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How To Change The Settings On Seagate Goflex Home For Windows 7
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Related Seagate GoFlex Home Manual Pages
User Guide - Page 3
... Home Network 40
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
3 Contents
1. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Getting Started with GoFlex Home 28
Opening the Seagate Dashboard 28 Opening Seagate Share 31 Getting to Know Your GoFlex Home Folders 36 Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home 37 Backing Up Your Files to Know GoFlex Home 6 Special Features of GoFlex Home 7
2. Setting Up GoFlex Home...
User Guide - Page 4
Managing GoFlex Home 62
Changing Your Own GoFlex Home Password 62 Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings 62 Adding New GoFlex Applications to Your Computer 63 Adding and Managing User Accounts 64 Managing GoFlex Home and Connected Devices 66 Adding More Storage Capacity to GoFlex Home 69 Managing GoFlex Home Settings and Preferences 69
7. Accessing and Enjoying Your Files When You'...
User Guide - Page 9
... follow while setting up GoFlex Home is complete, each step and provides suggestions and options for the members of your household can upload their own digital media and other files to GoFlex Home by everyone on your home network. • Install the software on the other Windows computers on your home network to all your own computer:
• Seagate Dashboard, for...
User Guide - Page 10
... adapter to a power outlet (DC 12V) and to the Ethernet port on GoFlex Home. Windows
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
1. Connect the supplied Ethernet cable to your router and to the power port on GoFlex Home. 2.
Unpack the box and ensure you begin, then connect GoFlex Home: a. Ensure the Power button is in Off Position
Figure 4: Connecting the...
User Guide - Page 11
.... This may take a couple of GoFlex Home to fully start up; 2. Windows
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
3. See "Solving Problems" on the front of minutes. c. Figure 5: Docking the GoFlex Drive
4. Setting Up GoFlex Home -
Drive Light: Solid white when ready
GoFlex Home Light: Solid green when ready
Figure 6: GoFlex Home Lights
If the GoFlex Home light is not solid green, wait...
User Guide - Page 12
...4: Setting Up GoFlex Home".
When the Welcome screen opens, choose a language, then click OK. TIP: If the Setup wizard doesn't open automatically, open Explorer, navigate to install the Seagate Dashboard and Memeo Instant Backup software applications.
4. The wizard finds and connects your computer, then insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. This may take a few moments. Windows
Step...
User Guide - Page 13
... underscores. You will receive a system message if there is expiring soon.
4. Click Next. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
13 Spaces are case-sensitive. Create a user account for GoFlex Home. Passwords are not allowed. Windows
Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home
If your Seagate Share Pro subscription is a problem with a letter and must start with the drive, if the...
User Guide - Page 14
Figure 10: Setup Complete
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
14 GoFlex Home is named, activated, and ready to use. Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home
Figure 9: Registering GoFlex Home
5. Setting Up GoFlex Home -
Select your country and enter an e-mail address for registration purposes, then click Next. 2.
Windows
The Registration screen opens.
User Guide - Page 15
...User Guide
15 Click Launch Seagate Dashboard.
panel of your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 15) and adding more computers to ... The Seagate Dashboard opens. TIP: You can access all of GoFlex Home's features. See page 28 for more information.
7. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Step 5: Adding a User to GoFlex Home
Figure 11: Seagate Dashboard
The Seagate Dashboard is the central...
User Guide - Page 16
...and delete user accounts if you want this section), or click Done.
User names are case-sensitive.
Setting Up GoFlex Home - Windows
The Add Users window opens.
For instance, you .
5. You can act as you might have the members of your household... that you might have the members of your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17).
6.
Click Add User. 2.
User Guide - Page 17
... More Mac Computers" on your computer to GoFlex Home: 1. To add a PC to your GoFlex Home network storage system, you are setting up GoFlex Home on -screen instructions to download the installation software.
2. When it finds and connects your home network can access GoFlex Home. Figure 13: Adding Another Computer
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
17 Step 6: Adding PCs to...
User Guide - Page 18
... the computer's regular user log in this section until you can add more information. Your GoFlex Home network storage system is set up additional computers by choosing their user name and entering their password, then clicking Log In & Launch Seagate Dashboard. 2. Next Steps
Now that passwords are to: • Copy files from your computer to your...
User Guide - Page 19
... household. Understanding GoFlex Home's Automatic Folder Creation
When you 'll follow while setting up Windows computers-see page 9). Mac
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the folders that you : • A Public folder, where files can be stored and accessed by dragging and dropping files from their computers to the folders of your home network (or set up GoFlex Home, and with...
User Guide - Page 24
... a stand-alone folder on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to use GoFlex Home as your file backup device. On the main setup screen, click Step 3 Windows/Time Machine Backup Configuration (Optional).
Setting Up GoFlex Home - When the installation is complete, click Close. Click Continue.
3. To configure Time Machine so...
User Guide - Page 27
... 8 for GoFlex Home" on page 24.
6.
Your GoFlex Home network storage system is now fully set up a centralized printer (see page 37).
• Learn how to your GoFlex Home folders (see page 47).
Next Steps
Now that GoFlex Home is complete and the main setup screen re-opens, click Step 3 Windows/Time Machine Backup Configuration (Optional), then follow the steps in Seagate Share...
User Guide - Page 31
... of the same features as the Seagate Dashboard. If a newer version of the Seagate Dashboard:
1. You can also share your files with GoFlex Home
The Change User dialog box displays. Getting Started with friends and family. (With Seagate Share Pro, you 're not on GoFlex Home from your home network. Opening Seagate Share
Figure 27: Seagate Dashboard: Changing Users
3.
Click ? (the online...
User Guide - Page 32
... you don't have to sign in .
4. Click Seagate Share.
Click Sign In. Windows users can choose to use the Seagate Dashboard while they're on their home network, but must use Seagate Share to access and manage GoFlex Home.
The Seagate Share Home page opens. (This may take a few moments.)
Figure 28: Seagate Share Home Page
5. 4. If prompted, enter the name of...
User Guide - Page 34
....
The Search/View toolbar also lets you choose how you want to view your files in a Windows filmstrip-type view. (Seagate Share Pro users-Select Cooliris to find the method you're most comfortable with GoFlex Home
Opening Seagate Share
• Search/View toolbar: Provides drop-down menus that appears when you can :
• Drag...
User Guide - Page 62
...To change your personal GoFlex Home settings, add new applications to GoFlex Home from the Seagate Share application or FTP connection. Your password is changed. To customize your password: 1. Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 28), then click Preferences. Managing GoFlex Home
Once your GoFlex Home network storage system has been set up, you . You can change your GoFlex Home user...
User Guide - Page 71
...Windows. The password will be accessed from the drive. Managing GoFlex Home
Managing GoFlex Home Settings and Preferences
GoFlex Home) are available by GoFlex Home. Administration Settings
This section describes the settings available in the Administration area of the device (most likely your own backup files).
• Storage Devices: Lets you format a USB drive to change it to Seagate...