User manual SEAGATE FREEAGENT DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS

[. . . ] 22 Creating a Custom Backup Managing Backup Settings Deleting a Backup Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Editing Backup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] It displays all Seagate and Maxtor drives connected to your computer: Figure 1: My Drives The Command panel across the top of the window allows you to access your drive features and manage drive utilities. Step 2: Click an option in the Command panel. Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window. It can take a few seconds for the Drive Manager software to detect your devices. If a device doesn't appear, make sure it's properly connected and turned on. Adjusting the Power Setting You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into powersaving mode. Adjusting the Power Setting 8 FreeAgent for Windows To adjust the power setting, Step 1. The Settings window opens: Figure 2: Settings Step 2: Click Adjust Power Setting. The Adjust Power Setting window opens: Adjusting the Power Setting 9 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 3: Adjust Power Setting Step 3: Select an interval from the dropdown menu or click Default to return to the default power setting. The Adjust Power Setting window confirms that the power setting for your drive has been changed: Adjusting the Power Setting 10 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 4: Adjust Power Setting Confirmation Step 5: Click OK to return to the My Drives window. Testing Your Drive Test your drive to check the health of your the device. The diagnostic utility performs its tests without affecting the data on your drive. The Settings window opens: Testing Your Drive 11 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 5: Settings Step 2: Click Test My Drive. The Test My Drive window opens: Testing Your Drive 12 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 6: Run Drive Diagnostics Step 3: Click Test. When the test is complete, the results are displayed: Testing Your Drive 13 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 7: Diagnostics Complete The drive pictured above is functioning normally. 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: Updating Your Software The Software Update feature automatically informs you when an update is available for your software. However, you can manually check to see if an update is available or you can turn off the Software Update feature. The Settings window opens: Updating Your Software 14 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 8: Settings Step 2: Click Check for Software Update. The Software Update window opens: Updating Your Software 15 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 9: Software Update Software Update is turned on by default. Step 3: To turn off Software Update, unselect Check for updates automatically. If an update is available for your software, a Software Update window allows you to download the update: Figure 10: Software Update Available Step 5: Click Yes to download the software update. A window indicates the progress of the download: Updating Your Software 16 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 11: Software Update Progress When the software update has downloaded, you're asked if you want to install the update now. Figure 12: Software Update Progress Step 6: Click Yes to install the update now. If your software is up to date, a Software Update window provides your software version number: Updating Your Software 17 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 13: Software Up to Date Step 8: Click OK. Reading the LED Status Indicators Your drive has an LED status indicator to keep you informed of the status of the drive: Figure 14: Drive LED Reading the LED Status Indicators 18 FreeAgent for Windows Table 1: LED Descriptions Flashing rapidly Shining steadily/bright Pulsing slowly Shining steadily/dim State Drive fault Power on; no data activity Data activity Asleep Reading the LED Status Indicators 19 FreeAgent for Windows Backing Up & Restoring Folders The Backup & Restore feature allows you to · · · · Schedule the backup of selected folders Edit backup settings Launch an immediate backup Restore backed up files After the initial backup, the Drive Manager software backs up changed files in backed up folders on a schedule you set or when you click Back Up Now in the Backup window. You can create one Backup Plan for each OneTouch drive connected to your computer. You can use either of the following two Backup Plans: · Simple Backup: Pre-configured to back up your XP My Documents or Vista Documents folder daily at 10:00 p. m. · Custom Backup: You select the folders to be backed up and set a backup destination and schedule. Creating a Backup Plan Using Simple Backup Use Simple Backup to back up your XP My Documents or Vista Documents folder daily at 10 p. m. The Backup window opens: Creating a Backup Plan 20 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 1: Backup Step 2: In the Backup window, click Simple Backup. [. . . ] You can restore a saved historical version of a backed up file based on the date it was last modified or you can restore the most recent version of a backed up file. The Backup window opens: Restoring Files 41 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 24: Backup Listed beneath Restore Files are the date and time of your most recent backup. The Restore a Backup window opens: Restoring Files 42 FreeAgent for Windows Figure 25: Restore a File Restoring an Historical Version Step 1. Click Restore historical version of backed up file to restore a previous version of a file. [. . . ]