freeagent go questions?

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walkman

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I have a Seagate Freeagent Go 500 gb external drive that came with Seagate Manager software to handle backup. Unfortunately, the software goes blank and there is no way to revive it (other have reported the same problem).

1) Do I need this software, or can I use any backup software?

2) The Go drive has several directories on it (Bin, Guides, Seagate Backup). Can I delete these directories and treat it like any other hard drive?

3) AntiVir keeps popping warning messages about the autorun.inf file on the Go drive, and locking it. Does it know something is wrong with the file, or does it do that on principle with portable drives?
 
I just format the drive, I have a 320GB formatted and it works great. I don't care for the software that comes with it, and formatting it doesn't hurt performance at all. I get write speeds between 18-24MB/s and read speeds of about 28-30MB/s on average.

Nothing is wrong with the file, it's just warning you against it.

Oh, and yeah, you can use any backup software you like, though I would recommend formatting the drive first so that they aren't competing against each other, just my opinion. ;)
 
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