Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent Drive 18
Backing Up and Restoring Folders on a FreeAgent Drive and to Online Storage Creating a Backup Plan
Creating a Custom Backup with Online Storage
To select specific folders and a schedule for backup to Seagate Online Storage:
Step 1: Click My Drives in the Command panel.
Step 2: Click Online Storage.
The Online Storage window appears.
Step 3: Click Backup in the Command panel.
The Backup Online Storage window opens.
Note: If you have already created an External Storage backup plan for your FreeAgent drive, you
can select Copy the existing folder selection, to select the same folders for online
backup that you chose for backup to your FreeAgent drive.
Step 4: Click Custom Backup.
The Backup Folder Selection window opens.
Step 5: Name your Backup Plan, select the folders to be backed up (unless you selected
all you want by copying the existing folder selection in Step 3), and click Next.
The Backup File Types Online Storage window opens.
Step 6: Select the types of files you want to back up:
• All File Types
• Photos, Music, Videos, Documents
Back up any or all of these types of files:
• Custom
Select specific file types to include or exclude for backup:
— To back up only a few of the available file types:
1. Select Include these file types.
2. 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:
1. Select Exclude these file types.
2. Select each file type you don’t want to back up and click Add to move it to the
Exclude list.
Note: File extensions are the suffix characters to the right of a file name that define the file
format.
Step 7: Click Next.
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