User manual SEAGATE MAXTOR ONETOUCH II

[. . . ] EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE Maxtor OneTouch II TM User's Guide P/N:20259600 i Contents 1 Introduction . . 1 2 3 4 4 4 6 Windows XP and 2000 . 37 38 39 40 41 48 50 55 61 62 62 62 62 62 62 63 65 3 Using Your Drive . . Connecting and Disconnecting the Drive . [. . . ] Eventually, the following message will appear: `This disk is unreadable by this Computer. ' 7. Double-click the Extensions Manager icon to open it. The Extensions Manager panel will open. 8. Check the checkbox next to File Exchange. Click Restart. The installation is complete and your drive is ready to use! Figure 15. OS 9 `Initialize Disk' window. Installing Your Drive 32 Connecting with the FireWire Cable Do not plug a FireWire cable into the drive when a USB cable is already connected to the drive. This drive will only operate with one interface at a time. For more information about the FireWire interface, go to http://www. 1394ta. org. To connect the FireWire Cable 1. Plug one end of the FireWire cable into any available FireWire port on your computer or any other FireWire device that is connected to your computer. Plug the other end of the FireWire cable into either of the available FireWire ports on the back of the drive. 2 Before you connect Disable the File Exchange control panel: · From the Apple menu, select Control Panels · The Control Panels folder will open. · Double-click the Extensions Manager icon. · From the list that appears, uncheck the check box next to the File Exchange control panel by clicking on it. After your Macintosh restarts, proceed to the next step. FireWire Ports FireWire Ports Figure 16. Connecting to a FireWire port Depending on the size of your drive, it may take several seconds for your Macintosh to recognize the drive. Eventually, this message will appear: `This disk is unreadable by this Computer. ' 33 3. Enter a Name for your drive and select Mac OS Extended from the Format drop-down menu. Click Initialize. A window will open that says: `Initializing will erase all information on this disk. ' If you'd like to learn how to set up OneTouch button for backing up your files at the touch of a button, see "Setting Up the Maxtor OneTouch Feature" on page 46 in chapter 3. See "Using Your Drive" on page 38 in chapter 3, for information on using your drive for common applications and on using Retrospect Express to backup and restore your important files. 2 5. Click Continue. After a short time, your new drive will appear on the desktop of your Macintosh. Now, you should re-enable the File Exchange control panel. 6. Go to the Apple menu, select Control Panels. The Control Panels folder will open 7. Double-click the Extensions Manager icon to open it. The Extensions Manager panel will open. 8. Make sure the checkbox next to File Exchange has a checkmark in it. [. . . ] Spin Down ­ Refers to the actual spinning of the disk mechanism. When a disk spins down, it stops spinning, thus conserving power. Startup Disk ­ The drive from which the operating system loads to start up your computer. TB ­ (Terabyte) Equal to 1, 000, 000, 000, 000 (trillion) bytes. [. . . ]