Operation Manual

8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices Managing FreeAgent Drives with Seagate Media
Media Player User Guide 51
Checking Drive Status
When you install Seagate Media, a status icon appears in your system tray and becomes
active whenever you connect a FreeAgent drive or external USB drive to your computer.
Roll your cursor over the icon to quickly check the status of your drive. The color of the icon
shows drive status:
Finding Drive Information
To find detailed information about your drive:
1. Open the My Drives window (see page 48), select the drive you want, then click Drive Info.
The Drive Information window opens, displaying this information:
• Serial Number
• Firmware version
• Volume (the name of your drive)
• Capacity
• Free Space
• File System (the Windows file system used by your drive)
2. Click OK to close the Drive Information window.
Figure 14: Seagate Media: Status Icon
Icon Color Status
Blue Drive connected
Green Drive connected; sync idle
Gray No drive connected
Yellow Sync in progress
Red Sync failed
Note: When a sync fails, the status icon stays red until
a sync is completed successfully.