USER MANUAL
GREEN BUTTON SOFTWARE
FOR EXTERNAL FREECOM HARD DISK
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Chapter : Freecom GREEN BUTTON software (PC)
Introduction
To save energy and increase lifetime of your Freecom hard disk, the hard disk can be
sent to suspend mode during idle periods.
The Freecom GREEN BUTTON software allows activating the suspend mode and defining
after what time the hard disk of your external Freecom hard disk will be sent to suspend
mode.
Note: When the hard disk is in suspend mode, it might take some seconds
until the hard disk is resumed and accessible again!
Installation
1. Run “Start PC.exe” from your Freecom Hard Disk Drive and go to "Software Installation"
-> GREEN BUTTON.
2. Click on „Next“ to proceed.
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3. To continue with the installation, the license agreement has to be accepted. Choose
“I accept the agreement” and click on “Next”. Follow the on-screen instructions to
continue with the installation.
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4. If „Launch Freecom GREEN BUTTON“ is enabled in the final screen, the software will
be started after clicking on „Finish“:
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Using the software
When the software is started, it is checked whether a Freecom hard disk is connected
or not.
If no hard disk is connected, the following screen appears:
Connect a Freecom hard disk drive to your PC and the following screen appears:
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y default the suspend time is set to 10 minutes. Move the slider to change the
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suspend time. When the slider is moved to the rightmost position, the hard disk will
never go into suspend mode.
hen clicking on "Apply", the suspend time will be set.
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• When clicking on "Close", the suspend time will be set and the software will be
minimized to the tray.
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Desktop Icon
Double-click on the "GREEN BUTTON" icon on your desktop: this option puts the hard
drive immediately into sleep mode.
System Tray
By right-clicking on the software icon in the system tray, the following four options are
available:
1. Show
The configuration dialog will be shown.
2. Suspend the disk now
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his option puts the hard drive immediately into sleep mode.
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3. Start software when Windows starts
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hen this option is selected, the software will be started during Windows startup.
Uncheck this box if you don’t want the software to be started automatically during
Windows startup.
4. Exit
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electing “Exit” will terminate the software.
FAQ
In what situations can an external hard disk not be sent to Sleep mode?
If a software that is running in the background has access to the hard disk or is monitoring
the hard disk (e.g. a backup software), it might happen that the external drive cannot
be sent to Sleep mode.
For example, this can happen with the software Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials if the
AutoBackup function is activated for the external drive.
If you want to use the Green Button software in this case, the AutoBackup function has
to be deactivated. To do this, right-click on the “Nero BackItUp Agent” system tray icon
and select “Close Nero BackItUp Agent”.
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