Setup, Installing the drive – Dell Portable Backup Hard Drive User Manual
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Setup
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Setup
Installing the Drive
1
Connect the external hard drive to any available USB 3.0 port on
your computer. The drive is also compatible with USB 2.0 ports on
your computer.
2
After the drive is connected, the drive will appear as a drive letter in
(My) Computer (i.e.: Drive E:, F:, or some other letter) within
approximately 30 seconds of connecting and turning on the drive.
NOTE:
The white LED on the interface adapter lights up when you
connect the drive to the computer.
3
Click Open Folder to View Files Using Windows Explorer to open
the drive letter, or click on the drive letter in
Computer.
You can now begin copying files to the external hard drive by manually
using the copy and paste options, by dragging and dropping files into
the external hard drive, or through an automatic backup schedule using
the Seagate Dashboard described in Introducing Seagate Dashboard.