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Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 1
Seagate Manager
User Guide
For Use With Your FreeAgentTM Drive
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 2
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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Wave logo, and FreeAgent are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology
LLC, or one of its affiliates. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one
billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes when referring to hard
drive capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other
functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Quantitative usage examples for
various applications are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various
factors including file size, file format, features, and application software. Seagate reserves the
right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.
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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 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 the Backup Log ................................................... 18
Restoring Files..................................................................... 19
Restoring an Historical Version ..................................... 19
Restoring Most Recent Version ..................................... 19
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Contents
Synchronizing Folders .......................................................................................... 21
Using Simple Sync ............................................................................ 22
Using Custom Sync .......................................................................... 22
Using Sync Encryption ....................................................... 24
Completing the Sync ....................................................................... 24
Editing Sync 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 ......................... 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
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Getting Started Using the Seagate Status Icon
Getting Started
The Seagate Manager software, included with your FreeAgentTM drive, adds a powerful set of
tools to your drive:
•Backup and restore features to enable you to protect your data.
•Sync, to synchronize one or more folders between two or more computers.
•Security features, including encryption of multiple files and folders in one location, as
well as backup and sync encryption. Not available in all regions or with all products.
•Settings to control power management, software updates, drive lights and more.
The features described in 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. You can use this icon to check the status of your drive and to access
the drive features.
Step 1: To check the status of your drive, roll your mouse over the Seagate icon:
The information popup confirms the drive’s status and identifies the drive letter.
The color of the Seagate Status icon informs you of the drive’s status:
Note: When a backup or sync has failed, the red icon continues to display until the next
successful backup or sync. You can view the log file to determine why the backup failed.
Figure 1: Seagate Taskbar Icon
Blue Drive connected
Green Drive connected, backup passed and sync idle
Yellow Backup or sync in progress
Gray No drive connected
Red Backup or sync failed
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Getting Started Using the Seagate Status Icon
Step 2: To display the Seagate Status menu, click the taskbar icon:
Step 3: Select the feature you want to access or select Exit to close the menu.
Restoring the Seagate Status Icon
If you exit from the Seagate Status menu, the Seagate icon disappears from the taskbar
notification area. To restore the Seagate Status icon to the taskbar notification area, go to
Start > Programs > Seagate > Seagate Manager > Seagate Status Icon
Figure 2: Seagate Status Menu
Figure 3: Restore Seagate Status Icon
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Getting Started FreeAgent Drive Light
FreeAgent Drive Light
The light on your FreeAgent drive flashes to indicate various drive states. The following
information applies to all FreeAgent drives.
See “Adjust LED Control” on page 11for information about controlling the lights on the drive.
Drive State Light
Off or Hibernate Off
Idle 90% illumination
Active (data transfer) Slow flashing between 90% and 20% illumination
Standby (disk not spinning) 20% illumination
Unmounted or cable removed Off
Error Fast flashing
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Managing Your Drives Using the My Drives Window
Managing Your Drives
The My Drives window provides a central point from which to manage your Seagate FreeAgent
device. This is the default window that appears when you open Seagate Manager.
You can also get to the My Drives window by clicking the My Drives button in the Command
Panel from any other window within the software.
Using the My Drives Window
In the My Drives window, you first select your drive and then the feature you want to use with it.
The Command Panel across the top of the window allows you to access Seagate Manager’s
features: Backup, Sync and Security.
The middle of the My Drives window displays the connected drive. If there is more than one
drive connected, there will be a list of drives to choose from. The drive that is currently selected
is highlighted in light blue (as shown in Figure 4).
•To select a different drive, click the drive icon or partition name.
•To access advanced settings for the selected drive, click the Settings button.
•For more information, see “Settings” on page 9.
Figure 4: My Drives Window
Command Panel
Help
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Managing Your Drives Settings
•To get more information about the selected drive, click the Drive Info button.
For more information, see “Drive Info” on page 11.
Any time you need help, you can click the Seagate Manager help icon. If you are not able to
find the answer to your question, you can click the Customer Support button to go to Seagate’s
Support website.
Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window. It can take a
few seconds for the Seagate Manager software to detect your device. If your device
doesn’t appear, make sure it’s properly connected and turned on. All Seagate and Maxtor
external drives are detected.
Settings
The Settings button, located at the bottom of the My Drives window, allows you to access the
following features for the selected drive:
•Adjust Power Settting
•Test My Drive
•Adjust LED Control
•Check for Software Update
Adjusting the Power Setting
You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into power-saving
mode.
Power-saving mode conserves energy by telling your drive’s internal storage disk to stop
spinning when it is not in use. Though power-saving mode uses less electricity, it takes a little
more time for your drive to become active again when you want to use it.
If you use your drive a lot, you may want to choose a longer time interval, so that your work is
not interrupted when opening files from or saving files to your drive.
If you use your drive less frequently, you may want to choose a shorter time interval, so that
your drive is not consuming more energy than it needs.
To adjust the power setting:
Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you want to adjust and
click Settings.
The Settings window opens.
Step 2: Click Adjust Power Setting.
The Adjust Power Setting window opens.
Step 3: Select an interval from the drop-down menu or click Default to return to the original
power setting time for the drive.
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Managing Your Drives Settings
Step 4: Click Apply to save the power setting.
The Adjust Power Setting window confirms that the power setting for your drive
has been changed.
Step 5: Click OK to return to the My Drives window.
Testing Your Drive
Test your drive to check the health of your drive. The diagnostic utility performs its tests without
affecting the data on your drive.
To test your drive:
Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you want to test and
click Settings.
The Settings window opens.
Step 2: Click Test My Drive.
The Test My Drive window opens.
Step 3: Click Test.
A progress bar indicates the progress of the test. When the test is complete, the
results are displayed.
If the diagnostic encounters an error during testing, the serial number of the bad
device is displayed with instructions to contact Seagate for service and support.
Step 4: Click OK.
Updating Your Software
The Software Update feature automatically informs you when an update is available for your
software. You can also manually check to see if an update is available or you can turn off the
Software Update feature.
To check for software updates:
Step 1: In the My Drives window, click Settings.
The Settings window opens.
Step 2: Click Check for Software Update.
The Software Update window opens.
Check for updates automatically is selected by default.
Step 3: To turn off Software Update, deselect Check for updates automatically.
Step 4: To check for updates now, click Check Now.
A Software Update window appears to inform you whether your software is up to
date or not.
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