Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB, User Manual

Page 1: ...Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 1 Seagate Manager User Guide For Use With Your FreeAgentTM Drive...

Page 2: ...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 use...

Page 3: ...e 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 Simpl...

Page 4: ...c 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 Dele...

Page 5: ...Agent 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 a...

Page 6: ...ature 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 r...

Page 7: ...s 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 O...

Page 8: ...ves 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 Secur...

Page 9: ...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 conser...

Page 10: ...e 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...

Page 11: ...ep 3 To turn the drive lights off click Turn lights off and click Apply To turn the drive lights back on click Display status and activity lights and click Apply The drive lights may automatically tur...

Page 12: ...original files on your computer you can easily restore it from the backup version For increased data security you can back up your files to an encrypted folder on your drive Folder encryption uses AE...

Page 13: ...o back up your XP My Documents folder or your Vista Personal Folder daily at 10 00 p m OR Custom Backup You select the folders to be backed up and set a backup destination and schedule OR Drive Rotati...

Page 14: ...to back up Step 3 Click Backup in the Command panel The Backup window opens Step 4 In the Backup window click Custom Backup The Backup Folder Selection window opens Step 5 Name your Backup Plan select...

Page 15: ...ssword and click OK Step 11 Click Finish The Backup window now displays the details of your backup and Scheduled Backup is turned on Drive Rotation With Drive Rotation you can use one backup plan with...

Page 16: ...l of the drives are connected then your files will be backed up to all of them Managing Backup Settings Once you create a backup plan the Backup window displays The active backup plan Which file types...

Page 17: ...Next The Backup Options window opens showing a list of drives to which this plan backs up Go to the next step Step 9 Uncheck any drive in the list to remove that drive from this backup plan and click...

Page 18: ...ck Back Up Now in the lower right corner 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 background...

Page 19: ...ve Step 1 Click My Drives in the Command panel The My Drives page opens Step 2 Select your drive Step 3 Click Backup The Backup window opens Step 4 Click Restore Files Step 5 The Restore a Backup wind...

Page 20: ...th Your FreeAgent Drive 20 Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files Managing Backup Settings The Seagate Backup folder on your drive is displayed Step 5 Browse to the desired file and drag it to the...

Page 21: ...nt way to move files between a computer at work and a computer at home Note Files cannot be synchronized between computers running XP and those running Vista You have these Sync options Note Make sure...

Page 22: ...zed with your drive Connect the drive to other computers to complete the synchronization Using Custom Sync Custom Sync allows you to select specific folders and file types for synchronization and to c...

Page 23: ...t Note File extensions are the suffix characters to the right of a file name that define the file format Step 8 After you ve selected the types of files to sync click Next The Sync Options window open...

Page 24: ...onger grayed out Step 6 Set your Sync Rules and Copy Replace Rules and select Sync Encryption Step 7 Click Finish Your synchronized folders will now automatically be encrypted using the same password...

Page 25: ...ndow opens Step 4 Click Edit Sync Settings The Folder Selection window displays your current folder settings Step 5 Add and or remove folders from Sync and click Next Folders removed from Sync are del...

Page 26: ...hose files in the SyncRecycleBin01 and SyncRecycleBin02 folders respectively Using Automatic Sync The Automatic Sync feature continuously tracks file changes in synchronized folders and automatically...

Page 27: ...whether to overwrite existing file versions Resolve conflicts over which version of a synchronized file to save If the same file is edited on different computers at the same time a conflict occurs ov...

Page 28: ...Preview Window Using Automatic Overwrite When Automatic Overwrite is on older file versions are always replaced with newer versions When Automatic Overwrite is off the Seagate Manager displays the Syn...

Page 29: ...on of a file or folder remains on your computer along with the newly encrypted version which is stored on your FreeAgent drive For total security you should delete the unencrypted version from your co...

Page 30: ...with a minimum of one letter and one number Be sure to use a password you ll remember you ll need it each time you want to access the files and folders stored in the Encryption folder Your Encryption...

Page 31: ...ions from your computer Managing an Encryption Folder You can change your encryption password delete your encrypted folder or move files and folders from your Encryption folder to another location on...

Page 32: ...ve files and folders from your Encryption folder before you delete the folder itself To delete your Encryption folder Step 1 Click My Drives in the Command panel Step 2 Select your drive Step 3 Click...

Page 33: ...der window opens Step 6 Enter your password and click OK Your Encryption folder opens Note After you open your Encryption folder on the first computer and user account with which you use Seagate Manag...

Page 34: ...them from the Encryption folder use the Delete option in the Encryption folder toolbar Note Files can also be dragged and dropped at the desired location on your computer Folders cannot be dragged an...

Page 35: ...d you must use the Delete operation to delete them from an Encryption folder Seagate SecureTM Storage Devices If you have a Seagate Secure drive selected within your Manager software there is a differ...

Page 36: ...ess your password is in all capital letters If you have more than one Seagate Secure drive connected at the same time make sure you have selected the drive that you are trying to unlock the large ligh...

Page 37: ...change your password in the Seagate Manager application Step 1 Click My Drives in the Command panel Step 2 Select your Seagate Secure drive Step 3 Click the Security icon in the Seagate Manager window...

Page 38: ...st or create a question of your own Step 3 Enter the answer to the security question Step 4 Enter a hint to help you recall your password if you forget it Step 5 Click Set A message confirms that your...

Page 39: ...verwrite it with a new password hint Step 5 Click Delete The Delete Password Hint window opens Step 6 Enter the 25 character identification code printed on the drive label Step 7 Click Delete Password...

Page 40: ...o use it is to securely erase it using KeyErase KeyErase regenerates the drive encryption key as the drive is erased Note You can only erase a Seagate Secure drive if it is locked To erase your Seagat...

Page 41: ...ive window to open Step 7 Click Format to reformat your drive for use A Format confirmation window opens Since you ve just erased everything on your Seagate Secure drive you don t have to worry about...

Page 42: ...Unallocated because it s not properly formatted Step 3 Right click anywhere in the Unallocated bar and select New Partition The New Partition Wizard opens automatically Step 4 Follow the steps in the...

Page 43: ...deleting encrypted files 29 synchronized files 26 Drive Info feature 11 drive lights 11 drive rotation 15 drive erasing 40 drives backing up to more than one 15 displayed in My Drives window 8 info 1...

Page 44: ...encryption folder 31 changing for Seagate Secure drive 37 encryption 31 Seagate Secure 36 sync encryption 24 password hint 37 38 changing 38 deleting 39 retrieving 39 power setting 9 previewing synch...

Page 45: ...for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 45 Index sync preview window 27 sync settings editing 25 synchronizing about 21 folders 21 see also sync T testing drives 10 turning off automatic sync 26 U updating...