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2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process
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2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows
Setting up GoFlex Home is easy. This chapter explains each step and provides suggestions
and options for getting the most out of GoFlex Home.
and options for getting the most out of GoFlex Home.
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process
Before you begin, familiarize yourself with the steps you’ll follow while setting up GoFlex
Home, and with the folders that GoFlex Home creates automatically for you during setup.
Home, and with the folders that GoFlex Home creates automatically for you during setup.
Main Setup Steps
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Connect GoFlex Home (as described in the printed Quick Start Guide).
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Name, activate, and register GoFlex Home.
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Install the software on your own computer:
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Seagate Dashboard, for access to all GoFlex Home features
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Memeo Instant Backup, for automatic file backups
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Create individual user accounts and passwords for everyone on your home network.
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Install the software on the other Windows computers on your home network (or set up
Mac computers—see page 19).
Mac computers—see page 19).
Understanding GoFlex Home’s Automatic Folder Creation
When you create your own user account and password during setup, GoFlex Home
automatically creates three folders on the drive for you:
automatically creates three folders on the drive for you:
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A Public folder, where files can be stored and accessed by everyone on your home
network.
network.
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A Personal folder that only you can access, where you can store personal or private files
that you don’t want anyone else on your home network to see.
that you don’t want anyone else on your home network to see.
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A Backup folder that only you can access, where all your backup files are stored.
GoFlex Home also automatically creates Personal and Backup folders for each user account
you create for the members of your household. Once setup is complete, each member of
your household can upload their own digital media and other files to GoFlex Home by
dragging and dropping files from their computers to the folders of their choice. For more
information, see “Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home” on page 37.
you create for the members of your household. Once setup is complete, each member of
your household can upload their own digital media and other files to GoFlex Home by
dragging and dropping files from their computers to the folders of their choice. For more
information, see “Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home” on page 37.