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    Seagate Manager User Guide For Use With Your FreeAgentTM Drive Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 1
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    billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. In addition, software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA 95066 U.S.A. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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    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
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    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 Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 4
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    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
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    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 3: Restore Seagate Status Icon Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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    flashing between 90% and 20% illumination 20% illumination Off Fast flashing See "Adjust LED Control" on page 11for information about controlling the lights on the drive. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 7
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    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. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 8
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    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
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    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. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 10
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    drive. To view the Drive Info for your drive: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you want information about and click Drive Info. The Drive Information window opens. Step 2: To close the Drive Information window, click OK. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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    Features The Seagate Manager Backup features allow you to: • Schedule the backup of selected folders • Edit backup settings • Launch an immediate file backup • Use the same backup plan for multiple drives • Restore backed-up files Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 12
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    Backup: Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. The My Drives page opens. Step 2: Select the drive to which you want to back up. Step 3: Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens. Step 4: Click Simple Backup. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 13
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    Exclude these file types. 2. Select each file type you don't want to back up and click Add to move it to the Exclude list. Note: File extensions are the suffix characters to the right of a file name that define the file format. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 14
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    6: Connect your second drive. Step 7: Click My Drives in the command panel. The My Drives page opens. Step 8: Select the second drive. Step 9: Click Backup in the command panel. The Backup window opens. Step 10: Click Drive Rotation. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 15
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    and/or the folder selection(s) and click Next. The Backup File Types window displays your current selections. Step 6: Edit the types of files to be backed up and click Next. The Backup Schedule window displays your current schedule. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 16
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    Backup to back up changed files to your drive on the days and time you set. The Scheduled Backup On/Off switch enables or disables the backup plan schedule. By default, Scheduled Backup is turned on. If Scheduled Backup is missed: Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 17
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    Backup is on or off or whether Seagate Manager is open or not. To launch a manual backup to your drive: • Click 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
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    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 the most recent version of a backed up file to restore the latest version of a file. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent
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    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 location where you want it restored. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 20
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    or exclude Select automatic or manual sync Set Sync and Copy & Replace Rules Encrypt synchronized files Note: Make sure all computers participating in the Sync are set to precisely the same time to ensure that Sync works properly. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 21
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    drive (partition). Step 6: Click Next. The File Types window opens. Step 7: Select the types of files you want to sync. • All file types • Photos, Music,... You can choose to sync any or all of the following: Photos: JPG, GIF, TIFF, ... Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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    click Next. The Sync Options window opens. Step 9: Select your Sync options: • Sync Rules: - Sync automatically each time a file changes - Sync manually using the Sync Now button in the Sync window click Finish. The Sync window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 23
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    XP My Documents folder (or Vista Personal Folder), the Sync Folders window opens. (b) If you've synchronized your XP My Documents folder (or Vista Personal Folder), the Sync "My Documents" (or Sync "Personal Folder") window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 24
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    Click Check Sync Status. The Sync Status window opens. Listed are the names of the computers on which Sync was set up, the date of the last Sync, and the Automatic Sync setting (On or Off). Step 5: Click OK to return to the Sync window. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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    Click Sync in the Command panel. The Sync window opens. Step 4: In the Sync window, click the Automatic Sync Off button. Step 5: To sync manually when Automatic Sync is off, • Click Sync Now in the lower right corner of the Sync window. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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    Manager which file versions to overwrite, add, or delete. Step 7: Click Sync Now to complete the sync. A Sync Progress window informs you of the progress of the sync. Step 8: When the sync is complete, click OK to close the window. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
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    older file versions are always replaced with newer versions. When Automatic Overwrite is off, the Seagate Manager displays the Sync Preview window to allow you to decide whether to overwrite an older file version with a new version. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 28
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    in all regions or with all products. Figure 8: Security Creating an Encryption Folder Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 2: Select your drive. Step 3: Click Security in the Command panel to open the Security window. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 29
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    folder before deleting it or changing its password. Step 6: Click Create Folder. Your Encryption folder opens. Figure 9: Encryption folder Step 7: Drag files and folders into your Encryption folder as you would into any folder. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 30
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    Select your drive. Step 3: Click Security in the Command panel. The Security window opens. Step 4: Click Encryption. The Manage Encryption window opens. Step 5: Click Change Password. The first of two Change Password windows opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 31
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    in the Delete Encryption folder window. A Delete Encryption folder warning window makes certain you want to delete the Encryption folder. Step 8: Click Delete. A Delete Encryption folder confirmation window opens. Step 9: Click OK. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 32
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    To decrypt files or folders and move them out of your Encryption folder, Step 1: Select the items to be decrypted in the Encryption folder and click Decrypt in the toolbar. Figure 11: Encryption folder - Decrypt Folder Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 33
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    Managing Security Managing an Encryption Folder A Select Destination Directory window opens. Figure 12: Select Destination Directory Step 2: Select a destination and click in the Encryption folder and click Delete in the toolbar. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 34
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    so your entire drive and all the data stored on it are protected from unauthorized access. Figure 14: Seagate Secure logo You can perform these functions using Seagate Manager: • Unlock your drive • Change your drive password Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 35
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    the Seagate Manager software is not installed. Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel. Step 2: Select your Seagate Secure drive. Step 3: Click the Security icon in the Command panel. The Security window opens. The window displays Locked instead of a drive letter. Step 4: Click Unlock Drive
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    on which the Seagate Manager software is not installed. To 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. The Security window opens. Step
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    it with a new password hint. Step 5: Click Overwrite. The Set Password Hint window opens. Step 6: Select a security question from the dropdown list or create a question of your own. Step 7: Enter the answer to the security question. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 38
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    . Step 5: Click Hint. The Retrieve Password Hint window opens. Step 6: Enter the answer to the security question you selected when you set the password hint and click Show Hint. The Password Hint window displays the password hint. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 39
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    Select your Seagate Secure drive Step 3: Click the Security icon in the Seagate Manager window. The locked Security window opens. Step 4: Click the Other Features... button. The Other Features window opens. Step 5: Click KeyErase™ opens. Step 6: Read the warning information and click Next. A second
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    a partition so you can continue to use the drive. To use Administrative Tools to manually create a partition: Step 1: Go to Start > Run to open the Run window. Step 2: Type diskmgmt.msc and click OK. The Disk Management window opens. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 41
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    ... The New Partition Wizard opens automatically. Step 4: Follow the steps in the New Partition Wizard to format your Seagate Secure drive and prepare it for use again. Your Seagate Secure drive is now configured and ready for use. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 42
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    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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    versions of files, restoring 19 I icon, 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
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    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 software 10 V volumes 11 Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 45
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Seagate Manager
User Guide
For Use With Your FreeAgent
TM
Drive