External Hard Drive
Quick Start
Guide
Your new Seagate
®
external hard drive is a state-
of-the-art unit: solid, safe, quiet, cool, versatile
and portable, ready to go from one location to
another—an ideal backup device for multiple
systems, or simply a safe and dependable place
to store your important files.
Your new Seagate hard-drive kit also includes
award-winning BounceBack Express backup
software for both Windows and Mac operating
systems. See page 12 for more information
about BounceBack Express.
Dual-interface and USB-only kits
Seagate ships two external hard drive kits:
•A dual-interface kit, with a USB 2.0 interface,
a FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394a and iLink)
interface and full backup capability that includes
a pushbutton backup feature
•A USB-only kit, with a USB 2.0 interface and
full backup capability that includes a pushbutton
backup feature.
Note. BounceBack Express does not support the pushbutton
backup feature for a Mac OS that is using a USB interface.
This guide uses the terms “dual-interface” and
“USB-only” to differentiate between these two
kits wherever something applies to one kit but
not the other.
Dual-interface external hard drive
USB-only external hard drive kit
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Quick Start Guide
Multi-function
push button
USB 2.0 port
Power connector
Front Back
Multi-function
push button
Front Back
FireWire
(IEEE 1394a) ports
USB 2.0 port
Power connector
Multi-function push
button operations:
• Press and hold
button until LED
comes on
– 1st Power On
occurs.
• After Power On,
press button
– Initiates backup.
• Press and hold
button until LED
shuts off
– Power Down
occurs.
Note. BounceBack
Express does not
support the pushbutton
backup feature for a
Mac OS that is using
a USB interface.