Seagate FreeAgent Desk 2TB Mode D'Emploi

Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive

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Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files

Creating a Backup Plan

A Simple Backup Confirmation window confirms that you’ve selected Simple 
Backup and asks you to name this Backup Plan.

Enter a name for your Backup Plan and click OK.

Scheduled backup is turned on. The Backup window now offers the options of 
editing your backup settings, restoring backed-up files and deleting backup plans. 
It also describes your Backup Plan. 

Creating a Custom Backup

To select specific folders and a schedule for backup to your drive:

Click My Drives in the Command panel.

The My Drives page opens.

Select the drive to which you want to back up.

Click Backup in the Command panel.

The Backup window opens.

In the Backup window, click Custom Backup.

The Backup Folder Selection window opens.

Name your Backup Plan, select the folders to be backed up, and click Next.

The Backup File Types window opens.

Select the types of files you want to back up:

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Select specific file types to include or exclude for backup:

To back up only a few of the available file types: 

Select Include these file types.

Select each file type you do want to back up and click Add to move it to the 
Include list.

To back up most of the available file types, 

Select Exclude these file types.

Select each file type you don’t want to back up and click Add to move it to 
the Exclude list.