Seagate FreeAgent Theater Manual de usuario

Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive i

Seagate Manager

User Guide

For Use With Your FreeAgentTM Drive

Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive ii

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

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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

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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

well as backup and sync encryption. Not available in all regions or with all products.

•Settings 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 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:

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:

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.

Figure 1: Seagate Taskbar Icon

Blue Drive connected

Green Drive connected, backup passed and sync idle

Yellow Backup or sync in progress

Gray No drive connected

Red Backup or sync failed

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Getting Started Using the Seagate Status Icon

Step 2: To display the Seagate Status menu, right-click the taskbar icon:

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 2: Seagate Status Menu

Figure 3: Restore Seagate Status Icon

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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.

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.

Figure 1: My Drives

Command Panel

Help

Online Storage

External Storage

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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.

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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.

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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 FreeAgent drive you want to adjust and click Settings.

The Settings window opens.

Step 3: Click Adjust LED Control.

The Drive Lights window opens.

Step 4: 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 turn back on in the following situations:

•If power is turned off and back on for the FreeAgent

•If the FreeAgent is disconnected and reconnected

Drive Info

The Drive Info feature provides the following information about your FreeAgent drive:

•Volume

The name of your FreeAgent drive.

•Capacity

The total capacity of your FreeAgent drive.

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Managing Your Drives Storage Features

•Free Space

The amount of space remaining on your FreeAgent drive.

•File System

The Windows file system of your FreeAgent drive.

To view the Drive Info for your FreeAgent drive:

Step 1: In the My Drives window, click External Storage.

Step 2: Select the FreeAgent drive you want information about and click Drive Info.

The Drive Info window opens.

Step 3: To close the Drive Info window, click OK.

Storage Features

Using External Storage, you store files on your FreeAgent drive. You can backup or restore

your files using your FreeAgent drive.

Using Online Storage, you store files on the Internet using the Seagate Online Storage

website. You can share, backup or restore files using the Internet.

External Storage

To access Seagate FreeAgent and other external drives connected to your computer:

Step 1: Click External Storage.

All Seagate external drives appear.

Step 2: Select the drive you want to use with Seagate Manager.

Online Storage

To access the Online Storage features of Seagate Manager:

Step 1: From the My Drives window, click Online Storage.

The My Drives Online Storage window appears.

Note: If this is your first time using the Online Storage feature, you’ll need to create an account.

For more information, see Creating a Seagate Online Storage Account

Step 2: Do one of the following:

• To back up or restore files, click Backup in the command panel.

The Backup Online Storage window appears.

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