Seagate ST315005FDY2E1-RK User Guide (Windows) - Page 10

Managing Your Drives, Adjusting the Power Setting

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FreeAgent for Windows Managing Your Drives The My Drives window provides a central point from which to manage your drives. It displays all Seagate and Maxtor drives connected to your computer: Figure 1: My Drives The Command panel across the top of the window allows you to access your drive features and manage drive utilities. In the My Drives window, Step 1. Select a device. Step 2: Click an option in the Command panel. Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window. It can take a few seconds for the Drive Manager software to detect your devices. If a device doesn't appear, make sure it's properly connected and turned on. Adjusting the Power Setting You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into powersaving mode. Adjusting the Power Setting 8

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Adjusting the Power Setting
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FreeAgent for Windows
Managing Your Drives
The
My Drives
window provides a central point from which to manage your drives. It
displays all Seagate and Maxtor drives connected to your computer:
The Command panel across the top of the window allows you to access your drive features
and manage drive utilities.
In the
My Drives
window,
Step 1.
Select a device.
Step 2:
Click an option in the Command panel.
Note:
External drives are automatically detected and listed in the
My Drives
window. It can take
a few seconds for the Drive Manager software to detect your devices. If a device doesn’t
appear, make sure it’s properly connected and turned on.
Adjusting the Power Setting
You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into power-
saving mode.
Figure 1:
My Drives