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- Page 1 Reviewer’s Guide Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra- Portable Drive...
- Page 2 FreeAgent GoFlex line: Protect, Store and Do more. Seagate is pleased to offer you the opportunity to evaluate and enjoy this digital storage device. The following document is intended to help guide you through the installation and setup of a FreeAgent GoFlex or GoFlex Pro Ultra-Portable drive.
- Page 3 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 3 Taking Inventory: The Reviewer’s Package that we sent you should contain the following: 500GB GoFlex Ultra-Portable Drive • Three Personality Cables to connect the drive to your computer including: • USB (works for both USB 2.0 and 3.0 connections)
- Page 4 Setup.exe in the folder titled FreeAgent GoFlex Drive to install Seagate Dashboard, which is licensed from Memeo. For Mac OS X users (Leopard and Snow Leopard): You will immediately see a pop-up •...
- Page 5 1. Locate and open the folder named “FreeAgent GoFlex Drive.” 2. Double-click on the file titled “Setup.exe.” 3. After this, the Seagate Product Registration page will appear. (NOTE: Registering your drive is optional.) Select your country and click Next. The next page will ask you to enter the Serial Number, which is located on the bottom of the GoFlex or GoFlex Pro ultra- portable drives and begins with “S/N.”...
- Page 6 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 6 Select your country, then click Next to proceed. The following window says “Seagate & Memeo License Agreement.” Seagate...
- Page 7 Be sure to click the box next to the phrase “I accept the terms of the License Agreement,” then click Next to proceed. 6. The next window is titled “Seagate Dashboard Setup.” A green progess bar indicates how much of the installation process has been completed.
- Page 8 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 8 After the installation is complete, you will see the window below. Please note that the ‘Launch Seagate Dashboard’ is pre-selected which means the Dashboard will start upon clicking Finish. Seagate...
- Page 9 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 9 7. Next, the window below will appear: Click on the link that says “Launch” under “Instant Backup.” 8. The window titled “Memo Instant Backup” will pop up onscreen. The program will first scan your hard drive to determine how many files are to be backed up, what the file sizes are, and what type of data is in each file—Documents, Pictures,...
- Page 10 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 10 phrase “Ready to create backup” appear in white text on the image of the computer screen below. 9. Click on the green button named Start Backup. backup your Windows based PC. This window will indicate how much data has been copied from your Mac hard drive to the GoFlex drive, and how much time is remaining before the initial backup is complete.
- Page 11 Double-click on the icon above the words “MacInstall” to run this program. 4. After this, the Seagate Product Registration page will appear. (NOTE: Registering your drive is optional.) Select your country and click Next. 5. The next page will ask you to enter the Serial Number, which is located on the bottom of the GoFlex ultra-portable drive and begins with “S/N.”...
- Page 12 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 12 6. A window will pop up titled “Seagate Mac Software Installation.” Click on Begin Installation to proceed. 7. The next window will ask you “Do you want to use “FreeAgent GoFlex Drive” to back up with Time Machine? For the purposes of this review, please select Decide Later.
- Page 13 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 13 8. The next window is titled “Install NTFS for Mac OS X8.0.” For the purposes of this review, please click the red button in the upper left corner of this window to close it.
- Page 14 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 14 9. The next window is titled “Install Memeo Backup.” Please click on the Continue button. Seagate...
- Page 15 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 15 10. The next window is titled “Backup Plan Setup.” Click on the Backup All of My Files button. This will begin the process of backing up the files from your Mac to the GoFlex ultra-portable drive.
- Page 16 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 16 11. The next window is titled “Memeo Backup.” This window indicates how much data has been copied from your Mac hard drive to the GoFlex drive, and how much time is remaining before the initial backup is complete.
- Page 17 Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable Reviewer’s Guide Draft 001/page 17 12. Once the installation process is complete, you will see this window: Congratulations! You have successfully completed the installation of Memeo Backup. After walking through this installation, whenever a GoFlex or GoFlex Pro Ultra-Portable drive is connected to your Mac, the Memeo Backup software will run in the background and continually copy any changes or new files to the drive so that your data remains secure.