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FreeAgent Go Data Mover

Contents

Getting Started

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Installing the FreeAgent Tools

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Using the FreeAgent Tools Icons

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Using the System Tray Icon

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Disconnecting the FreeAgent Drive

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File Encryption

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Creating a Password

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Encrypting a File

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Decrypting a File

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Drag-and-Drop Encryption and Decryption

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Using Drag and Drop to Encrypt

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Using Drag and Drop to Decrypt

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Managing Your Drives

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Synchronizing Folders

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Using the Default Sync Settings

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Selecting Your Own Folders for Sync

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Editing your Sync Settings

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Changing Folder Selection

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Changing Sync Mode and Add and Replace Rules

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Selecting “Ask First” for Add and Replace Rules

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Synchronizing Now Manually

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Viewing Sync Status

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Accessing your Synchronized Folders

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Using Ceedo

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Using Ceedo for the First Time

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Using the Ceedo Application

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Using the Ceedo Compact Bar

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Using the Ceedo System Tray Icon

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Distinguishing a Ceedo Window

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Utilities

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Running Drive Diagnostics

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Page 2: ...ronizing Folders 20 Using the Default Sync Settings 20 Selecting Your Own Folders for Sync 22 Editing your Sync Settings 24 Changing Folder Selection 25 Changing Sync Mode and Add and Replace Rules 25...

Page 3: ...FreeAgent Go Data Mover Contents ii Adjusting the Drive Sleep Interval 43 Adjusting the Drive Lights 45 Index i Downloaded from www Manualslib com manuals search engine...

Page 4: ...your computer You use Ceedo to do this Note Some sections of this manual apply to the Encryption feature The Encryption feature is not available in all regions If your product does not offer Encrypti...

Page 5: ...ment window opens Figure 3 Ceedo License Agreement Step 4 Select I accept the agreement and click OK If Ceedo has released a more current version of its software than the version installed on your Fre...

Page 6: ...may have a firewall conflict For further information and assistance go to http www ceedo com When Ceedo has loaded the Welcome to Ceedo window and the Ceedo Easy Access menu both open Figure 7 Ceedo W...

Page 7: ...ach time you open Ceedo Figure 8 Welcome to Ceedo Note For more information on using Ceedo see the Ceedo chapter Step 6 Uncheck Show the Welcome screen when Ceedo starts at the bottom of the Welcome w...

Page 8: ...Click Install FreeAgent Tools The Choose Setup Language window opens Figure 10 Choose Setup Language Step 8 Select a language for this installation from the dropdown menu and click OK The Welcome wind...

Page 9: ...9 Click Next The License Agreement window opens Figure 12 License Agreement Step 10 Select Yes if you agree to the terms of the License Agreement The Choose Destination Location window opens Download...

Page 10: ...e to select a different installation folder If you click Browse a Choose Folder window opens Figure 14 Change Installation Folder Browse to the desired folder and click OK in the Choose Folder window...

Page 11: ...egistration window opens Figure 16 Registration Step 12 If you wish click Register to go to the Seagate registration website and register your FreeAgent drive Step 13 Click Next The InstallShield Wiza...

Page 12: ...a restart a restart is required for full use of the FreeAgent software Using the FreeAgent Tools Icons After you ve installed the FreeAgent Tools software on your computer FreeAgent Tools icons are p...

Page 13: ...p confirms the drive s connection status and identifies the drive letter Step 2 Click on the system tray icon to display the FreeAgent popup menu Figure 21 System Tray Popup Menu Step 3 Select the fea...

Page 14: ...ing Ceedo Confirmation Window Step 3 Click Yes The Ejecting Ceedo progress window opens Figure 24 Ejecting Ceedo Progress Window When Ceedo has been ejected the Safe to Remove Hardware popup appears i...

Page 15: ...you encrypt multiple files at one time However you can put multiple files and even folders into a compressed file and then encrypt the compressed file When you encrypt a file a second version of the f...

Page 16: ...vered so be sure to choose a password you can remember easily or record and store it in a safe place Encrypting a File To encrypt a file Step 1 Right click on the file Step 2 Select Encrypt on the dro...

Page 17: ...ion remains on your computer You re asked permission to replace the existing version with this more current version Figure 4 Encryption File Replacement Step 4 Click Yes The Encryption window displays...

Page 18: ...n of the file to complete the encryption process Decrypting a File To decrypt a file Step 1 Double click on the file OR Right click on the file and select Decrypt from the dropdown menu Figure 7 Decry...

Page 19: ...e current version Figure 9 Decryption File Replacement After you ve edited the decrypted file you can once again encrypt it Drag and Drop Encryption and Decryption You can use right click drag to encr...

Page 20: ...pops up Figure 10 Drag and Drop Encryption Menu Step 2 Select Encrypt The Seagate Encryption window opens Figure 11 Seagate Encryption Window Step 3 Enter and confirm your password and click OK If yo...

Page 21: ...you drop the file in its new location Drag and Drop Decryption menu pops up Figure 13 Drag and Drop Decryption Menu Step 2 Select Decrypt The Seagate Decryption window opens Figure 14 Seagate Decrypti...

Page 22: ...FreeAgent Go Data Mover 19 Figure 15 Decryption File Replacement A decrypted version of the file appears in the new location Downloaded from www Manualslib com manuals search engine...

Page 23: ...llows you to access your drive features and manage drive utilities In the Your Drives window Step 1 Select a FreeAgent drive Step 2 Click an option in the Command panel Note External drives are automa...

Page 24: ...ers and configure your own sync rules Using the Default Sync Settings If you select the default sync setting by clicking Sync My Documents here s what happens Your My Documents folder is automatically...

Page 25: ...Command panel The initial Folder Sync window opens Figure 2 Initial Folder Sync Note This Folder Sync window appears only during your initial Folder Sync configuration Step 3 Click Sync My Documents T...

Page 26: ...started You can now select another option on the Command panel Selecting Your Own Folders for Sync To choose which folders to sync and configure the Folder Sync settings yourself Step 1 Click Folder S...

Page 27: ...lders you want to sync and click Apply Folder Sync starts automatically The Folder Sync window opens Figure 6 Folder Sync with Mouseover Drag your mouse over the options for Sync Mode and Add and Repl...

Page 28: ...le with a new version Ask First Ask me before adding a new file or replacing an old file with a new version Step 4 Select the desired settings for Sync Mode and Add and Replace Rules Your selections a...

Page 29: ...cted for Folder Sync Step 1 Click Change Folder Selection The Select Folders window opens Figure 8 Select Folders Folders currently selected for sync are checked Step 2 Uncheck folders or check additi...

Page 30: ...cting FreeAgent Tools to ask you before it adds a new file to a synchronized folder when you click Sync Now or re connect your FreeAgent drive to a PC on which Ask First was previously selected replac...

Page 31: ...displays this window Figure 11 Replace File YES or NO refers to adding or replacing this particular synchronized file YES TO ALL or NO TO ALL refers to adding or replacing all synchronized files and...

Page 32: ...nual Step 2 For Sync Mode select Manual Sync The Sync Now option is activated Step 3 Click Sync Now Your folders are synchronized immediately Note Remember that when you select Manual Sync for Sync Mo...

Page 33: ...onized the date and time of the last sync and the current On Off status of Automatic Sync Step 3 Click OK to return to the Folder Sync window Accessing your Synchronized Folders You can use Folder Syn...

Page 34: ...ile changes are saved to the synchronized folder on the computer Your synchronized folders are located on the FreeAgent drive in the FreeAgent Sync folder To access your synchronized folders Step 1 In...

Page 35: ...tem The windows shown here are from Windows XP Step 2 Open the FreeAgent Sync folder Figure 17 FreeAgent Drive Folder Sync Location 2 Stored in the FreeAgent Sync folder is a folder with your computer...

Page 36: ...Location 3 Inside the Computer Name folder are your synchronized folders In the example images above the path to the synchronized folders on this FreeAgent drive is E FreeAgent Sync Computer Name My D...

Page 37: ...to access the Ceedo Easy Access menu you may have a firewall conflict For further information and assistance go to http www ceedo com Using Ceedo for the First Time The first time you connect your Fr...

Page 38: ...t Step 4 Select I accept the agreement and click OK If Ceedo has released a more current version of its software than the version installed on your FreeAgent drive a Ceedo Update window opens Figure 4...

Page 39: ...tall the latest version of Ceedo The Installing Ceedo window opens Figure 6 Installing Ceedo When the updated Ceedo software has been installed the Loading Ceedo window opens Figure 7 Loading Ceedo Wh...

Page 40: ...her to display this window each time you open Ceedo Step 8 If you don t want to see this screen again uncheck Show the Welcome screen when Ceedo starts at the bottom of the window The Ceedo Easy Acces...

Page 41: ...rmation about using Ceedo For complete information on all the features available in Ceedo visit the Ceedo website at http www ceedo com Using the Ceedo Compact Bar When you re not using Ceedo the Easy...

Page 42: ...rom the Ceedo popup menu in your system tray or clicking the Safely Remove Hardware icon Using the Ceedo System Tray Icon When Ceedo has been launched a blue Ceedo icon appears in your system tray Ste...

Page 43: ...ive Ceedo automatically closes all running windows programs web pages and folders when it shuts down If a program cannot be closed for some reason Ceedo displays a standard message window to allow you...

Page 44: ...for you to distinguish between a Ceedo program window and a window on your local computer For example here s what a web browser window opened from Ceedo looks like Figure 15 Ceedo Window For further...

Page 45: ...ive Diagnostics You should run a diagnostic on your drive regularly as part of general maintenance A health check determines hard disk integrity and can help troubleshoot potential problems with disk...

Page 46: ...opens Figure 3 Run Drive Diagnostics Step 4 Click Test to begin the drive diagnostic The diagnostic utility performs its tests without affecting the data on your drive and takes only a short time to c...

Page 47: ...or service and support Step 5 Click OK to return to the Utilities window Adjusting the Drive Sleep Interval You can choose how long your FreeAgent drive should remain inactive before it goes into powe...

Page 48: ...Sleep Interval Step 3 Select an interval from the dropdown menu or click Default to return to the default interval setting of three minutes Step 4 Click Apply to save the Drive Sleep Interval setting...

Page 49: ...cker to indicate drive activity and status You can turn these lights off if you wish Note The lights on the FreeAgent Go Small drive are not adjustable so the Adjust Drive Lights option does not appea...

Page 50: ...st Drive Lights The Drive Lights window opens Figure 9 Adjust Drive Lights Step 3 Choose whether to display status and activity lights on your FreeAgent drive Step 4 Click Apply to return to the Utili...

Page 51: ...Folder Selection 25 Changing Sync Mode and Add and Replace Rules 25 Creating a Password 12 D Decrypting a File 15 Default Sync Settings 20 Disconnecting the FreeAgent Drive 10 Distinguishing a Ceedo W...

Page 52: ...ves 19 R Running Drive Diagnostics 41 S Selecting Ask First for Add and Replace Rules 26 Selecting Your Own Folders for Sync 22 Synchronizing 20 Synchronizing Folders 20 Accessing your Synchronized Fo...

Page 53: ...FreeAgent Go Data Mover Index iii V Viewing Sync Status 28 070131 Downloaded from www Manualslib com manuals search engine...

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