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Managing Your Drives Settings • To get more information about the selected drive, click the Drive Info button. For more information, see "Drive Info" on page 11. Any time you need help, you can click the Seagate Manager help icon. If you are not able to find the answer to your question, you can click the Customer Support button to go to Seagate's Support website. Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window. It can take a few seconds for the Seagate Manager software to detect your device. If your device doesn't appear, make sure it's properly connected and turned on. All Seagate and Maxtor external drives are detected. Settings The Settings button, located at the bottom of the My Drives window, allows you to access the following features for the selected drive: • Adjust Power Settting • Test My Drive • Adjust LED Control • Check for Software Update Adjusting the Power Setting You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into power-saving mode. Power-saving mode conserves energy by telling your drive's internal storage disk to stop spinning when it is not in use. Though power-saving mode uses less electricity, it takes a little more time for your drive to become active again when you want to use it. If you use your drive a lot, you may want to choose a longer time interval, so that your work is not interrupted when opening files from or saving files to your drive. If you use your drive less frequently, you may want to choose a shorter time interval, so that your drive is not consuming more energy than it needs. To adjust the power setting: Step 1: In the My Drives window, select the drive you want to adjust and click Settings. The Settings window opens. Step 2: Click Adjust Power Setting. The Adjust Power Setting window opens. Step 3: Select an interval from the drop-down menu or click Default to return to the original power setting time for the drive. Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 9

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Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive
9
Managing Your Drives
Settings
•
To get more information about the selected drive, click the
Drive Info
button.
For more information, see “Drive Info” on page 11.
Any time you need help, you can click the Seagate Manager help icon. If you are not able to
find the answer to your question, you can click the Customer Support button to go to Seagate’s
Support website.
Note:
External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window. It can take a
few seconds for the Seagate Manager software to detect your device. If your device
doesn’t appear, make sure it’s properly connected and turned on. All Seagate and Maxtor
external drives are detected.
Settings
The Settings button, located at the bottom of the My Drives window, allows you to access the
following features for the selected drive:
•
Adjust Power Settting
•
Test My Drive
•
Adjust LED Control
•
Check for Software Update
Adjusting the Power Setting
You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into power-saving
mode.
Power-saving mode conserves energy by telling your drive’s internal storage disk to stop
spinning when it is not in use. Though power-saving mode uses less electricity, it takes a little
more time for your drive to become active again when you want to use it.
If you use your drive a lot, you may want to choose a longer time interval, so that your work is
not interrupted when opening files from or saving files to your drive.
If you use your drive less frequently, you may want to choose a shorter time interval, so that
your drive is not consuming more energy than it needs.
To adjust the power setting:
Step 1:
In the My Drives window, select the drive you want to adjust and
click
Settings
.
The Settings window opens.
Step 2:
Click
Adjust Power Setting
.
The Adjust Power Setting
window opens.
Step 3:
Select an interval from the drop-down menu or click
Default
to return to the original
power setting time for the drive.