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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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... encryption. The color of the Seagate Status icon informs you install your drive, the Seagate Status icon appears in one or more folders between two or more . Not available 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 of multiple files and folders in the taskbar notification area on your ...
... encryption. The color of the Seagate Status icon informs you install your drive, the Seagate Status icon appears in one or more folders between two or more . Not available 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 of multiple files and folders in the taskbar notification area on your ...
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... is currently selected is more information, see "Settings" on page 9. The middle of the window allows you first select your Seagate FreeAgent device. The Command Panel across the top of the My Drives window displays the connected drive. If there is highlighted in light blue (as shown in the Command Panel from any other...
... is currently selected is more information, see "Settings" on page 9. The middle of the window allows you first select your Seagate FreeAgent device. The Command Panel across the top of the My Drives window displays the connected drive. If there is highlighted in light blue (as shown in the Command Panel from any other...
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...you can click the Customer Support button to go to adjust and click Settings. Step 3: Select an interval from or saving files to your question, you can click the Seagate Manager help , you may want to Seagate's Support website. Seagate Manager User Guide for your drive's internal... Setting window opens. All Seagate and Maxtor external drives are automatically detected and listed in use your drive less frequently, you use . Though power-saving mode uses less electricity, it needs. Managing Your Drives Settings • To get more time for Use With Your FreeAgent™...
...you can click the Customer Support button to go to adjust and click Settings. Step 3: Select an interval from or saving files to your question, you can click the Seagate Manager help , you may want to Seagate's Support website. Seagate Manager User Guide for your drive's internal... Setting window opens. All Seagate and Maxtor external drives are automatically detected and listed in use your drive less frequently, you use . Though power-saving mode uses less electricity, it needs. Managing Your Drives Settings • To get more time for Use With Your FreeAgent™...
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... feature automatically informs you when an update is available or you want to contact Seagate for updates automatically. To check for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 10 Seagate Manager User Guide for software updates: Step 1: In the My Drives window, click Settings. You can turn off the Software Update feature. The Adjust Power...
... feature automatically informs you when an update is available or you want to contact Seagate for updates automatically. To check for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 10 Seagate Manager User Guide for software updates: Step 1: In the My Drives window, click Settings. You can turn off the Software Update feature. The Adjust Power...
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...Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 11 Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you want to adjust and click Settings. Step 3: To turn the drive lights off, click Turn lights off and back on for your drive: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive... you want information about and click Drive Info. The Drive Information window opens. Step 2: To close the Drive Information window, click OK. Seagate Manager User Guide for FreeAgent drives. Your drive lights flicker to indicate drive activity and ...
...Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 11 Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you want to adjust and click Settings. Step 3: To turn the drive lights off, click Turn lights off and back on for your drive: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive... you want information about and click Drive Info. The Drive Information window opens. Step 2: To close the Drive Information window, click OK. Seagate Manager User Guide for FreeAgent drives. Your drive lights flicker to indicate drive activity and ...
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... be backed up locked files. To use the same backup plan with two or more than one Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 13 Seagate Manager User Guide for each drive connected to which you click Back Up Now in the Command panel. Backing Up and Restoring Folders...• Creating a Custom Backup • Drive Rotation (for more drives. The My Drives page opens. Step 3: Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens. Backup Plans for Your Drive You can create one drive) Using Simple Backup Use Simple Backup to back up . OR - • Drive Rotation: You...
... be backed up locked files. To use the same backup plan with two or more than one Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 13 Seagate Manager User Guide for each drive connected to which you click Back Up Now in the Command panel. Backing Up and Restoring Folders...• Creating a Custom Backup • Drive Rotation (for more drives. The My Drives page opens. Step 3: Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens. Backup Plans for Your Drive You can create one drive) Using Simple Backup Use Simple Backup to back up . OR - • Drive Rotation: You...
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The My Drives page opens. The Backup window opens. Step 4: In the Backup window, click Custom Backup. Select Include these file types. 2. Select each file type you do want to the Exclude list. Seagate Manager User Guide for your Backup Plan and click OK. Scheduled backup is ...To back up only a few of the available file types, 1. Select Exclude these file types. 2. Step 5: Enter a name for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 14 Creating a Custom Backup To select specific folders and a schedule for backup: - Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Creating a Backup...
The My Drives page opens. The Backup window opens. Step 4: In the Backup window, click Custom Backup. Select Include these file types. 2. Select each file type you do want to the Exclude list. Seagate Manager User Guide for your Backup Plan and click OK. Scheduled backup is ...To back up only a few of the available file types, 1. Select Exclude these file types. 2. Step 5: Enter a name for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 14 Creating a Custom Backup To select specific folders and a schedule for backup: - Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Creating a Backup...
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...the command panel. Step 6: Connect your drive. Step 7: Click My Drives in the command panel. Seagate Manager User Guide for this drive (if you can be either a simple or custom backup plan. ...one but have an encrypted folder and it yet, the Folder Encryption window opens. Step 8: Select the second drive. Go to back up your backup and Scheduled Backup is currently open, a...the Enable Encryption checkbox. The Backup window opens. Step 5: Create a backup plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 15 The My Drives page opens. The Backup window opens. The My Drives page opens....
...the command panel. Step 6: Connect your drive. Step 7: Click My Drives in the command panel. Seagate Manager User Guide for this drive (if you can be either a simple or custom backup plan. ...one but have an encrypted folder and it yet, the Folder Encryption window opens. Step 8: Select the second drive. Go to back up your backup and Scheduled Backup is currently open, a...the Enable Encryption checkbox. The Backup window opens. Step 5: Create a backup plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 15 The My Drives page opens. The Backup window opens. The My Drives page opens....
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... of a Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 16 You can share your current Backup Plan name and folder selection: Step 5: Edit the Backup Plan Name and/or the folder selection(s) and click Next. The Backup Folder Selection window displays your backup plan additional drives by repeating... active backup plan • Which file types will be backed up to all of the drives are connected at that drive. The Backup window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for your files will backed up to only that time. Step 13: Each time backup takes place, your backup plan ...
... of a Backup Plan for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 16 You can share your current Backup Plan name and folder selection: Step 5: Edit the Backup Plan Name and/or the folder selection(s) and click Next. The Backup Folder Selection window displays your backup plan additional drives by repeating... active backup plan • Which file types will be backed up to all of the drives are connected at that drive. The Backup window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for your files will backed up to only that time. Step 13: Each time backup takes place, your backup plan ...
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...Go to your computer. Step 9: Uncheck any drive on . Step 2: In the Backup window, click Delete Backup Plans. The selected backup plan is deleted. (Your backed up files are NOT deleted.) Using Scheduled Backup Use Scheduled Backup to back up changed files to your backup and Scheduled Backup is missed: Seagate... Manager User Guide for a backup is turned on the days and time you set. The only way to enable or disable encryption for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 17 Step 8: Click Next or Finish. If you create the backup plan. The Backup window opens....
...Go to your computer. Step 9: Uncheck any drive on . Step 2: In the Backup window, click Delete Backup Plans. The selected backup plan is deleted. (Your backed up files are NOT deleted.) Using Scheduled Backup Use Scheduled Backup to back up changed files to your backup and Scheduled Backup is missed: Seagate... Manager User Guide for a backup is turned on the days and time you set. The only way to enable or disable encryption for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 17 Step 8: Click Next or Finish. If you create the backup plan. The Backup window opens....
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To launch a manual backup to your drive: Click View Backup Log in the Backup window 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 the Taskbar notification area to open or not... Scheduled Backup: • In the Backup window, click the Scheduled Backup Off button. When the backup is in the lower right corner of Seagate Manager. - To view the Backup Log for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 18 Step 1: Click the Seagate Status icon in the background. Turning Off ...
To launch a manual backup to your drive: Click View Backup Log in the Backup window 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 the Taskbar notification area to open or not... Scheduled Backup: • In the Backup window, click the Scheduled Backup Off button. When the backup is in the lower right corner of Seagate Manager. - To view the Backup Log for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 18 Step 1: Click the Seagate Status icon in the background. Turning Off ...
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..., versions of a file. Step 2: Select your drive: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 5: The Restore a Backup window opens. Step 6: Click Restore an historical version of a backed up file to your drive. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Managing Backup ...Settings Restoring Files When you back up the files stored in selected folders, Seagate Manager can restore the file's most recent version. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 19 Step 3: Click Backup. Step 4: Click Restore Files. Restoring Most...
..., versions of a file. Step 2: Select your drive: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 5: The Restore a Backup window opens. Step 6: Click Restore an historical version of a backed up file to your drive. Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Managing Backup ...Settings Restoring Files When you back up the files stored in selected folders, Seagate Manager can restore the file's most recent version. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 19 Step 3: Click Backup. Step 4: Click Restore Files. Restoring Most...
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...1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Sync window opens. The Simple Sync Confirmation window opens. To configure Custom Sync: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Sync window opens. The Folder Selection window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for synchronization and to automatically sync all ...choose to be synchronized. You can select as many folders as you to select specific folders and file types for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 22 Using Custom Sync Custom Sync allows you like, but they must all of files you want to complete the ...
...1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Sync window opens. The Simple Sync Confirmation window opens. To configure Custom Sync: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Sync window opens. The Folder Selection window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for synchronization and to automatically sync all ...choose to be synchronized. You can select as many folders as you to select specific folders and file types for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 22 Using Custom Sync Custom Sync allows you like, but they must all of files you want to complete the ...
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...format. If you later decide you can select Sync Encryption only during your current Sync settings and create new settings. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 23 Synchronizing Folders Using Custom Sync - Select each file type, one at a time, that you want... Sync options: • Sync Rules: - Step 10: After you 've selected the types of a specific file type: 3. The Sync Options window opens. Automatically encrypt synchronized files on page 24. For more information, see "Using Sync Encryption" on the drive You must delete your initial setup...
...format. If you later decide you can select Sync Encryption only during your current Sync settings and create new settings. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 23 Synchronizing Folders Using Custom Sync - Select each file type, one at a time, that you want... Sync options: • Sync Rules: - Step 10: After you 've selected the types of a specific file type: 3. The Sync Options window opens. Automatically encrypt synchronized files on page 24. For more information, see "Using Sync Encryption" on the drive You must delete your initial setup...
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...password in the Security window. If you have your Encryption password since all users must remove your Sync Rules and Copy & Replace Rules and select Sync Encryption. Step 4: Click Sync in the Command panel. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 24 ...Custom Sync and select your XP My Documents folder (or Vista Personal Folder), the Sync "My Documents" (or Sync "Personal Folder") window opens. When you synchronize them between computers. Before you can automatically encrypt synchronized files to keep them secure as you must have not yet...
...password in the Security window. If you have your Encryption password since all users must remove your Sync Rules and Copy & Replace Rules and select Sync Encryption. Step 4: Click Sync in the Command panel. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 24 ...Custom Sync and select your XP My Documents folder (or Vista Personal Folder), the Sync "My Documents" (or Sync "Personal Folder") window opens. When you synchronize them between computers. Before you can automatically encrypt synchronized files to keep them secure as you must have not yet...
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Step 2: Select your current folder settings. The Folder Selection window displays your drive. Step 6: Make the desired changes and click Next. Step 4: Click Check Sync Status. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 25 Checking Sync Status To check the status of the last Sync, and the Automatic Sync setting...
Step 2: Select your current folder settings. The Folder Selection window displays your drive. Step 6: Make the desired changes and click Next. Step 4: Click Check Sync Status. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 25 Checking Sync Status To check the status of the last Sync, and the Automatic Sync setting...
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... Click Sync in the Command panel. Step 6: To create new Sync settings, select Simple Sync or Custom Sync. The Sync window opens. The original Sync window opens. By default, Automatic Sync is off, • Click Sync Now in the lower right corner of those files in...Your drive must be connected during Automatic Sync. Step 2: Select your drive. The Sync window opens. The Delete Sync Settings Confirmation window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 26 Step 2: Select your drive. Synchronizing Folders Using Automatic Sync Deleting Sync ...
... Click Sync in the Command panel. Step 6: To create new Sync settings, select Simple Sync or Custom Sync. The Sync window opens. The original Sync window opens. By default, Automatic Sync is off, • Click Sync Now in the lower right corner of those files in...Your drive must be connected during Automatic Sync. Step 2: Select your drive. The Sync window opens. The Delete Sync Settings Confirmation window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 26 Step 2: Select your drive. Synchronizing Folders Using Automatic Sync Deleting Sync ...
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... version with a newly-synchronized version, • Uncheck the file in the On column. To use the Sync Preview window, Step 6: Use the On checkbox to tell Seagate Manager which version of the file to save If the same file is edited on ALL connected drives: Figure 7: Sync... Now The Sync Preview window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 27 Using the Sync Preview Window Use the Sync Preview window to manage your synchronized files. • Add or delete files • Decide ...
... version with a newly-synchronized version, • Uncheck the file in the On column. To use the Sync Preview window, Step 6: Use the On checkbox to tell Seagate Manager which version of the file to save If the same file is edited on ALL connected drives: Figure 7: Sync... Now The Sync Preview window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 27 Using the Sync Preview Window Use the Sync Preview window to manage your synchronized files. • Add or delete files • Decide ...