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Jbc223456 · 05-11-2013, 10:22 PM

If I'm understanding this right, the Seagate Backup Manager won't show the drive on which the program is installed (I'm assuming that it is installed on your C: drive). The reasoning behind this is because it is redundant to make a backup on the same drive as your operating system. The only drive that the SBM will recognize is another external Seagate drive (it is recognizing your F: external drive). It will not recognize your D: drive either (assuming that the C: drive is your primary drive, and the D: drive is your DVD/CD burner) because you can't back up to a DVD/CD through the manager.

In short, the Backup Manager only sends backups to your external F: drive and nowhere else.

05-11-2013, 10:22 PM	#10
Jbc223456 Member (8 bit) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: KY, USA Posts: 234	If I'm understanding this right, the Seagate Backup Manager won't show the drive on which the program is installed (I'm assuming that it is installed on your C: drive). The reasoning behind this is because it is redundant to make a backup on the same drive as your operating system. The only drive that the SBM will recognize is another external Seagate drive (it is recognizing your F: external drive). It will not recognize your D: drive either (assuming that the C: drive is your primary drive, and the D: drive is your DVD/CD burner) because you can't back up to a DVD/CD through the manager. In short, the Backup Manager only sends backups to your external F: drive and nowhere else. __________________ ASUS P7P55D-E \| Intel I5-760 @ 2.8GHz \| Corsair XMS3 8Gb @ 1333MHz \| WD Caviar Black 1TB \| HIS Radeon 6850 \| Corsair 750TX 750W \| ASUS 24x DVD Burner \| Antec Nine Hundred \| ASUS VW246H 24" \| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit