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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.


  1. Open a File Explorer window and click on your drive.

Windows 7—Use Windows Explorer to drag and drop items.

  1. Open another File Explorer window and select folders or files on your computer to back up.

  1. Drag items to your drive.

  1. Open a File Explorer window and select folders or files on your computer to back up.

Windows 7—Use Windows Explorer to select items.
  1. Click Copy on the Home menu.

Other ways to copy to the clipboard
  • Hold down the Ctrl key and press C.
  • Right-click on files and select Copy from the context menu.
  1. Click on your drive.

  1. Click Paste on the Home menu.

Other ways to paste files copied to the clipboard
  • Hold down the Ctrl key and press V.
  • Right-click on files and select Paste from the context menu.

Set up a Toolkit backup plan

Toolkit has an easy-to-use backup feature for your PC! For details, see the Toolkit User Manual.

Windows also has backup solutions. For details, choose your version of Windows:

Back up Now! User Manual

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