Seagate STBU500102, STCB4000102, STCB3000900 Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard

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Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard

Viewing Information About Your Drive

 

 

6.Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard

Seagate® Dashboard makes it easy to adjust settings and features on your Seagate drives. Using Seagate Dashboard, you can control the power save feature on your drive, turn the LEDs on the drive on or off, perform a diagnostic test, and access technical support for your drive.

Viewing Information About Your Drive

At the top of the Seagate Dashboard window, there is an icon for each Seagate drive connected to your system. When you place your cursor over the drive icon, Seagate Dashboard displays a bar below the icon indicating how full the drive is. Click the drive icon to display information about the drive.

Hover over the icon to identify the drive and show the capacity indicator bar

Click the icon to display drive information

Figure 22: Seagate Drive Icon on the Seagate Dashboard Home Screen

If you have more than one Seagate drive connected to your system, Seagate Dashboard displays an icon for each of them. Hover over an icon to identify the drive.

When you click on the drive icon, Seagate Dashboard displays information about the drive, including the drive model, serial number, firmware version, drive letter, file system type, and amount of free space on the drive. A pie chart shows the amount of space used and available

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Contents Seagate Dashboard User Guide Seagate Dashboard User Guide Contents Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software Introducing Seagate Dashboard Seagate Dashboard FeaturesSharing Your Pictures and Videos Getting Started With Seagate DashboardAbout the Seagate Dashboard Icon Windows Requirements System Requirements for Seagate DashboardProtecting Your Data Activating the Default Backup PlanCreating a Customized Backup Plan Custom Backup Screen Selecting Specific Files to Back Up Indicate how often the files should be backed up Seagate Dashboard Protect Status Screen Restoring Files from BackupSelecting a Backup Plan for Restoring a File Selecting the Destination for the Restored File Example Uploading Pictures to Facebook Sharing Your Pictures and VideosHow Picture and Video Sharing Works Seagate Dashboard File Selection Screen Page Page Example Downloading Pictures from Facebook Saving Your Online Pictures with Seagate DashboardHow Picture Saving Works Seagate Dashboard Save Screen About Cloud Storage Using Cloud StorageSetting up a Cloud Storage Account Cloud Storage Icon on the Seagate Dashboard Home Screen Managing Your Cloud Storage Account from Seagate Dashboard Signing Into Your Cloud Storage AccountDisplaying Cloud Storage Account Settings Using the Cloud Storage Web PortalCloud Storage Web Portal Page Viewing Information About Your Drive Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate DashboardFrom this tab, you can select from the following options Adjusting Drive SettingsDrive Support Tab Getting Technical Support for Your Seagate DriveSeagate Dashboard User Guide Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software Configuring Seagate Dashboard SettingsConfiguring Seagate Dashboard Features Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Seagate DashboardSeagate Dashboard Features Tab Seagate Dashboard Log Tab Viewing the Seagate Dashboard LogUpdating the Seagate Dashboard Software Seagate Dashboard Updates TabIndex Seagate Dashboard User Guide