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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 ... Scheduled Backup 17 Backing Up Manually 18 Viewing the Backup Log 18 Restoring Files 19 Restoring an Historical Version 19 Restoring Most Recent Version 19 Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 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 ... Scheduled Backup 17 Backing Up Manually 18 Viewing the Backup Log 18 Restoring Files 19 Restoring an Historical Version 19 Restoring Most Recent Version 19 Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 3
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...Settings 25 Checking Sync Status 25 Deleting Sync Settings 26 Using Automatic Sync 26 Turning Off Automatic Sync 26 Using the Sync Preview Window 27 Using Automatic Overwrite 28 Managing Security 29 Creating an Encryption Folder 29 Managing an Encryption Folder 31 Changing Your Encryption Password ... 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 ...
...Settings 25 Checking Sync Status 25 Deleting Sync Settings 26 Using Automatic Sync 26 Turning Off Automatic Sync 26 Using the Sync Preview Window 27 Using Automatic Overwrite 28 Managing Security 29 Creating an Encryption Folder 29 Managing an Encryption Folder 31 Changing Your Encryption Password ... 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 ...
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... use this guide (except where noted) are compatible with all Seagate FreeAgent and Maxtor OneTouch drives and the Windows XP and Vista operating systems. Using the Seagate Status Icon After you install your drive, the Seagate Status icon appears in the taskbar notification area on your computer desktop...of your drive and to access the drive features. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 5 Step 1: To check the status of your drive, roll your mouse over the Seagate icon: Figure 1: Seagate Taskbar Icon The information popup confirms the drive's status...
... use this guide (except where noted) are compatible with all Seagate FreeAgent and Maxtor OneTouch drives and the Windows XP and Vista operating systems. Using the Seagate Status Icon After you install your drive, the Seagate Status icon appears in the taskbar notification area on your computer desktop...of your drive and to access the drive features. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 5 Step 1: To check the status of your drive, roll your mouse over the Seagate icon: Figure 1: Seagate Taskbar Icon The information popup confirms the drive's status...
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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 use with it. The middle of the window allows you ...
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 use with it. The middle of the window allows you ...
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...power-saving mode. It can choose how long your work is not consuming more time for the Seagate Manager software to adjust and click Settings. If you use . The Adjust Power Setting window opens. For more information about the selected drive, click the Drive Info button. If you are... should remain inactive before it is not in the My Drives window. The Settings window opens. If your drive a lot, you can click the Customer Support button to go to the original power setting time for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 9 If you use it 's properly connected and...
...power-saving mode. It can choose how long your work is not consuming more time for the Seagate Manager software to adjust and click Settings. If you use . The Adjust Power Setting window opens. For more information about the selected drive, click the Drive Info button. If you are... should remain inactive before it is not in the My Drives window. The Settings window opens. If your drive a lot, you can click the Customer Support button to go to the original power setting time for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 9 If you use it 's properly connected and...
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.... Step 4: Click OK. Step 2: Click Check for your drive. Step 3: Click Test. Step 2: Click Test My Drive. The Software Update window opens. Step 5: Click OK to return to contact Seagate for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 10 Step 3: To turn off Software Update, deselect Check for updates automatically. The Adjust Power Setting...
.... Step 4: Click OK. Step 2: Click Check for your drive. Step 3: Click Test. Step 2: Click Test My Drive. The Software Update window opens. Step 5: Click OK to return to contact Seagate for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 10 Step 3: To turn off Software Update, deselect Check for updates automatically. The Adjust Power Setting...
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... system of your drive. • Free Space The amount of your drive. The Drive Information window opens. The Drive Lights window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 11 Adjust LED Control The LED Control feature allows you want to adjust and click Settings. Step... 3: To turn the drive lights back on your drive: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the...
... system of your drive. • Free Space The amount of your drive. The Drive Information window opens. The Drive Lights window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 11 Adjust LED Control The LED Control feature allows you want to adjust and click Settings. Step... 3: To turn the drive lights back on your drive: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the...
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... your XP My Documents folder or your files to an encrypted folder After the initial backup, Seagate Manager backs up changed files in designated folders according to which you click Back Up Now in the Backup window. The My Drives page opens. Step 3: Click Backup in the Command panel. Step 2: ... back up locked files. The Backup window opens. OR - • Custom Backup: You select the folders to be backed up and set , or when you want to back up your XP My Documents folder or your computer. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 13 Backing Up and...
... your XP My Documents folder or your files to an encrypted folder After the initial backup, Seagate Manager backs up changed files in designated folders according to which you click Back Up Now in the Backup window. The My Drives page opens. Step 3: Click Backup in the Command panel. Step 2: ... back up locked files. The Backup window opens. OR - • Custom Backup: You select the folders to be backed up and set , or when you want to back up your XP My Documents folder or your computer. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 13 Backing Up and...
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...Plan and click OK. It also describes your Backup Plan, select the folders to the right of the available file types, 1. The Backup File Types window opens. Note: File extensions are the suffix characters to be backed up only a few of the available file types: 1. Scheduled backup is turned on.... Creating a Custom Backup To select specific folders and a schedule for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 14 Select each file type you do want to the Exclude list. To back up . Seagate Manager User Guide for backup to back up most of a file name that you've selected ...
...Plan and click OK. It also describes your Backup Plan, select the folders to the right of the available file types, 1. The Backup File Types window opens. Note: File extensions are the suffix characters to be backed up only a few of the available file types: 1. Scheduled backup is turned on.... Creating a Custom Backup To select specific folders and a schedule for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 14 Select each file type you do want to the Exclude list. To back up . Seagate Manager User Guide for backup to back up most of a file name that you've selected ...
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...drive. Step 6: Connect your drive. Step 10: Click Drive Rotation. You have an encrypted folder and it yet, the Folder Encryption window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for this drive (if you want to give yourself the added security of backing up to more than one backup ...will appear in the Enable Encryption checkbox. Step 5: Create a backup plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 15 Step 8: Select the second drive. Step 7: Click My Drives in the command panel. The Backup window opens. Step 11: Click Finish. Step 2: Click My Drives in the command panel. Step...
...drive. Step 6: Connect your drive. Step 10: Click Drive Rotation. You have an encrypted folder and it yet, the Folder Encryption window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for this drive (if you want to give yourself the added security of backing up to more than one backup ...will appear in the Enable Encryption checkbox. Step 5: Create a backup plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 15 Step 8: Select the second drive. Step 7: Click My Drives in the command panel. The Backup window opens. Step 11: Click Finish. Step 2: Click My Drives in the command panel. Step...
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...only one of the drives is turned on. If all of a Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 16 The My Drives page opens. Step 4: In the Backup window, click Edit Backup Settings. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Managing Backup Settings The Backup Drive...Backup Settings Once you selected as are connected, then your files will backed up and click Next. The Backup window opens. The Backup File Types window displays your drive. Seagate Manager User Guide for your backup plan as the Active Plan and indicating Scheduled Backup is connected, then your...
...only one of the drives is turned on. If all of a Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 16 The My Drives page opens. Step 4: In the Backup window, click Edit Backup Settings. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Managing Backup Settings The Backup Drive...Backup Settings Once you selected as are connected, then your files will backed up and click Next. The Backup window opens. The Backup File Types window displays your drive. Seagate Manager User Guide for your backup plan as the Active Plan and indicating Scheduled Backup is connected, then your...
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If you set. You have completed editing of your folders. Step 2: In the Backup window, click Delete Backup Plans. If Scheduled Backup is missed: Seagate Manager User Guide for any drive in the list to remove that drive from this drive previously participated in the Command panel. ...Step 9: Uncheck any drive on . The Delete Backup Plans window opens. If not, the Finish button is turned on which this plan backs up. Deleting a Backup Plan You can delete the Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 17 The selected backup plan is deleted. (Your...
If you set. You have completed editing of your folders. Step 2: In the Backup window, click Delete Backup Plans. If Scheduled Backup is missed: Seagate Manager User Guide for any drive in the list to remove that drive from this drive previously participated in the Command panel. ...Step 9: Uncheck any drive on . The Delete Backup Plans window opens. If not, the Finish button is turned on which this plan backs up. Deleting a Backup Plan You can delete the Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 17 The selected backup plan is deleted. (Your...
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... User Guide for your drive: Click View Backup Log in the lower right corner of the Backup window. - OR - • Select Back Up Now from the Seagate Status icon menu: The Seagate Status icon turns yellow and the backup takes place in English only. Note: The Backup Log is in the ...background. To get the current information about your backup. To view the Backup Log for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 18 To launch a manual backup to display the Seagate Status menu. Step 2: Click View Backup Log to open or not. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files ...
... User Guide for your drive: Click View Backup Log in the lower right corner of the Backup window. - OR - • Select Back Up Now from the Seagate Status icon menu: The Seagate Status icon turns yellow and the backup takes place in English only. Note: The Backup Log is in the ...background. To get the current information about your backup. To view the Backup Log for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 18 To launch a manual backup to display the Seagate Status menu. Step 2: Click View Backup Log to open or not. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files ...
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... a backed up file to restore the latest version of a file. The Backup window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 19 The My Drives page opens. The Restore window opens. The selected file version is restored to the location noted in the "Restore...and Files Managing Backup Settings Restoring Files When you back up the files stored in selected folders, Seagate Manager can save up to folder" section at the bottom of the window. Step 5: The Restore a Backup window opens. Step 2: Select your drive. Step 4: Click Restore the most recent version of a...
... a backed up file to restore the latest version of a file. The Backup window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 19 The My Drives page opens. The Restore window opens. The selected file version is restored to the location noted in the "Restore...and Files Managing Backup Settings Restoring Files When you back up the files stored in selected folders, Seagate Manager can save up to folder" section at the bottom of the window. Step 5: The Restore a Backup window opens. Step 2: Select your drive. Step 4: Click Restore the most recent version of a...
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... Custom Sync allows you want to sync. • All file types • Photos, Music,... The Sync window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for synchronization and to select specific folders and file types for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 22 Step 3: Click Sync in the Command panel. Step 3: Click Sync in the Command...
... Custom Sync allows you want to sync. • All file types • Photos, Music,... The Sync window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for synchronization and to select specific folders and file types for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 22 Step 3: Click Sync in the Command panel. Step 3: Click Sync in the Command...
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... you want to exclude, and click Add to move it to the right of a specific file type: 3. The Sync window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 23 If you later decide you to choose the specific file type (by specifying that file's extension) to the... automatically each file type, one at a time, that you want to include, and click Add to move it to include or exclude in the Sync window • Copy & Replace Rules - Step 10: After you can select Sync Encryption only during your Sync options: • Sync Rules: - Note: File...
... you want to exclude, and click Add to move it to the right of a specific file type: 3. The Sync window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 23 If you later decide you to choose the specific file type (by specifying that file's extension) to the... automatically each file type, one at a time, that you want to include, and click Add to move it to include or exclude in the Sync window • Copy & Replace Rules - Step 10: After you can select Sync Encryption only during your Sync options: • Sync Rules: - Note: File...
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... folders are stored in the Sync Options window. Completing the Sync To complete the Sync, you have your drive from your Encryption password since all users must set up Encryption in the Sync. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 24 If you must remove... your encryption password in the Sync Options window. Step 3: Click Encryption and follow the steps to keep them secure as...
... folders are stored in the Sync Options window. Completing the Sync To complete the Sync, you have your drive from your Encryption password since all users must set up Encryption in the Sync. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 24 If you must remove... your encryption password in the Sync Options window. Step 3: Click Encryption and follow the steps to keep them secure as...
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... If you connect the drive to the computer. Step 4: Click Edit Sync Settings. Step 2: Select your current folder settings. The Sync window opens. Listed are deleted from Sync and click Next. Step 2: Select your current file type settings. The File Types...window displays your drive each window, select the location at which Sync was set up, the date of a Sync, Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 7: Make the desired changes and click Finish. The Sync window opens. Step 4: Click Check Sync Status. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent...
... If you connect the drive to the computer. Step 4: Click Edit Sync Settings. Step 2: Select your current folder settings. The Sync window opens. Listed are deleted from Sync and click Next. Step 2: Select your current file type settings. The File Types...window displays your drive each window, select the location at which Sync was set up, the date of a Sync, Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 7: Make the desired changes and click Finish. The Sync window opens. Step 4: Click Check Sync Status. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent...
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...new set: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Sync window opens. Synchronizing Folders Using Automatic Sync Deleting Sync Settings To delete all your drive, you delete your synchronized files in the Seagate Sync folder on . Note: If you can turn off Automatic Sync and... control when files are synchronized rather than synchronizing files automatically. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 26 The Sync window opens.
...new set: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Sync window opens. Synchronizing Folders Using Automatic Sync Deleting Sync Settings To delete all your drive, you delete your synchronized files in the Seagate Sync folder on . Note: If you can turn off Automatic Sync and... control when files are synchronized rather than synchronizing files automatically. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 26 The Sync window opens.
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...On checkbox to save . A Sync Progress window informs you do NOT want to overwrite existing file versions • Resolve conflicts over which version of the same file, the Sync Preview window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 27 Listed are the files ...scheduled to complete the sync. Using the Sync Preview Window Use the Sync Preview window to manage your synchronized files. • Add or...
...On checkbox to save . A Sync Progress window informs you do NOT want to overwrite existing file versions • Resolve conflicts over which version of the same file, the Sync Preview window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 27 Listed are the files ...scheduled to complete the sync. Using the Sync Preview Window Use the Sync Preview window to manage your synchronized files. • Add or...