Using Your Drive; Connecting And Disconnecting The Drive - Maxtor FireWire 800 User Manual

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Using Your Drive

Once installed, you can use your new Maxtor OneTouch II
FireWire 800 drive in the same way you use the other drives on
your computer. Some of the basic ways you can use your new
drive are:
• Move or copy files or folders from your other drives,
CD-ROMs, or other storage devices.
• Within virtually any application, save files to and open files
from the new drive.
• Store video files, games, spreadsheets, and other commonly
used files.
• Store copies of important files from your desktop or laptop
computer.
For information on the Maxtor OneTouch Settings utility, including:
• Performance and power management features
• Security settings
• Diagnostic utilities
• Customizing the OneTouch button
• Using Retrospect Express to back up and restore your data
See "Restoring Your Complete System" on page 42, for
more information.
Maxtor OneTouch II drive lights and their messages
The blue lights on the front of your drive provide useful information.
Message
Both lights on
Lights blink alternating every second
One light off and one blinking
Table 1: Maxtor OneTouch II drive lights

Connecting and Disconnecting the Drive

The FireWire and USB interfaces allow you to hot swap your
Maxtor OneTouch II drive; that is, connect and disconnect the drive
while the computer and your drive are turned on.
To connect the drive to a Macintosh computer
1. Make sure the drive is turned on and that both blue
lights are illuminated.
Connecting your computer to a drive that is not powered on
can cause your computer to behave erratically or freeze.
2. Plug the FireWire or USB cable into the drive and your
computer.
Status
Power on/idle
Active
Standby mode
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