Creating A Backup Plan; Using Simple Backup With Freeagent - Seagate FreeAgent User Manual

Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage
Step 7: Enter your email address, create a password and re-enter that password.
Step 8: Select your country of residence from the list.
Step 9: Click the checkbox next to I accept the Terms and Conditions.
If you wish to read Terms and Conditions, you can do so by clicking the I accept the
Note:
Terms and Conditions link.
Step 10: Click Create Account.
If you clicked Online in step 3, A web browser opens and the Seagate Online Storage Log
Note:
In page appears. If you wish, you can log in to review the features available on the
Seagate Online Storage website.

Creating a Backup Plan

Seagate Manager provides several options for creating a backup plan:
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Using Simple Backup with FreeAgent

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Using Simple Backup with Seagate Online Storage
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Creating a Custom Backup for FreeAgent
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Creating a Custom Backup for Seagate Online Storage
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Drive Rotation with FreeAgent (for more than one drive)
Using Simple Backup with FreeAgent
Use Simple Backup to back up your XP My Documents or Vista Personal Folder folder daily
at 10 p.m.
To use Simple Backup:
Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel.
Step 2: Click External Storage and select the FreeAgent drive to which you want to
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive
You will receive a Seagate Online Storage Welcome email, at the email address
you provided, confirming your new account.
Your Seagate Online Storage account is now created.
From now on, as long as you are connected to the Internet, when you click Online
Storage from the My Drives page and then click Backup, Seagate Manager
automatically connects you to your Seagate Online Storage account. You do not
need to log in or go to the Seagate Online website.
Backing up and restoring files using Seagate Online Storage works the same way
as backing up and restoring files using your FreeAgent drive, except that you use
the Internet instead of your FreeAgent drive.
back up.
Creating a Backup Plan
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