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............................................................................................ 3 Using the My Drives Window ........................................................ 3 Settings ................................................................................................... 4 Adjusting the Power Setting ............................................. 4 Testing Your Drive ................................................................ 5 Updating Your Software ...................................................... 5 Adjust LED Control ............................................................... 6 Drive Info ................................................................................................ 6 Storage Features ................................................................................. 7 External Storage ..................................................................... 7 Online Storage ........................................................................ 7 Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage........................................................................ 9 Backup Features ............................................................................... 10 Backup Plans for your FreeAgent ................................. 11 Backup Plans for Online Storage ................................... 11 Creating a Backup Plan .................................................................. 12 Using Simple Backup with FreeAgent ........................ 12 Using Simple Backup with Online Storage ................ 13 Creating a Custom Backup with FreeAgent ............ 13 Creating a Custom Backup with Online Storage .... 15 Drive Rotation with FreeAgent ...................................... 16 Managing Backup Settings ........................................................... 17 Editing Backup Settings for FreeAgent ...................... 17 Editing Backup Settings for Online Storage ............. 18 Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive ii Contents Deleting a Backup Plan for FreeAgent ........................ 18 Deleting a Backup Plan for Online Storage ............... 19 Using Scheduled Backup .................................................. 19 Backing Up Manually ......................................................... 20 Viewing the Backup Log ................................................... 20 Restoring Files ................................................................................... 21 Restoring an Historical Version from FreeAgent .... 21 Restoring an Historical Version from Online Storage ..................................................................................... 22 Restoring Most Recent Version from FreeAgent .... 22 Synchronizing Folders .......................................................................................... 23 Using Simple Sync ............................................................................ 24 Using Custom Sync .......................................................................... 24 Using Sync Encryption ....................................................... 25 Completing the Sync ....................................................................... 26 Editing Sync Settings ...................................................................... 27 Checking Sync Status ...................................................................... 27 Deleting Sync Settings ....................................................... 27 Using Automatic Sync ..................................................................... 28 Turning Off Automatic Sync ............................................ 28 Using the Sync Preview Window ............................................... 29 Using Automatic Overwrite ............................................. 30 Managing Security ................................................................................................... 31 Creating an Encryption Folder ....................................... 31 Managing an Encryption Folder .................................... 33 Seagate and Maxtor Seagate SecureTM Storage Devices .. 37 Index...................................................................................................................................... 42 Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive iii 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 FreeAgent Drive: · Backup and restore features to enable you to protect your data. · Online storage, file sharing, and backup. Not available in all regions or with all products. · 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 · Settings to control power management, software updates, drive lights and more. well as backup and sync encryption. Not available in all regions or with all products. The features described in this guide (except where noted) are compatible with all Seagate FreeAgent and Maxtor OneTouch drives and both 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 FreeAgent drive and to access the drive features. Step 1: To check the status of your drive, roll your mouse over the Seagate icon: Figure 1: Seagate Taskbar 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: Blue Green Yellow Gray Red Drive connected Drive connected, backup passed and sync idle Backup or sync in progress No drive connected Backup or sync failed 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. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 4 Getting Started Using the Seagate Status Icon Step 2: To display the Seagate Status menu, right-click the taskbar icon: Figure 2: Seagate Status Menu 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 3: Restore Seagate Status Icon Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 5 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. Command Panel Help Online Storage External Storage Figure 1: My Drives Using the My Drives Window In the My Drives window, you first select the storage location and then the feature you want to use with it. There are two storage locations: · External Storage: Store files on your FreeAgent drive · Online Storage: Store files on the Internet For details about these different storage methods, see Storage Features The Command Panel across the top of the window allows you to access Seagate Manager's features: Backup, Sync and Security. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 6 Managing Your Drives Settings When you use external storage, the middle of the My Drives window displays the connected FreeAgent 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 1). 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 To get more information about the selected drive, click the Drive Info button. For more information, see Drive Info Any time you need help, you can click the Seagate Manager help icon. If you are not able 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: · · · · 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 FreeAgent 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 FreeAgent. If you use your drive less frequently, you may want to choose a shorter time interval, so that your FreeAgent is not consuming more energy than it needs. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 7 Managing Your Drives Settings To adjust the power setting, Step 1: In the My Drives window, click External Storage. Step 2: Select the FreeAgent drive you want to adjust and click Settings. The Settings window opens. Step 3: Click Adjust Power Setting. The Adjust Power Setting window opens. Step 4: Select an interval from the drop-down menu or click Default to return to the original power setting time for the drive. Step 5: Click Apply to save the power setting. The Adjust Power Setting window confirms that the power setting for your drive has been changed. Step 6: Click OK to return to the My Drives window. Testing Your Drive Test your drive to check the health of your FreeAgent 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, click External Storage. Step 2: Select the FreeAgent drive you want to test and click Settings. The Settings window opens. Step 3: Click Test My Drive. The Test My Drive window opens. Step 4: 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 5: Click OK. 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. To check for software updates: Step 1: In the My Drives window, click External Storage and then Settings. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 8 Managing Your Drives Drive Info 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. If new software is available, you can download it from this window. To find out more information about the new software, click More Info. Adjust LED Control The LED Control feature allows you to control the lights on your FreeAgent drive. Your drive lights flicker to indicate drive activity and status. Note: This feature is only available for FreeAgent drives. Step 1: In the My Drives window, click External Storage. Step 2: Select the FreeAg ...