4. Managing GoFlex Satellite™
Managing Drive Settings
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Using the My Drives Window
In the
My Drives
window, you first select your drive and then the feature you want to use with
it. The middle of the My Drives window displays the connected drives. The currently selected
drive is highlighted in light blue.You can use the Media Sync application with any NTFS- or
FAT32-formatted USB, Firewire, or eSATA drive.
The icons in the menu bar allow you to move between the My Drives window, used to
manage the features of the selected drive, and the
Media Sync
window, used to sync media
files on the selected drive with media files on your computer.
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To select a different drive, click the drive icon or partition name.
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To access advanced settings for the selected drive, click
Settings
.
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To get more information about the selected drive, click
Drive Info
.
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To get help, click the help icon. If you’re not able to find the answer to your question, click
Customer Support
to go to Seagate’s Support Web site.
Note:
All NTFS- and FAT32-formatted USB external drives are automatically detected and listed in
the My Drives window. It can take a few seconds for the software to detect your drive. If your
drive doesn’t appear, make sure it’s properly connected and turned on.
Managing Drive Settings
Click
Drive Settings
at the bottom of the My Drives window to open the
Settings
window
and access the following features for the selected drive:
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 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 drive.
If you use your drive less frequently, you may want to choose a shorter time interval, so that
your drive is not consuming more energy than it needs.
To adjust the power setting:
1. In the Drives panel, select the drive you want to adjust and then click
Drive Settings
.
The Drive Settings window opens.
2. Click
Power Settings
.
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