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FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 3
Contents
Contents
Getting Started...5
Using the Seagate Status Icon 5 Restoring the Seagate Status Icon 6
FreeAgent Drive Light 7
Managing Your Drives 8
Using the My Drives Window 8 Settings 9
Adjusting the Power Setting 9 Testing Your Drive 10 Updating Your Software 10 Adjust LED Control 11 Drive Info 11
Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files 12
Backup Features 12 Backup Plans ...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 4
... Encryption Folder 32 Opening an Encryption folder 33 Decrypting Files and Folders 33 Deleting Files and Folders from an Encryption folder 34 Seagate SecureTM Storage Devices 35 Unlocking Your Drive 36 Changing the Password for Your Drive 37 Using the Password Hint 37 Erasing Your Drive 40
Index ...43
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 5
... the status of your drive, roll your drive and to access the drive features. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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You can view the log file to determine why the backup failed.
You can use this guide (except where noted) are compatible with all products.
• Settings to control power management, software updates, drive lights and more computers...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 8
Command Panel Help
Figure 4: My Drives Window
Using the My Drives Window
In the My Drives window, you first select your Seagate FreeAgent device.
Seagate Manager User Guide for the selected drive, click the Settings button. • For more than one drive connected, there will be a list of drives to choose from. This is the default window that is currently selected is more information, ...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 9
...Guide for Software Update
Adjusting the Power Setting
You can take a few seconds for the drive. Managing Your Drives
Settings
• To get more time for your drive to become active again when you want to use it.
Settings
The Settings button, located at the bottom of the My Drives window, allows you are detected. If you to Seagate's Support website. All Seagate and Maxtor external...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 10
...the power setting for service and support. Step 5: Click OK to return to save the power setting. The Settings window opens. If the diagnostic encounters an error during testing, the serial number of the bad device is complete, the results are displayed. You can turn off the Software Update feature. The Software Update window opens.
Testing Your Drive
Test your drive to contact Seagate...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 11
... 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you want to adjust and click Settings.
Step 2: To close the Drive Information window, click OK.
The Drive Lights window opens. Managing Your Drives
Drive Info
If new software is only available for FreeAgent drives. Seagate Manager User Guide for your drive. To view the Drive Info for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
11 Note: This...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 14
... Backup window opens. Step 5: Name your backup settings, restoring backed-up and click Add to move it to name this Backup Plan. Step 6: Select the types of editing your Backup Plan, select the folders to the Include list.
- Seagate Manager User Guide for your Backup Plan and click OK. Step 2: Select the drive to which...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 16
... indicating Scheduled Backup is connected, then your drive: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Seagate Manager User Guide for your files will be backed up to only that time. If all of a Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
16 The Backup File Types window displays your current Backup Plan name and folder...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 17
... to the next step. Listed is missed:
Seagate Manager User Guide for your drive:
Step 1: Click Backup in Drive Rotation (sharing a backup plan with another drive), the Next button is turned on . If Scheduled Backup is the Backup Plan for your backup settings. You cannot edit the encryption settings for each drive. Step 7: Edit the days and/or...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 18
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To launch a manual backup to your backup history. Step 2: Click View Backup Log to display the Seagate Status menu. A message appears with the information about your backup, move your drive:
Click View Backup Log in the lower right corner of the Backup window.
- Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files
Managing Backup Settings
• because...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 23
..., one at a time, that you must set your initial setup of a specific file type:
3. Note: You can select Sync Encryption. To exclude a specific file type from synchronization:
1. Note: File extensions are the suffix characters to the right of files to include or exclude in the Sync window
• Copy & Replace Rules
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Step 10: After you can...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 37
... window or click Set Password Hint to set in the Seagate Manager window. Once you KeyErase your files (even by using a data recovery service). Step 4: Click Change Password. Opening the Set Password Hint Window
The Set Password Hint window can be set a
hint that will erase ALL of three windows:
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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Using the Password...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 43
...34 managing 31 opening 33 encryption folders 12 encryption password, changing 31 energy, conserving 9 erased drive, configuring 40 erased drive, formatting 41 erasing a drive 40
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features, of Seagate Manager software 5 file extensions 23 file system 11 file types, synchronizing 23 files, overwriting older versions 28
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Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide - Page 44
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