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... 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 for Your Drive 13 Creating a Backup Plan 13 Using Simple Backup 13 Creating a Custom Backup 14 Drive Rotation 15 Managing Backup Settings 16 Editing Backup Settings 16 Deleting a Backup Plan 17 Using Scheduled Backup 17 Backing Up Manually 18 Viewing...
... 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 for Your Drive 13 Creating a Backup Plan 13 Using Simple Backup 13 Creating a Custom Backup 14 Drive Rotation 15 Managing Backup Settings 16 Editing Backup Settings 16 Deleting a Backup Plan 17 Using Scheduled Backup 17 Backing Up Manually 18 Viewing...
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...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 31 Deleting an 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...
...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 31 Deleting an 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 Desk™ User Guide
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... encryption of multiple files and folders in all regions or 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 progress No drive connected Backup or sync failed Note: When a backup or sync has failed, the red icon continues to display until the next successful backup or sync. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 5 You can view the...
... encryption of multiple files and folders in all regions or 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 progress No drive connected Backup or sync failed Note: When a backup or sync has failed, the red icon continues to display until the next successful backup or sync. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 5 You can view the...
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Command Panel Help Figure 4: My Drives Window Using the My Drives Window In the My Drives window, you open Seagate Manager. 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 want to choose from. The drive that appears when you first select your Seagate FreeAgent device. This is the default window that is...
Command Panel Help Figure 4: My Drives Window Using the My Drives Window In the My Drives window, you open Seagate Manager. 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 want to choose from. The drive that appears when you first select your Seagate FreeAgent device. This is the default window that is...
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... your drive is not interrupted when opening files from the drop-down menu or click Default to return to the original power setting time for the Seagate Manager software to stop spinning when it needs. The Settings window opens. Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in use your drive. Managing Your Drives Settings • To get more energy than it is not in the My Drives window. Step 2: Click Adjust Power Setting. Though power-saving mode uses less...
... your drive is not interrupted when opening files from the drop-down menu or click Default to return to the original power setting time for the Seagate Manager software to stop spinning when it needs. The Settings window opens. Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in use your drive. Managing Your Drives Settings • To get more energy than it is not in the My Drives window. Step 2: Click Adjust Power Setting. Though power-saving mode uses less...
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... default. Step 3: To turn off Software Update, deselect Check for service and support. The Test My Drive window opens. If the diagnostic encounters an error during testing, the serial number of the bad device is up to contact Seagate for updates automatically. Step 4: To check for Software Update. The Software Update window opens. You can turn off the Software Update feature. The diagnostic utility performs its tests without affecting the data on your drive has been changed...
... default. Step 3: To turn off Software Update, deselect Check for service and support. The Test My Drive window opens. If the diagnostic encounters an error during testing, the serial number of the bad device is up to contact Seagate for updates automatically. Step 4: To check for Software Update. The Software Update window opens. You can turn off the Software Update feature. The diagnostic utility performs its tests without affecting the data on your drive has been changed...
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... adjust and click Settings. The Settings window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for FreeAgent drives. Step 2: Click Adjust LED Control. Your drive lights flicker to indicate drive activity and status. To turn back on in the following information about your drive: • Volume The name of your drive. • Capacity The total capacity of your drive. • Free Space The amount of space remaining on your drive. • File System The Windows file system of your...
... adjust and click Settings. The Settings window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for FreeAgent drives. Step 2: Click Adjust LED Control. Your drive lights flicker to indicate drive activity and status. To turn back on in the following information about your drive: • Volume The name of your drive. • Capacity The total capacity of your drive. • Free Space The amount of space remaining on your drive. • File System The Windows file system of your...
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...; Edit backup settings • Launch an immediate file backup • Use the same backup plan for multiple drives • Restore backed-up files Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 12 For increased data security, you can back up your files to an encrypted folder on your drive. Folder encryption uses AES 256-bit encryption to ensure your private files can't be accessed without your FreeAgent drive. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Backup Features Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files With Seagate Manager...
...; Edit backup settings • Launch an immediate file backup • Use the same backup plan for multiple drives • Restore backed-up files Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 12 For increased data security, you can back up your files to an encrypted folder on your drive. Folder encryption uses AES 256-bit encryption to ensure your private files can't be accessed without your FreeAgent drive. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Backup Features Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files With Seagate Manager...
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... one Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 13 The Backup window opens. The My Drives page opens. OR - • Custom Backup: You select the folders to back up your XP My Documents folder or your Vista Personal Folder daily at 10:00 p.m. - Seagate Manager User Guide for each drive connected to back up your XP My Documents folder or your computer. Backup Plans for Your Drive You can create one drive) Using Simple Backup Use Simple Backup to your Vista Personal Folder...
... one Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 13 The Backup window opens. The My Drives page opens. OR - • Custom Backup: You select the folders to back up your XP My Documents folder or your Vista Personal Folder daily at 10:00 p.m. - Seagate Manager User Guide for each drive connected to back up your XP My Documents folder or your computer. Backup Plans for Your Drive You can create one drive) Using Simple Backup Use Simple Backup to your Vista Personal Folder...
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... select specific folders and a schedule for backup: - The Backup File Types window opens. Select Include these file types. 2. Select each file type you don't want to the Exclude list. To back up only a few of the available file types: 1. Select Exclude these file types. 2. Note: File extensions are the suffix characters to the right of editing your drive: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Creating a Backup...
... select specific folders and a schedule for backup: - The Backup File Types window opens. Select Include these file types. 2. Select each file type you don't want to the Exclude list. To back up only a few of the available file types: 1. Select Exclude these file types. 2. Note: File extensions are the suffix characters to the right of editing your drive: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Creating a Backup...
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... Scheduled Backup (On/Off) setting Editing Backup Settings To edit the settings of files to be backed up to all of them. Step 13: Each time backup takes place, your second drive. The Backup Folder Selection window displays your current schedule. Step 6: Edit the types of a Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 16 If all of the drives are connected at that drive. Step 4: In the Backup window, click Edit Backup Settings. Seagate Manager User Guide for your files will...
... Scheduled Backup (On/Off) setting Editing Backup Settings To edit the settings of files to be backed up to all of them. Step 13: Each time backup takes place, your second drive. The Backup Folder Selection window displays your current schedule. Step 6: Edit the types of a Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 16 If all of the drives are connected at that drive. Step 4: In the Backup window, click Edit Backup Settings. Seagate Manager User Guide for your files will...
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... folders. The selected backup plan is deleted. (Your backed up files are NOT deleted.) Using Scheduled Backup Use Scheduled Backup to your backup and Scheduled Backup is missed: Seagate Manager User Guide for each drive. If Scheduled Backup is turned on which this plan backs up. Step 7: Edit the days and/or time you want to remove that drive from this drive previously participated in Drive Rotation (sharing a backup plan with another drive), the Next button is not connected...
... folders. The selected backup plan is deleted. (Your backed up files are NOT deleted.) Using Scheduled Backup Use Scheduled Backup to your backup and Scheduled Backup is missed: Seagate Manager User Guide for each drive. If Scheduled Backup is turned on which this plan backs up. Step 7: Edit the days and/or time you want to remove that drive from this drive previously participated in Drive Rotation (sharing a backup plan with another drive), the Next button is not connected...
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... and Restoring Folders and Files Managing Backup Settings • because the computer is off Scheduled Backup: • In the Backup window, click the Scheduled Backup Off button. Viewing the Backup Log The Backup Log is complete, the icon turns green. Note: The Backup Log is open a text file showing the history of your drive: Click View Backup Log in English only. To get the current information about your system backups. To view the Backup Log for Use...
... and Restoring Folders and Files Managing Backup Settings • because the computer is off Scheduled Backup: • In the Backup window, click the Scheduled Backup Off button. Viewing the Backup Log The Backup Log is complete, the icon turns green. Note: The Backup Log is open a text file showing the history of your drive: Click View Backup Log in English only. To get the current information about your system backups. To view the Backup Log for Use...
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... encryption password in order to access synchronized folders on which the original Sync occurred and connect it to another computer. (a) If you've synchronized folders other than your XP My Documents folder (or Vista Personal Folder), the Sync Folders window opens. (b) If you've synchronized your Sync Rules and Copy & Replace Rules and select Sync Encryption. Step 3: Click Encryption and follow the steps to set up Encryption. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive...
... encryption password in order to access synchronized folders on which the original Sync occurred and connect it to another computer. (a) If you've synchronized folders other than your XP My Documents folder (or Vista Personal Folder), the Sync Folders window opens. (b) If you've synchronized your Sync Rules and Copy & Replace Rules and select Sync Encryption. Step 3: Click Encryption and follow the steps to set up Encryption. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive...
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... Folder Selection window displays your drive. Folders removed from Sync are the names of the computers on this computer and click OK. Listed are deleted from Sync and click Next. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 25 The File Types window displays your drive. Checking Sync Status To check the status of a Sync, Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 6: Make the desired changes...
... Folder Selection window displays your drive. Folders removed from Sync are the names of the computers on this computer and click OK. Listed are deleted from Sync and click Next. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 25 The File Types window displays your drive. Checking Sync Status To check the status of a Sync, Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 6: Make the desired changes...
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... Command panel. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 26 Step 2: Select your Sync settings and create a new set: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 3: Click Sync in the Command panel. Step 5: Click Delete. The original Sync window opens. Using Automatic Sync The Automatic Sync feature continuously tracks file changes in the lower right corner of those files in the Seagate Sync folder on . Step...
... Command panel. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 26 Step 2: Select your Sync settings and create a new set: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 3: Click Sync in the Command panel. Step 5: Click Delete. The original Sync window opens. Using Automatic Sync The Automatic Sync feature continuously tracks file changes in the lower right corner of those files in the Seagate Sync folder on . Step...
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... drive Unlocking Your Drive Your Seagate Secure drive locks automatically each time you disconnect it before you have created your new password and unlocked your Seagate Secure drive appears in the list of drives in the Command panel. After you can use the Windows Disk Management utility to display the drive letter. Managing Security Managing an Encryption Folder • Set, change, or delete a password hint • Erase your Seagate Secure drive. Step 1: Click My Drives in the My Computer window of Windows XP or the Computer window...
... drive Unlocking Your Drive Your Seagate Secure drive locks automatically each time you disconnect it before you have created your new password and unlocked your Seagate Secure drive appears in the list of drives in the Command panel. After you can use the Windows Disk Management utility to display the drive letter. Managing Security Managing an Encryption Folder • Set, change, or delete a password hint • Erase your Seagate Secure drive. Step 1: Click My Drives in the My Computer window of Windows XP or the Computer window...
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... Seagate Manager software is no way to your files (even by using a data recovery service). Changing the Password for Your Drive Your password must initially be opened from any time. Step 3: Click the Security icon in the Command panel. A message confirms that password hint with a security question you 've set successfully. You can 't remember your password, the only way to regain access to KeyErase it in the Seagate Secure application. Using the Password Hint With a Seagate Secure drive...
... Seagate Manager software is no way to your files (even by using a data recovery service). Changing the Password for Your Drive Your password must initially be opened from any time. Step 3: Click the Security icon in the Command panel. A message confirms that password hint with a security question you 've set successfully. You can 't remember your password, the only way to regain access to KeyErase it in the Seagate Secure application. Using the Password Hint With a Seagate Secure drive...
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... a new password hint. Step 4: Click Unlock Drive. The Delete Password Hint window opens. Step 8: Click OK to return to help you recall your password if you set successfully. A message confirms that your password hint has been set the password hint and click Show Hint. Step 2: Select your Seagate Secure drive. The Security window for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 39 Managing Security Managing an Encryption Folder Step 8: Enter a hint to the Security window. Step 9: Enter the 25-character identification code...
... a new password hint. Step 4: Click Unlock Drive. The Delete Password Hint window opens. Step 8: Click OK to return to help you recall your password if you set successfully. A message confirms that your password hint has been set the password hint and click Show Hint. Step 2: Select your Seagate Secure drive. The Security window for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 39 Managing Security Managing an Encryption Folder Step 8: Enter a hint to the Security window. Step 9: Enter the 25-character identification code...
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...synchronizing 21 free space 11 FreeAgent device managing 8 software for 5 FreeAgent Drive Light 7 H hint, for password 37, 38, 39 historical versions of files, restoring 19 I icon, Seagate Manager 5 colors of 5 in taskbar 5 restoring to taskbar 6 K KeyErase 40 L LED 7 LED control 11 light FreeAgent drive light 7 light, on FreeAgent drive 7 M manual backups 18 My Drives window in Manager 8 power setting 9 N nging 38 O overwriting automatically 28 P password changing for encryption folder 31 changing for Seagate Secure drive 37 encryption 31 Seagate Secure 36 sync encryption 24 password hint 37...
...synchronizing 21 free space 11 FreeAgent device managing 8 software for 5 FreeAgent Drive Light 7 H hint, for password 37, 38, 39 historical versions of files, restoring 19 I icon, Seagate Manager 5 colors of 5 in taskbar 5 restoring to taskbar 6 K KeyErase 40 L LED 7 LED control 11 light FreeAgent drive light 7 light, on FreeAgent drive 7 M manual backups 18 My Drives window in Manager 8 power setting 9 N nging 38 O overwriting automatically 28 P password changing for encryption folder 31 changing for Seagate Secure drive 37 encryption 31 Seagate Secure 36 sync encryption 24 password hint 37...