Testing Your Drive; Adjusting Drive Lights - Seagate GoFlex Satellite User Manual

4. Managing the GoFlex Satellite™ Device

Testing Your Drive

Test your drive to check its health. The diagnostic utility performs its tests without affecting
the data on your drive.
To test your drive:
1. In the Drives panel, select the drive you want to test and then click Settings.
The Drive Settings window opens.
2. Click Test My Drive.
The Test Drive window opens.
3. 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.
4. Click Close to return to Settings.

Adjusting Drive Lights

The Drive Lights feature allows you to control the lights on your drive. Your drive lights flicker
to indicate drive activity and status.
1. In the Drives panel, select the drive you want to adjust and then click Settings.
The Drive Settings window opens.
2. Click Adjust Drive Lights.
3. To turn the drive lights off, click Turn lights off. To turn the drive lights back on, click Display
status and activity lights.
The drive lights may automatically turn back on in the following situations:
• If power to the drive is turned off and then back on
• If the drive is disconnected and reconnected
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