmartWare that’s on the Virtual CD I get a prompt saying “What would you like to do?” and the options are “Install WD SmartWare” and “Install Drive Settings”. When I select the former option the next screen says “Backup” at the top. I’m afraid to go any further for fear of losing the contents of the drive but I would like to be able to use the software. 

What should I do?

Hello,

WD Smartware is a backup software. Reinstalling the software wont erase the information that is already on the drive.

To make it easier for you, please download the latest version of the software available for Mac through the link below.

http://www.wd.com/wdproducts/wdsmartwareupdate/wdsmartware.asp?id=wdfMB_StudioLX&os=mac

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