User guide

Running Diagnostics 9
FreeAgent for Macintosh
Managing Your Drives
The My Drives view provides a central point from which to manage your Drive Manager
devices. It displays all Drive Manager devices connected to your computer:
The tabs across the top of the view allow you to access your drive features and manage
drive utilities.
Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives list. It can take
several seconds for the Drive Manager software to detect your devices. If a device doesn’t
appear, make sure it’s properly connected and turned on.
Running Diagnostics
Use Diagnostics to check the health of your drives. The diagnostic utility performs its tests
without affecting the data on your drive.
To run Diagnostics,
Step 1. In the My Drives view, click Diagnostic.
A progress bar indicates the progress of the diagnostic:
Figure 14: My Drives