Drive Rotation With Freeagent - Seagate FreeAgent User Manual

Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage
Step 8: Select the days and time you want to back up your folders and click Finish.

Drive Rotation with FreeAgent

With Drive Rotation, you can use one backup plan with multiple FreeAgent drives. This is
useful if you have files that are so important that you want to give yourself the added security
of backing them up to more than one drive.
Step 1: Connect the first FreeAgent drive to which you want to back up your files.
Step 2: Click My Drives in the command panel.
Step 3: Select your drive (if not already selected).
Step 4: Click Backup in the command panel.
Step 5: Create a backup plan for this drive (if you haven't done so already).
Step 6: Connect your second FreeAgent drive.
Step 7: Click My Drives in the command panel.
Step 8: Select the second drive.
Step 9: Click Backup in the command panel.
Step 10: Click Drive Rotation.
Step 11: Select the Backup Plan you want to use with your second FreeAgent drive.
Step 12: Click OK.
Step 13: Each time backup takes place, your files will be backed up to as many of the
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive
The Backup Schedule window opens.
The Backup window now displays the details of your backup and Scheduled
Backup is turned on.
The My Drives page opens.
The Backup window opens.
This backup plan can be either a simple or custom backup plan.
The My Drives page opens.
The Backup window opens.
The Backup Drive Rotation window opens.
The Backup window opens, displaying the plan you selected as the Active Plan
and indicating Scheduled Backup is turned on.
You can share your backup plan additional drives by repeating steps 6 - 12, if
you wish.
drives with which you have shared your backup plan as are connected at that time.
If only one of the drives is connected, then your files will backed up to only that
drive. If all of the drives are connected, then your files will be backed up to all
of them.
Creating a Backup Plan
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