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Shutting Down and Restarting GoFlex Home, Resetting GoFlex Home to Its Original Settings, Preferences - password reset
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6. Managing GoFlex Home Managing GoFlex Home and Connected Devices Shutting Down and Restarting GoFlex Home If you experience minor problems with GoFlex Home, follow the instructions in this section to restart it. Note: Restarting GoFlex Home does not remove any user settings or delete content from the drive. To shut down and restart GoFlex Home: 1. Make sure that no one is accessing GoFlex Home. No one should be viewing photos, watching a movie, listening to music, or working with any other file stored on GoFlex Home, or copying files to or from their GoFlex Home folders. 2. Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 28), then click Preferences. OR, Open and log in to Seagate Share (see page 31), click Go To, then click Preferences. 3. Click Shut Down. The Shut Down screen opens. 4. Click Restart. GoFlex Home safely shuts down and restarts. When it is fully powered on and connected to your network, it appears in the list of drives at the top of the Seagate Dashboard, and your GoFlex Home folders appear in Explorer and Finder. Resetting GoFlex Home to Its Original Settings Resetting GoFlex Home returns the device to its original factory settings. All the files stored on GoFlex Home are retained-no files or folders are deleted-but all other settings, such as user accounts and passwords, are removed. Note: Reset GoFlex Home only if absolutely necessary, to avoid the lengthy task of re-creating user accounts, re-adding computers to GoFlex Home, reconnecting users to their GoFlex Home folders, and redoing any custom settings. To reset GoFlex Home: 1. Make sure that no one is accessing GoFlex Home. No one should be viewing photos, watching a movie, listening to music, or working with any other file stored on GoFlex Home, or copying files to or from their GoFlex Home folders. 2. Using a paperclip, press and hold the Reset button for ten (10) seconds. The Reset button is located on the side of GoFlex Home, as shown in Figure 1 on page 6. The white drive light blinks to show that GoFlex Home is shutting down. When shutdown is complete, both lights turn off. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide 68