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Back Up Now! (Windows)
Connect your Seagate storage device to your computer and you’re ready to back up your important files and folders. The fastest way to back up is to select items on your computer and copy them to your drive by dragging and dropping. If you want to make sure your data is continuously backed up, you can easily create an automated backup plan.
Open a File Explorer window and click on your drive
| Windows 7—Use Windows Explorer to drag and drop items. |
Open another File Explorer window and select folders or files on your computer to back up
Drag items to your drive
Open a File Explorer window and select folders or files on your computer to back up
| Windows 7—Use Windows Explorer to select items. |
Click Copy on the Home menu
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Click on your drive
Click Paste on the Home menu
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Set up a backup plan
Windows has backup solutions. For details, choose your version of Windows: