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Contents Getting Started ........................................................................................................................ 1 Installing the FreeAgent Tools ................................................................................... 1 Using the FreeAgent Tools Icons ............................................................................. 9 Using the System Tray Icon .....................................................................................
Adjusting the Drive Sleep Interval .......................................................................... 43 Adjusting the Drive Lights ......................................................................................... 45 Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Getting Started When you purchase your FreeAgent™ drive, the Ceedo software is already installed on it. Ceedo provides a portable working environment you use to carry selected applications, documents, email, and browsers with you on your FreeAgent drive and run them on any computer. You can use the FreeAgent drive with Ceedo immediately. However, before you can use FreeAgent’s Folder Sync and Encryption features, you must install the FreeAgent Tools on your computer. You use Ceedo to do this.
Step 2: Select Start Ceedo and click OK. The Welcome to Ceedo window opens: Figure 2: Welcome to Ceedo Step 3: Select a language from the dropdown menu and click OK. The Ceedo License Agreement window opens: Figure 3: Ceedo License Agreement Step 4: Select I accept the agreement and click OK.
Figure 5: Installing Ceedo When the updated Ceedo software has been installed, the Loading Ceedo window opens: Figure 6: Loading Ceedo Note: If you are unable to access the Ceedo Easy-Access menu, you may have a firewall conflict. For further information and assistance, go to http://www.ceedo.com/.
The Welcome to Ceedo window describes the various features accessible to you via the Ceedo Easy-Access menu. You can choose whether to display this window each time you open Ceedo: Figure 8: Welcome to Ceedo Note: For more information on using Ceedo, see the Ceedo chapter. Step 6: Uncheck Show the Welcome screen when Ceedo starts at the bottom of the Welcome window if you don’t want to see this screen again.
Figure 9: Ceedo Easy-Access Menu Step 7: Click Install FreeAgent Tools. The Choose Setup Language window opens: Figure 10: Choose Setup Language Step 8: Select a language for this installation from the dropdown menu and click OK.
Figure 11: Welcome Step 9: Click Next. The License Agreement window opens: Figure 12: License Agreement Step 10: Select Yes if you agree to the terms of the License Agreement.
Figure 13: Choose Installation Folder Step 11: Click Next to accept the default installation folder — OR — Click Browse to select a different installation folder. If you click Browse, a Choose Folder window opens: Figure 14: Change Installation Folder Browse to the desired folder and click OK in the Choose Folder window, then Next in the Choose Destination Location window.
Figure 15: Setup Status When the setup is complete, the Registration window opens: Figure 16: Registration Step 12: If you wish, click Register to go to the Seagate registration website and register your FreeAgent drive. Step 13: Click Next.
Figure 17: Installation Complete Step 14: Decide whether to restart your computer now or later and click Finish. After a restart, your FreeAgent drive is now ready to use. Note: Although most features on your FreeAgent drive will work without a restart, a restart is required for full use of the FreeAgent software.
Using the System Tray Icon You can use the system tray FreeAgent Tools icon to check the connection status of your FreeAgent drive and to access the drive features. Step 1: Roll your mouse over the system tray icon to check the connection status: Figure 20: System Tray Icon Mouseover Information The information popup confirms the drive’s connection status and identifies the drive letter.
Figure 22: Ceedo System Tray Popup Menu Step 2: Select Eject. The Ejecting Ceedo window opens to confirm that you want to eject Ceedo: Figure 23: Ejecting Ceedo Confirmation Window Step 3: Click Yes. The Ejecting Ceedo progress window opens: Figure 24: Ejecting Ceedo Progress Window When Ceedo has been ejected, the Safe to Remove Hardware popup appears in your system tray. Figure 25: Safe to Remove Hardware Popup Step 4: Disconnect the FreeAgent drive from your computer.
File Encryption Note: This section of the manual applies to the Encryption feature. The Encryption feature is not available in all regions. If your product does not offer Encryption, this section of the manual does not apply to your product. File encryption prevents others from accessing your data without your approval. Encryption uses a password you create to modify a file so that it cannot be opened until it‘s decrypted with that password.
Figure 1: Encryption Password Information Window Note: A forgotten encryption password cannot be recovered, so be sure to choose a password you can remember easily or record and store it in a safe place. Encrypting a File To encrypt a file, Step 1: Right-click on the file.
Figure 3: Seagate Encryption Window Step 3: Enter and confirm a password and click OK. If you’ve already encrypted this file before, the previously encrypted version remains on your computer. You’re asked permission to replace the existing version with this more current version: Figure 4: Encryption File Replacement Step 4: Click Yes.
Figure 6: Encrypted File Logo Step 5: Delete the original, unencrypted version of the file to complete the encryption process.
Figure 8: Seagate Decryption Window Step 2: Enter the file password. Step 3: Click OK. A decrypted version of the file appears in the same location as the encrypted version, which remains on your computer. If an unencrypted file with the same name exists in the location to which you are decrypting, you’re asked permission to replace the existing version with this more current version: Figure 9: Decryption File Replacement After you’ve edited the decrypted file, you can once again encrypt it.
Using Drag and Drop to Encrypt To encrypt a file as you’re dragging it to a location on your computer, Step 1: Right-click on the unencrypted file and drag it to the desired location. As you drop the file in its new location, a Drag-and-Drop Encryption menu pops up: Figure 10: Drag-and-Drop Encryption Menu Step 2: Select Encrypt. The Seagate Encryption window opens: Figure 11: Seagate Encryption Window Step 3: Enter and confirm your password and click OK.
Step 4: Click Yes. An encrypted version of the file appears in the new location. Using Drag and Drop to Decrypt To decrypt a file as you’re dragging it to a location on your computer, Step 1: Right-click on the encrypted file and drag it to the desired location. As you drop the file in its new location, Drag-and-Drop Decryption menu pops up: Figure 13: Drag-and-Drop Decryption Menu Step 2: Select Decrypt.
Figure 15: Decryption File Replacement A decrypted version of the file appears in the new location.
Managing Your Drives The Your Drives window provides a central point from which to manage your FreeAgent™ drives. It displays all FreeAgent portable and desktop devices connected to your computer: Figure 1: Your Drives The Command panel allows you to access your drive features and manage drive utilities. In the Your Drives window, Step 1: Select a FreeAgent drive. Step 2: Click an option in the Command panel. Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the Your Drives window.
Synchronizing Folders You can configure Folder Sync rules that determine how and when your folders should be synchronized: • Folders can be synchronized automatically each time a change is made, or you can synchronize folders manually. • New files added to a synchronized folder on either your computer or your FreeAgent drive can be automatically copied to the corresponding synchronized folder in the other location, or you can instruct FreeAgent Tools to ask you each time the situation arises.
Figure 1: FreeAgent Tools Step 2: Click Folder Sync in the Command panel. The initial Folder Sync window opens: Figure 2: Initial Folder Sync Note: This Folder Sync window appears only during your initial Folder Sync configuration. Step 3: Click Sync “My Documents”.
Figure 3: Folder Sync Because you selected the default, Sync “My Documents”, your Folder Sync settings are automatically configured and saved and Folder Sync is started.You can now select another option on the Command panel. Selecting Your Own Folders for Sync To choose which folders to sync and configure the Folder Sync settings yourself, Step 1: Click Folder Sync in the Command panel. The initial Folder Sync window opens: Figure 4: Initial Folder Sync Step 2: Click Select Folders to Sync.
The Select Folders window opens: Figure 5: Select Folders Step 3: Check the folders you want to sync and click Apply. Folder Sync starts automatically.
Sync Mode • Automatic Sync: Sync my folders automatically each time a file within them changes. • Manual Sync: Sync my folders only when I click Sync Now. Add and Replace Rules • Add New File/Replace Existing File: Always add a new file to the synchronized folders on both my computer and my FreeAgent drive and replace an existing file with a new version. • Ask First: Ask me before adding a new file or replacing an old file with a new version.
Changing Folder Selection If your current Sync Mode is Manual Sync and you select a new folder for sync or uncheck a selected folder, FreeAgent Tools resets the Sync Mode to Automatic Sync. The sync process starts immediately after you confirm your new folder selection and remains in Automatic Sync mode unless you change back to Manual Sync. To change the folders currently selected for Folder Sync, Step 1: Click Change Folder Selection.
Figure 9: Folder Sync Step 2: Make the desired selections for Sync Mode and Add and Replace Rules. Your changes are automatically saved and you can now select another option on the Command panel. Selecting “Ask First” for Add and Replace Rules When you select Ask First for Add and Replace Rules, you’re instructing FreeAgent Tools to ask you before it • adds a new file to a synchronized folder when you click Sync Now or re-connect your FreeAgent drive to a PC on which Ask First was previously selected.
Figure 10: Add File Before replacing an existing file in a synchronized folder with a new version, FreeAgent Tools displays this window: Figure 11: Replace File YES or NO refers to adding or replacing this particular synchronized file. YES TO ALL or NO TO ALL refers to adding or replacing all synchronized files and eliminates the need to display this window for all files in question for this sync.
Synchronizing Now Manually The Sync Now option is inactive until you select Manual Sync for Sync Mode. To synchronize your folders when you choose to rather than automatically, Step 1: Click Folder Sync in the command panel. The Folder Sync window opens: . Figure 12: Folder Sync-Manual Step 2: For Sync Mode, select Manual Sync. The Sync Now option is activated. Step 3: Click Sync Now. Your folders are synchronized immediately.
Figure 13: Folder Sync Step 2: Click View Sync Status. The Sync Status window opens: Figure 14: Sync Status Listed are the computers to which this FreeAgent drive is synchronized, the date and time of the last sync, and the current On/Off status of Automatic Sync. Step 3: Click OK to return to the Folder Sync window. Accessing your Synchronized Folders You can use Folder Sync to synchronize folders between one computer and your FreeAgent drive.
folders between your computer and a second computer, you can connect the FreeAgent drive to a second computer to work on synchronized files stored on the FreeAgent drive. Then, when you again connect the FreeAgent drive to the computer with which it’s synchronized, the file changes are saved to the synchronized folder on the computer. Your synchronized folders are located on the FreeAgent drive in the FreeAgent Sync folder.
Figure 16: FreeAgent Drive Folder Sync Location 1 Note: These windows will vary depending upon your operating system. The windows shown here are from Windows XP. Step 2: Open the FreeAgent Sync folder: Figure 17: FreeAgent Drive Folder Sync Location 2 Stored in the FreeAgent Sync folder is a folder with your computer name (in the image above, named Computer Name).
Figure 18: FreeAgent Drive Folder Sync Location 3 Inside the folder are your synchronized folders. In the example images above, the path to the synchronized folders on this FreeAgent drive is E:\FreeAgent Sync\Computer Name\My Documents.
Using Ceedo Ceedo provides a portable working environment that allows you to carry your programs, documents, email, and browser with you on your FreeAgent™ portable drive and run them on any computer. The Ceedo software is pre-installed on your FreeAgent drive. Note: If you are unable to access the Ceedo Easy-Access menu, you may have a firewall conflict. For further information and assistance, go to http://www.ceedo.com/.
Figure 2: Ceedo Welcome Window Step 3: Select your language from the dropdown menu and click OK. The Ceedo License Agreement window opens: Figure 3: Ceedo License Agreement Step 4: Select I accept the agreement and click OK. If Ceedo has released a more current version of its software than the version installed on your FreeAgent drive, a Ceedo Update window opens: Figure 4: Update Ceedo Step 5: If you wish, click Learn more about this update.
Figure 5: Ceedo Update Release Notes Step 6: Close the browser window. Step 7: In the Update Ceedo window, click Yes to install the latest version of Ceedo.
Figure 8: Welcome to Ceedo The Welcome to Ceedo window describes the various features Ceedo provides. You can choose whether to display this window each time you open Ceedo. Step 8: If you don’t want to see this screen again, uncheck Show the Welcome screen when Ceedo starts at the bottom of the window.
Figure 9: Ceedo Easy-Access Menu Note: If you’re unable to access the Ceedo Easy-Access menu links, you may have a firewall conflict. For further information and assistance, go to http://www.ceedo.com/. Using the Ceedo Application Provided here is some basic information about using Ceedo. For complete information on all the features available in Ceedo, visit the Ceedo website at http://www.ceedo.com.
• Click the blue Ceedo icon at the center of the Compact Bar to expand or collapse the Ceedo Easy-Access menu. • Click the Minimize button to the left of the Ceedo icon to minimize the Compact Bar to your system tray. • Click the Ceedo icon in your system tray to return the Compact Bar to the bottom of your screen. • Click the Eject button to the right of the Ceedo icon to safely remove your FreeAgent drive.
Figure 13: Ceedo Options Window • View information about your version of Ceedo: Figure 14: About Ceedo • Go to the Ceedo Support web page. • Exit Ceedo. • Eject Ceedo for safe removal of your FreeAgent drive. Ceedo automatically closes all running windows, programs, web pages, and folders when it shuts down. If a program cannot be closed for some reason, Ceedo displays a standard message window to allow you to manually close the program or to stop trying to close the program.
Distinguishing a Ceedo Window Ceedo windows are enclosed in an orange border to make it easy for you to distinguish between a Ceedo program window and a window on your local computer. For example, here’s what a web browser window opened from Ceedo looks like: Figure 15: Ceedo Window For further information about or help with Ceedo, visit http://www.ceedo.com.
Utilities Use the Utilities window to run drive diagnostics and adjust the drive sleep interval on FreeAgent™ portable drives and to adjust the drive lights on your FreeAgent Go drive. Note: The lights on the FreeAgent Go Small drive cannot be adjusted. Running Drive Diagnostics You should run a diagnostic on your drive regularly as part of general maintenance. A health check determines hard disk integrity and can help troubleshoot potential problems with disk surface, partitioning, and drive recognition.
Figure 2: FreeAgent Go Small Utilities Step 3: Click Run Drive Diagnostics. The Run Drive Diagnostics window opens: Figure 3: Run Drive Diagnostics Step 4: Click Test to begin the drive diagnostic. The diagnostic utility performs its tests without affecting the data on your drive and takes only a short time to complete.
Figure 4: Diagnostics Report If the drive encounters an error during testing, the window displays an error code with instructions to contact Seagate for service and support. Step 5: Click OK to return to the Utilities window Adjusting the Drive Sleep Interval You can choose how long your FreeAgent drive should remain inactive before it goes into power-saving mode. To adjust the drive sleep interval, Step 1: Click Utilities on the Command Pane.
Figure 5: Drive Utilities Step 2: Click Adjust Drive Sleep Interval. The Adjust Drive Sleep Interval window opens: Figure 6: Adjust Drive Sleep Interval Step 3: Select an interval from the dropdown menu or click Default to return to the default interval setting of three minutes. Step 4: Click Apply to save the Drive Sleep Interval setting.
Figure 7: Power Setting Confirmation Step 5: Click OK to return to the Utilities window. Adjusting the Drive Lights The lights on the FreeAgent Go drive flicker to indicate drive activity and status. You can turn these lights off if you wish. Note: The lights on the FreeAgent Go Small drive are not adjustable, so the Adjust Drive Lights option does not appear in its Utilities window. To adjust the drive lights, Step 1: Click Utilities on the Command Pane.
Figure 8: Drive Utilities Step 2: Click Adjust Drive Lights. The Drive Lights window opens: Figure 9: Adjust Drive Lights Step 3: Choose whether to display status and activity lights on your FreeAgent drive. Step 4: Click Apply to return to the Utilities window.
Index A Accessing your Synchronized Folders 29 Adjusting the Drive Lights 45 Adjusting the Drive Sleep Interval 43 C Ceedo Using the Ceedo Application 37 Ceedo Application 37 Distinguishing a Ceedo Window 40 Using the Ceedo Compact Bar 37 Using the Ceedo System Tray Icon 38 Ceedo Compact Bar 37 Ceedo Easy-Access Menu 5 Ceedo System Tray Icon 38 Ceedo Welcome Window 3 Changing Folder Selection 25 Changing Sync Mode and Add and Replace Rules 25 Creating a Password 12 D Decrypting a File 15 Default Sync Sett
F File Encryption 12 Creating a Password 12 Decrypting a File 15 Drag-and-Drop Encryption and Decryption 16 Encrypting a File 13 FreeAgent Tools Icons 9 Using the System Tray Icon 10 FreeAgent Tools System Tray Icon 10 G Getting Started 1 Disconnecting the FreeAgent Drive 10 Installing the FreeAgent Tools 1 Using the FreeAgent Tools Icons 9 I Installing the FreeAgent Tools 1 M Managing Your Drives 19 R Running Drive Diagnostics 41 S Selecting “Ask First” for Add and Replace Rules 26 Selecting Your Own
V Viewing Sync Status 28 070131 FreeAgent Go Data Mover Index iii
