User manual MAXTOR PORTABLE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE QUICK START

[. . . ] Portable External Hard Drive Quick Start Guide Contents · Seagate external hard drive with a USB 2. 0 interface · USB 2. 0 `Y' cable · Quick Start Guide · Seagate Extra Value CD Requirements Windows · · · · Your new Seagate® portable hard drive enables you to easily add disc space to your laptop or desktop system, and the convenient size enables you to take the drive with you. Plus, connecting it couldn't be easier--in most cases, you can just plug it in. Windows Windows Windows Windows XP 2000 Pro Me 98SE Macintosh · Macintosh System 9. 2. 2 (or later) or Mac OS X 2 Quick Start Guide Setup Your Portable External Hard Drive comes with a special USB cable. This cable is shaped like the letter `Y' with one USB connector on one end of the cable and two connectors at the other end of the cable. [. . . ] For detailed BounceBack Express installation and usage, click the ?button on the BounceBack ControlCenter main menu, or launch the BBHelp. chm file in the CMS folder on the CD. Before you install BounceBack Express · Disable all virus-protection programs. · For Windows 2000 Pro or XP users in a corporate environment, log on as a local administrator. Check with your system administrator for details. · If you are backing up to an external device, make sure the external device is connected to and working properly with your operating system. · Disconnect all other external storage devices (for example, hard disc drives, DVD, CDR, Installing BounceBack Express software 1. Install BounceBack Express from the menu. Note. Backup Sizing scans the folders and files on the system drive and determines the total size of the files to be backed up. Note. The size shown will start at 0 and increment, as the size of each file in the backup set is determined. 10. The BounceBack Installation screen will then show the estimated time it will take for your first backup to run completely. Click Backup Now to continue with the next step. Clicking Backup Later halts the installation process with a data set created but no backup having taken place. If you want to make use of any of the advanced settings features for the backup, select Backup Later, and then select Settings from the BounceBack Control Center. Note. The sooner you run your first backup, the sooner your data is protected! 12 Quick Start Guide 11. After clicking Backup Now, the Backup Scan and Backup in Progress screens display the progress of the initial backup. Note. An option exists on this screen to allow you to view a detailed file by file progress as the backup process is running. If the View Detailed Progress option is clicked, the speed of the backup process will be slowed down substantially. 12. Click OK to use other BounceBack functions--such as associating a password with a backup device or creating Backup Sets--or close the application. tray and select BounceBack ControlCenter and click the Backup button on the BounceBack Control Center. Any time you connect a configured and supported external backup device to your computer, this feature scans your system disk for new or modified files and automatically backs them up to the backup device. To temporarily turn off the Auto Launch feature, click on the BounceBack icon in the system tray, and select Disable BounceBack Launcher. Use the Settings function from the BounceBack ControlCenter to create or modify Backup Sets and schedule their run times. Subsequent backups After the initial system backup, you have a number of backup options including: · Manual Backups. To run a manual backup using the default Backup Set, click the BounceBack icon in the system Portable External Hard Drive 13 File restore BounceBack Express backs up data in the operating system's native file format and uses the same directory structure (folders and files) as the original data. [. . . ] This power supply may be used to provide necessary power to the portable hard drive in the event an extra USB port is not available or the USB port(s) don't provide enough power. See page 22 for specifications. Portable External Hard Drive 19 Knowledgebase Article 260910 for more information. Windows Me does not have native support for USB 2. 0, so you should use the latest drivers for your USB host adapter. These drivers must be provided by your host adapter manufacturer (or motherboard manufacturer if the USB ports are on the motherboard). [. . . ]