Tech On-the-Go meets the Seagate BlackAmor WS-110 1TB DAS

Protection State

This is a great tool to tell where you are in terms of protection. It will show you how protected you are and what steps are recommended to enable the broadest range of protection. It shows you at a glance how much data you have versus how much available storage you have. It also shows how much space is allocated towards the Secure Zone for Try and Decide.

Setting up the secure zone is very easy. You only have three steps to walk through and you are ready to use the Try and Decide feature.

  
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Try and Decide
Try and Decide is an interesting feature; it allows you to setup a portion of the WS-110 to be used as a temporary storage point for system changes. This way you can try out a new application, check a downloaded file, or even an update without committing to the changes to the actual OS. This can be very helpful in maintaining system stability.

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There is a down side though, while using Try and Decide you cannot run ChkDsk or defragment (including real-time defragmentation). Seagate also recommends performing a true backup and creating restore media before using the Try and Decide feature.

Utilities
There are a couple of small but useful utilities that allow you to clone an existing drive or to add an additional drive to your existing setup.

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Search

This feature does exactly what it says, it allows you to search for specific items on your system. You can expand this functionality by integrating with Windows Search or with Google Desktop.

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