FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide
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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 ... 15 Managing Backup Settings 16 Editing Backup Settings 16 Deleting a Backup Plan 17 Using 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 ... 15 Managing Backup Settings 16 Editing Backup Settings 16 Deleting a Backup Plan 17 Using 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
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide
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... your drive: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you can also manually check to test and click Settings. When the test is selected by default. If the ...Software Update window appears to inform you when an update is up to save the power setting. Seagate Manager User Guide for Software Update. The Settings window opens. The Software Update window opens. The Test My...to see if an update is displayed with instructions to contact Seagate for service and support. Step 2: Click Check for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 10 Check for software updates: Step 1: In...
... your drive: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you can also manually check to test and click Settings. When the test is selected by default. If the ...Software Update window appears to inform you when an update is up to save the power setting. Seagate Manager User Guide for Software Update. The Settings window opens. The Software Update window opens. The Test My...to see if an update is displayed with instructions to contact Seagate for service and support. Step 2: Click Check for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 10 Check for software updates: Step 1: In...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide
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...a manual backup to display the Seagate Status menu. To get the current information about your mouse over the Seagate Status icon. Seagate Manager User Guide for your drive: • Click Back Up Now in English only. OR - • Select Back Up Now from the Seagate Status icon menu: The Seagate Status ... backup, move your backup. To view the Backup Log for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 18 Turning Off Scheduled Backup To turn off or whether Seagate Manager is a text-based report of Seagate Manager. - Viewing the Backup Log The Backup Log is open a text file...
...a manual backup to display the Seagate Status menu. To get the current information about your mouse over the Seagate Status icon. Seagate Manager User Guide for your drive: • Click Back Up Now in English only. OR - • Select Back Up Now from the Seagate Status icon menu: The Seagate Status ... backup, move your backup. To view the Backup Log for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 18 Turning Off Scheduled Backup To turn off or whether Seagate Manager is a text-based report of Seagate Manager. - Viewing the Backup Log The Backup Log is open a text file...
FreeAgent Desk™ User Guide
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... or exclude Select automatic or manual sync Set Sync and Copy & Replace Rules Encrypt synchronized files Note: Make sure all file types Sync automatically Always overwrite older file versions Custom Sync: Select one or more folders on your FreeAgent drive. Figure 6: Sync You... easily keep important files up to date in the Sync are automatically copied to your computer to synchronize. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 21 Synchronizing Folders Synchronizing Folders With Sync, you can even synchronize folders between different computers, which...
... or exclude Select automatic or manual sync Set Sync and Copy & Replace Rules Encrypt synchronized files Note: Make sure all file types Sync automatically Always overwrite older file versions Custom Sync: Select one or more folders on your FreeAgent drive. Figure 6: Sync You... easily keep important files up to date in the Sync are automatically copied to your computer to synchronize. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 21 Synchronizing Folders Synchronizing Folders With Sync, you can even synchronize folders between different computers, which...
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... "Using Sync Encryption" on the drive You must delete your initial setup of files to the right of a specific file type: 3. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 23 Videos: AVI, MOV, MPEG, QT, RM, WMV,... - Select each time a file changes - The Sync Options... window opens. Sync manually using the Sync Now button in synchronization: To permit synchronization of a file name that you want to exclude,...
... "Using Sync Encryption" on the drive You must delete your initial setup of files to the right of a specific file type: 3. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 23 Videos: AVI, MOV, MPEG, QT, RM, WMV,... - Select each time a file changes - The Sync Options... window opens. Sync manually using the Sync Now button in synchronization: To permit synchronization of a file name that you want to exclude,...
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...manually when Automatic Sync is turned on your Sync settings and create a new set: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 2: Select your drive. The Delete Sync Settings Confirmation window opens. Step 6: To create new Sync settings, select Simple Sync or Custom Sync. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent... 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 , • Click Sync Now in the lower right corner of...
...manually when Automatic Sync is turned on your Sync settings and create a new set: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 2: Select your drive. The Delete Sync Settings Confirmation window opens. Step 6: To create new Sync settings, select Simple Sync or Custom Sync. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent... 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 , • Click Sync Now in the lower right corner of...
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... informs you can take up to a full minute for the Format Seagate Drive window to manually create a partition so you that a password has been set successfully and... Erased Seagate Secure Drive If your Seagate Secure drive, you can continue to use the Administrative Tools of the format. Seagate Manager User Guide for use the Seagate Secure drive...Go to Start > Run to reformat your password, and click Unlock. You must contain between 6 and 32 characters. Step 2: Type diskmgmt.msc and click OK. The Unlock window opens. Step 5: Enter your drive for Use With Your FreeAgent...
... informs you can take up to a full minute for the Format Seagate Drive window to manually create a partition so you that a password has been set successfully and... Erased Seagate Secure Drive If your Seagate Secure drive, you can continue to use the Administrative Tools of the format. Seagate Manager User Guide for use the Seagate Secure drive...Go to Start > Run to reformat your password, and click Unlock. You must contain between 6 and 32 characters. Step 2: Type diskmgmt.msc and click OK. The Unlock window opens. Step 5: Enter your drive for Use With Your FreeAgent...
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...custom 13 simple 13 backup features, in Seagate Manager 12 backup log 18 backup plans about 13 custom 14 deleting 17 scheduling 17 simple 13 with drive rotation 13, 15 backup settings editing 16 managing 16 backups about 12 manual 18 scheduled 17 C capacity 11 checking...changing 31 energy, conserving 9 erased drive, configuring 40 erased drive, formatting 41 erasing a drive 40 F features, of Seagate Manager software 5 file extensions 23 file system 11 file types, synchronizing 23 files, overwriting older versions 28 folders Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 43
...custom 13 simple 13 backup features, in Seagate Manager 12 backup log 18 backup plans about 13 custom 14 deleting 17 scheduling 17 simple 13 with drive rotation 13, 15 backup settings editing 16 managing 16 backups about 12 manual 18 scheduled 17 C capacity 11 checking...changing 31 energy, conserving 9 erased drive, configuring 40 erased drive, formatting 41 erasing a drive 40 F features, of Seagate Manager software 5 file extensions 23 file system 11 file types, synchronizing 23 files, overwriting older versions 28 folders Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 43
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...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...Seagate status icon 6 S saving power 9 scheduling backups 17 Seagate Secure 35 Seagate Secure drive erasing 40 Seagate... updating 10 Start menu Seagate status icon in 6 ...
...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...Seagate status icon 6 S saving power 9 scheduling backups 17 Seagate Secure 35 Seagate Secure drive erasing 40 Seagate... updating 10 Start menu Seagate status icon in 6 ...
Installation Guide
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... The AutoStart window opens . Note: Some sections of the manual will not apply to carry selected applications, documents, email, and browsers with Ceedo immediately. Note: FreeAgent Go users must install the FreeAgent Tools on your operating system. Ceedo provides a portable working ...environment you use Ceedo to do this manual apply to the Encryption feature. If your product does not...
... The AutoStart window opens . Note: Some sections of the manual will not apply to carry selected applications, documents, email, and browsers with Ceedo immediately. Note: FreeAgent Go users must install the FreeAgent Tools on your operating system. Ceedo provides a portable working ...environment you use Ceedo to do this manual apply to the Encryption feature. If your product does not...