FreeAgent for Windows

Contents

Getting Started.... 1

Installing the Software

.... 1... 5... 6

Using the System Tray Icon
Restoring the System Tray Icon
Managing Your Drives.... 8
Adjusting the Power Setting Testing Your Drive Updating Your Software

... 8....11... 14... 18

Reading the LED Status Indicators
Backing Up & Restoring Folders... 20
Creating a Backup Plan Using Simple Backup

... 20... 20... 22

Creating a Custom Backup Managing Backup Settings Deleting a Backup Plan

... 29

Editing Backup Settings... 29

... 34... 36... 36

Using Scheduled Backup Backing Up Manually
Turning Off Scheduled Backup Viewing the Backup Log Restoring Files

... 37... 39

.... 41.. 43... 44
Restoring an Historical Version
Restoring the Most Recent Version

Index.....i

Getting Started
The Drive Manager software offers these features:
Backup & Restore to protect your data Utilities to control power management, drive diagnosis, and software updates
To install the Drive Manager software, Step 1. Connect your drive to your computer. The Main Menu window opens:

Figure 1:

Main Menu
Step 2: Click Install Drive Manager. The Welcome window opens:

Figure 2:

Welcome
Step 3: Click Next. The EULA language selection window opens:

Figure 3:

EULA Language Selection
Step 4: Select the language in which you want to read the License Agreement and click Next. The License Agreement window opens in the selected language:

Figure 4:

License Agreement
Step 5: Click Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement. The Choose Destination Location window opens:

Figure 5:

Select a Destination
Step 6: Accept the default destination location or click Browse to select a different location. Step 7: Click Next. A Setup Status window keeps you informed as the installation proceeds:

Figure 6:

Setup Status
When the installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Complete window opens:

Figure 7:

InstallShield Wizard Complete
Step 8: Click Finish. A Drive Manager icon appears on your desktop:
The Drive Manager application opens:

Figure 8:

Drive Manager Application
You can use the system tray icon to check the status of your drive and to access the drive features. Step 1. To check the status of your drive, roll your mouse over the system tray icon:

Figure 9:

System Tray Icons
The information popup confirms the drives status and identifies the drive letter. The color of the system tray icon conveys this information:

Figure 10:

System Tray Icon Information
Note: When a backup has failed, the red icon continues to display until the next successful
backup. Step 2: To display the Drive Manager menu, click the system tray icon:

Figure 11:

System Tray Popup Menu
Step 3: Select the feature you want to access or select Exit to close the menu (the Drive Manager application remains open). Table 1: Using your Mouse with the System Tray Icon
Click the system tray icon to Launch Drive Manager Back Up Now View Backup Log Edit Backup Settings Exit Run your mouse over the icon to show Status Information Status for Multiple Events
If you select Exit from the System Tray menu, the Drive Manager icon disappears from the System Tray.

Step 1. To restore the icon to the System Tray, go to Start > Programs > Maxtor > Drive Manager Icon

Figure 12:

Restore System Tray Icon

Managing Your Drives

The My Drives window provides a central point from which to manage your drives. It displays all Seagate and Maxtor drives connected to your computer:

My Drives

The Command panel across the top of the window allows you to access your drive features and manage drive utilities. In the My Drives window, Step 1. Select a device. Step 2: Click an option in the Command panel.
Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window. It can take
a few seconds for the Drive Manager software to detect your devices. If a device doesnt appear, make sure its properly connected and turned on.
Adjusting the Power Setting
You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into powersaving mode.
To adjust the power setting, Step 1. In the My Drives window, click Settings. The Settings window opens:

Settings

Step 2: Click Adjust Power Setting. The Adjust Power Setting window opens:

Adjust Power Setting

Step 3: Select an interval from the dropdown menu or click Default to return to the default power setting. Step 4: Click Apply to save the power setting. The Adjust Power Setting window confirms that the power setting for your drive has been changed:
Adjust Power Setting Confirmation
Step 5: Click OK to return to the My Drives window.

Testing Your Drive

Test your drive to check the health of your the device. 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 Settings. The Settings window opens:
Step 2: Click Test My Drive. The Test My Drive window opens:

Run Drive Diagnostics

Step 3: Click Test. A progress bar indicates the progress of the test. When the test is complete, the results are displayed:

Diagnostics Complete

The drive pictured above is functioning normally. 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:

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 Settings. The Settings window opens:
Step 2: Click Check for Software Update. The Software Update window opens:

Software Update

Software Update is turned on by default. Step 3: To turn off Software Update, unselect Check for updates automatically. Step 4: To check for updates now, click Check Now. If an update is available for your software, a Software Update window allows you to download the update:
Software Update Available
Step 5: Click Yes to download the software update. A window indicates the progress of the download:

Software Update Progress

When the software update has downloaded, youre asked if you want to install the update now.
Step 6: Click Yes to install the update now. The Install Wizard Welcome window opens. Step 7: Follow the steps in the Install Wizard to install the update. If your software is up to date, a Software Update window provides your software version number:

Figure 13:

Software Up to Date

Step 8: Click OK.

Your drive has an LED status indicator to keep you informed of the status of the drive:

Figure 14:

Drive LED

LED Descriptions

Flashing rapidly Shining steadily/bright Pulsing slowly Shining steadily/dim
Drive fault Power on; no data activity Data activity Asleep
Backing Up & Restoring Folders
The Backup & Restore feature allows you to
Schedule the backup of selected folders Edit backup settings Launch an immediate backup Restore backed up files
After the initial backup, the Drive Manager software backs up changed files in backed up folders on a schedule you set or when you click Back Up Now in the Backup window. You can create one Backup Plan for each OneTouch drive connected to your computer. You can use either of the following two Backup Plans:
Simple Backup: Pre-configured to back up your XP My Documents or Vista
Documents folder daily at 10:00 p.m.
Custom Backup: You select the folders to be backed up and set a backup
destination and schedule.

Creating a Backup Plan

Using Simple Backup
Use Simple Backup to back up your XP My Documents or Vista Documents folder daily at 10 p.m. To use Simple Backup, Step 1. Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens:

Backup

Step 2: In the Backup window, click Simple Backup. A Simple Backup Confirmation window confirms that youve selected Simple Backup and asks you to name this Backup Plan:

Simple Backup Confirmation
Step 3: Enter a name for your Backup Plan and click OK.
The Backup window now allows you to edit your backup settings and restore backed up files and describes your Backup Plan and the details of your most recent backup.

Creating a Custom Backup

To select specific folders for backup and set up a backup destination and schedule, Step 1. Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens:
Step 2: In the Backup window, click Custom Backup. The Backup Folder Selection window opens:

Backup Folder Selection

Step 3: Name your Backup Plan, select the folders to be backed up, and click Next. The Backup File Types window opens:

File Types: All Types

Step 4: Select the types of files you want to back up:
All File Types Photos, Music, Videos, Documents.
You can back up any or all of these:
File Types: Photo, Music, Video, Documents

Custom

Select specific file types to include or exclude for backup: To back up only a few of the available file types, a. Select Include these file types. b. Select each file type you do want to back up and click Add to move it to the Include window. To back up most of the available file types, a. Select Exclude these file types. b. Select each file type you dont want to back up and click Add to move it to the Exclude window.

File Types: Custom

Step 5: Click Next. The Backup Schedule window opens:

Backup Schedule

Step 6: Select the days and time at which you want to back up your folders and click Finish. The Backup window now allows you to edit your backup settings and restore backed up files and describes your Backup Plan.

Managing Backup Settings

Editing Backup Settings
To edit the settings for a Backup Plan, Step 1. Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens:
Step 2: In the Backup window, click Edit My Backup Settings. The Backup Folder Selection window displays your current Backup Plan name and folder selection:
Step 3: Edit the Backup Plan name and/or the folder selection and click Next. The Backup File Types window displays your current selections:

File Types

Step 4: Edit the types of files to be backed up and click Next. The Backup Schedule window displays your current schedule:
Step 5: Edit the days and/or time you want to back up your folders and click Finish. The Backup window now displays your edited Backup Plan.

Figure 15:

Deleting a Backup Plan
You can delete the Backup Plan for any Seagate or Maxtor drive connected to your computer. To delete a Backup Plan, Step 1. Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens:

Figure 16:

Step 2: In the Backup window, click Delete Backup Plan. The Delete Backup Plan window opens:

Figure 17:

Delete Backup Plans
Listed is the Backup Plan for each drive connected to your computer. Step 3: Select the Backup Plan you want to delete and click Delete. The Backup Plan is deleted.
Note: Your backed up files are NOT deleted.

Using Scheduled Backup

Use Scheduled Backup to back up changed files in backed up folders on the days and time you set. The Scheduled Backup On/Off switch enables or disables the Backup schedule. By default, Scheduled Backup is turned on.
Turning Off Scheduled Backup
To turn off Scheduled Backup,
In the Backup window, click the Scheduled Backup Off button.

Figure 18:

Scheduled Backup Off

Backing Up Manually

You can back up files manually whenever you like, whether Scheduled Backup is on or off. You can launch a backup manually in any of these ways:
Press the OneTouch button if youve customized it to back up files. Click Back Up Now in the lower right corner of the Backup window. Select Back Up Now from the System Tray menu:
A Backup Progress window opens to inform you of the progress of the manual backup and let you know when the backup is complete:

Figure 19:

Manual Backup Complete
Step 4: When the backup is complete, click OK. Listed in the Backup window beneath Restore Files are the date and time of your most recent backup:

Figure 20:

Viewing the Backup Log
The Backup Log is a text-based report of your backup history. To view the Backup Log, Step 1. Click View Log in the Backup window:

Figure 21:

You can also click the OneTouch icon in your System Tray to display the OneTouch popup menu:

Figure 22:

System Tray Menu
Step 2: Click View Backup Log to open a text file showing the history of your system backups:

Figure 23:

Backup Log

Restoring Files

When you back up the files stored in selected folders, Drive Manager saves ten (10) previous, or historical, versions of each revised file stored on your drive. You can restore a saved historical version of a backed up file based on the date it was last modified or you can restore the most recent version of a backed up file. To restore files, Step 1. Click Backup in the Command panel. The Backup window opens:

Figure 24:

Listed beneath Restore Files are the date and time of your most recent backup. Step 2: In the Backup window, click Restore Files. The Restore a Backup window opens:

Figure 25:

Restore a File
Step 1. Click Restore historical version of backed up file to restore a previous version of a file. The Restore Historical Version window opens:

Figure 26:

Restore Historical Version
Step 2: Select a file and file version to be restored and click Restore. The selected file version is restored to the location noted in the Restore Historical Version window.
Step 1. Click Restore most recent version to restore the latest version of a file. Windows Explorer displays the contents of the Maxtor Backup folder:

Figure 27:

Maxtor Backup in Windows Explorer
Step 2: Browse to the desired file and drag it to the location at which you want it restored. Step 3: Close Windows Explorer.
A Adjusting Power Setting 8 B Backing Up & Restoring Folders 20
Creating a Backup Plan Restoring Files 41
Backing Up Manually 37 C Creating a Backup Plan 20
Creating a Custom Backup Using Simple Backup 20
Creating a Custom Backup 22 D Deleting a Backup Plan 34 E Editing Backup Settings 29 G Getting Started 1
Installing the Software 1 Using the System Tray Icon
I Installing the Software 1 M Managing Backup Settings 29
Backing Up Manually 37 Deleting a Backup Plan 34 Editing Backup Settings 29 Using Scheduled Backup 36 Viewing the Backup Log 39

Managing Your Drives 8

Adjusting Power Setting 8 Testing Your Drive 11 Updating Your Software 14
R Restoring an Historical Version 43

Restoring Files 41

Restoring an Historical Version 43 Restoring the Most Recent Version 44
Restoring the Most Recent Version 44 T Testing Your Drive 11 Turning Off Scheduled Backup 36 U Updating Your Software 14 Using Scheduled Backup 36 Using Simple Backup 20 Using the System Tray Icon 5 V Viewing the Backup Log 39

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