Testing Your Drive; Updating Your Software - Seagate FreeAgent User Manual

Managing Your Drives
To adjust the power setting,
Step 1: In the My Drives window, click External Storage.
Step 2: Select the FreeAgent drive you want to adjust and click Settings.
Step 3: Click Adjust Power Setting.
Step 4: Select an interval from the drop-down menu or click Default to return to the original
Step 5: Click Apply to save the power setting.
Step 6: Click OK to return to the My Drives window.

Testing Your Drive

Test your drive to check the health of your FreeAgent drive. The diagnostic utility performs its
tests without affecting the data on your drive.
To test your drive:
Step 1: In the My Drives window, click External Storage.
Step 2: Select the FreeAgent drive you want to test and click Settings.
Step 3: Click Test My Drive.
Step 4: Click Test.
Step 5: Click OK.

Updating Your Software

The Software Update feature automatically informs you when an update is available for your
software. However, you can manually check to see if an update is available or you can turn off
the Software Update feature.
To check for software updates:
Step 1: In the My Drives window, click External Storage and then Settings.
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive
The Settings window opens.
The Adjust Power Setting window opens.
power setting time for the drive.
The Adjust Power Setting window confirms that the power setting for your drive
has been changed.
The Settings window opens.
The Test My Drive window opens.
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.
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