Creating A Custom Backup With Online Storage - Seagate FreeAgent User Manual

Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage

Creating a Custom Backup with Online Storage

To select specific folders and a schedule for backup to Seagate Online Storage:
Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel.
Step 2: Click Online Storage.
Step 3: Click Backup in the Command panel.
If you have already created an External Storage backup plan for your FreeAgent drive, you
Note:
can select Copy the existing folder selection, to select the same folders for online
backup that you chose for backup to your FreeAgent drive.
Step 4: Click Custom Backup.
Step 5: Name your Backup Plan, select the folders to be backed up (unless you selected
Step 6: Select the types of files you want to back up:
1. Select Include these file types.
2. Select each file type you do want to back up and click Add to move it to the
1. Select Exclude these file types.
2. Select each file type you don't want to back up and click Add to move it to the
File extensions are the suffix characters to the right of a file name that define the file
Note:
format.
Step 7: Click Next.
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The Online Storage window appears.
The Backup Online Storage window opens.
The Backup Folder Selection window opens.
all you want by copying the existing folder selection in Step 3), and click Next.
The Backup File Types Online Storage window opens.
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All File Types
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Photos, Music, Videos, Documents
Back up any or all of these types of files:
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Custom
Select specific file types to include or exclude for backup:
— To back up only a few of the available file types:
Include list.
— To back up most of the available file types:
Exclude list.
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