User manual SEAGATE FREEAGENTTM

[. . . ] Seagate Manager User Guide For Use With Your FreeAgentTM Drive Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive i Contents Contents Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Using the Seagate Status Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Restoring the Seagate Status Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Managing Your Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can share your backup plan additional drives by repeating steps 6 - 12, if you wish. Step 13: Each time backup takes place, your files will be backed up to as many of the drives with which you have shared your backup plan as are connected at that time. If only one of the drives is connected, then your files will backed up to only that drive. If all of the drives are connected, then your files will be backed up to all of them. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 19 Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage Managing Backup Settings Managing Backup Settings Once you create a backup plan, the Backup window displays: · · · · The active backup plan Which file types will be backed up The time of the backup The Scheduled Backup (On/Off) setting Editing Backup Settings for FreeAgent To edit the settings of a Backup Plan for your FreeAgent: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Backup Folder Selection window displays 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 Schedule window displays your current schedule. Note: If you previously had encryption enabled, it remains enabled (displaying a checkmark). You cannot edit the encryption settings for your backup. The only way to enable or disable encryption for a backup is to do it when you create the backup plan. If this drive previously participated in Drive Rotation (sharing a backup plan with another FreeAgent drive), the Next button is displayed. If you clicked Finish: The Backup window now displays the new details of your backup and Scheduled Backup is turned on. If you clicked Next: The Backup Options window opens, showing a list of drives to which this plan backs up. Go to the next step. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 20 Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage Managing Backup Settings Step 9: Uncheck any drive in the list to remove that drive from this backup plan and click Finish. Editing Backup Settings for Online Storage To edit the settings of a Backup Plan for Online Storage: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The Backup Folder Selection window displays your current Backup Plan name and folder selection: Step 6: Edit the Backup Plan Name and/or the folder selection(s) and click Next. The Backup File Types Online Storage window displays your current selections. The Backup Schedule Online Storage window displays your current schedule. Step 8: Edit the days and/or time you want to back up your folders and click Finish. The Backup Online Storage window now displays the new details of your backup and Scheduled Backup is turned on. Deleting a Backup Plan for FreeAgent You can delete the Backup Plan for any FreeAgent drive on which you've created one, even if the drive is not connected to your computer. To delete a Backup Plan for your FreeAgent: Step 1: Click My Drives from the Command panel. Step 5: Select the Backup Plan you want to delete and click Delete. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 21 Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage Managing Backup Settings The selected backup plan is deleted. Note: Your backed up files are NOT deleted. Deleting a Backup Plan for Online Storage To delete a Backup Plan for Seagate Online: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 7: The Account Online Storage window opens, displaying two options: · Create an online account. · I already have an online account. Note: When you delete an online backup plan, you will no longer be automatically logged in to Seagate Online. To create a new online backup plan, click I already have an online account, and reconnect to your online account. Note: Your backed-up files are NOT deleted in Seagate Online. Using Scheduled Backup Use Scheduled Backup to back up changed files to your FreeAgent drive or Seagate Online on the days and time you set. The Scheduled Backup On/Off switch enables or disables the backup plan schedule. [. . . ] Step 2: Choose a question from the list or choose Enter your own question, if you want to create your own question. If you chose the "Enter your own question" option, go to the next step. Step 4: In the Answer field, type the answer to the question. Note: Your answer can be up to 32 characters in length. Step 5: In the Password Hint field, type the hint that will help you to remember your password. The Security ID is a 25-character code printed on the bottom of the drive case. [. . . ]