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Maxtor OneTouch 3 User Manual

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  • Page 1 AXTOR OUCH ™ TURBO EDITION User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Maxtor Product Support ........

  • Page 3: Introduction

    III, Turbo Edition, is the high per- your Maxtor OneTouch III isn’t being used formance, large capacity external storage solution designed – Diagnostic utilities to check the health of your Maxtor for creative professionals needing the disk-striping speed of OneTouch III, Turbo Edition RAID 0 for intensive disk-access applications or the security –...

  • Page 4: Components

    Español Italiano your local computer store. © 2005 Maxtor Corporation and its Licensors. Maxtor and the stylized Maxtor logo are registered trademarks, and Maxtor OneTouch is a trademark, of Maxtor Corporation. EMC and Retrospect are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. U.S. patents 5,150,473 and 5,966,730.

  • Page 5: Handling Precautions

    Follow the precautions listed here or you could damage your drivers, product specifications, a complete troubleshooting drive and void the product warranty. Review the Maxtor Limited section, and the Maxtor Knowledge Base. Warranty for more information.

  • Page 6: Installing The Onetouch Iii

    OneTouch III features. Step 1 – Install the Software 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Insert the Maxtor Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, the Install CD icon will appear on your desktop. 5. If prompted, enter your Username and Password to authenticate.
  • Page 7 7. The Install Retrospect Express screen will appear. Maintain the Easy Install and Install Location as their Click Restart. default settings. 11. After restart, eject the Maxtor Install CD from your computer. 12. Proceed to Step 2 – Connect the Drive. When you are ready, click Install.

  • Page 8: Step 2 - Connect The Drive

    FireWire 800 port on the back of the drive. 4. Turn on the Maxtor OneTouch III using the power switch Once connected to your system, the Maxtor OneTouch III on the back of the drive. The light on the front of the drive will mount on the desktop.
  • Page 9 This drive will only operate with one interface at a time. to the drive. This drive will only operate with one interface at a time. The Maxtor OneTouch button, Power management, and OneTouch Settings utility program are not supported for USB on the Macintosh. You may, however, use your 1.

  • Page 10: Step 3 - Setup The Drive

    NOTE: Bootable backup works with FireWire only. When finished, you will have a backup of your entire computer, as well as the ability to start up your computer from your Maxtor OneTouch III drive. Before you begin, make sure the Maxtor Install CD is NOT in your CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 11 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION 5. Select the first partition in this list and type in the capacity After the partitioning process is completed, Quit the Apple of your system drive (you checked in step #1 above or more Disk Utility.
  • Page 12 Already Registered if you have done so with a previous product or have installed this software more than once. To Adjust Permissions 1. Select the “Maxtor Bootable Backup” drive. Then from the Finder, select File and Get Info. 2. From the drive's Info window, click Ownership &...
  • Page 13 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION Once the registration information has been completed, press the Step 2: What do you want to copy? Click the All Files, bootable OneTouch button. The Maxtor OneTouch Setup opens. backup copy. Click Next.
  • Page 14 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION A warning will open – recommending a partitioning scheme for A congratulations screen is displayed. the OneTouch III. Click Proceed. A second warning will appear – informing you that the Ignore Ownership & Permissions needs to be disabled.
  • Page 15 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION When finished, you will have a copy of your Mac OS and all Click Restart once again when asked to confirm your choice. The applications and data on the OneTouch III. To boot from your system will then reboot.

  • Page 16: Using The Onetouch Iii

    Maxtor OneTouch Manager Your Maxtor OneTouch III includes a utility that allows you to: Once installed, you can use your new Maxtor OneTouch III in the – Find out more information about your drive same way you use the other drives on your computer. Some of the basic ways you can use your new drive are: –...
  • Page 17 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION Features Other Features What’s New – click this and you’ll travel to Maxtor’s website Drive Information – displays drive volume information, free where you can learn more about the OneTouch III’s new features.
  • Page 18 Diagnostic When finished, a message will appear indicating “The drive If you suspect there may be problems with your Maxtor passed its most recent diagnostic test.” OneTouch III drive, you can run the diagnostic test. Click the Diagnostics button.
  • Page 19 Duplicate scripts created to a volume other than that where your Bootable Backup Copy is stored. Failure to do so may result in lost data. Please go to Maxtor’s Knowledge Base for more infor- mation regarding the creation of Backup and Duplicate scripts.
  • Page 20 Click Restore to restore from a backup set’s folder or volumes to a disk or folder. Click the Automate tab. NOTE: Please go to Maxtor’s Knowledge Base for more information regarding the restoration of Backup and Duplicate scripts. PAGE 18...
  • Page 21 The Scripted Retrospect operations window is displayed. Click Edit. A Script window will appear showing the configuration about the bootable backup script. Click Source. Click the Scripts button. The Scripts window appears. Select the Maxtor OneTouch (Duplicate) script. PAGE 19...
  • Page 22 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION Select your external drive as the Source and click OK. You will see the following. Choose the internal drive as the Destination. You will see the following window indicating that the Source and Destination are the same.
  • Page 23 You will see the following: NOTE: After returning to the internal drive as the boot disk, access Retrospect Express and edit the Maxtor OneTouch script. Change the Source to the Internal Disk and the Destination to the OneTouch III.

  • Page 24: Onetouch Button

    2. Browse your Mac and select the application you wish to associate with the OneTouch button. In this example, Click the Backup button. Calculator was chosen. Close the OneTouch Manager. Press the OneTouch button. Your Maxtor OneTouch script will launch. Click Set Action. PAGE 22...

  • Page 25: Security

    For further security, you may also choose a secret question (from the list provided) and type in the answer. You can set a password for your Maxtor OneTouch III drive. Every time your drive is on and connected to your computer, including...
  • Page 26 2. Enter your current Password. 1. Open the Maxtor OneTouch Manager utility and click Security or click Open Utility from the Maxtor screen that asks you for your password. Enter the answer to the question. 2. Enter your Password.

  • Page 27: Erase Drive

    MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION Erase Drive 7. When completed, a message will appear stating that the drive is erased. If all attempts to recover your password fail and you need to erase your drive, follow these steps: Click OK.

  • Page 28: Sync

    MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION Sync In this example, the user's iTunes folder was selected. After making your selection, click the Add Sync button. The Sync feature will allow you to synchronize folders between your internal disk and your OneTouch III. After this feature is 3.
  • Page 29 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION 5. You will return to the main Sync screen. 8. When finished, click OK. Click Sync Now. 9. Close the OneTouch Manager. 6. You will be prompted with the following: You may select a local disk on your computer to store folders that were originally copied to your OneTouch III using Sync on another computer.
  • Page 30 Bootable Backup Copy is stored. Failure to do so may result in lost data. Please go to Maxtor’s Knowledge Base for more information regarding the creation of Backup and Duplicate scripts.

  • Page 31: Raid Settings

    MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION Editing Your Sync Set RAID Settings Removing Folders from your Sync Set. By default, your OneTouch III Turbo Edition is configured as a striped (RAID 0) volume. In this configuration, the OneTouch III 1.
  • Page 32 NOTE: The space reported will vary depending on the capacity of your OneTouch III, Turbo Edition. WARNING: Changing the RAID configuration will erase all data on your OneTouch III, Turbo Edition. Maxtor recommends that you backup any/all data on the OneTouch III before proceeding.
  • Page 33 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION MACINTOSH INSTALLATION Once you have entered the number, click the Erase Drive This process will take approximately 30 – 60 seconds, button. depending on the capacity of the OneTouch III, your Macintosh OS version, and the interface cable connecting 4.

  • Page 34: Naming Your Onetouch Iii

    To connect the OneTouch III to your computer The text will be to highlighted. 1. Make sure your Maxtor OneTouch III is turned on and the light is illuminated. Connecting your computer to a drive 2. Enter a name (for example “Maxtor”) for your Maxtor that is not powered on can cause your computer to behave OneTouch III and press Return.

  • Page 35: Introduction

    6. FireWire 400 Port – RAID 1 automatic data mirroring 7. USB 2.0 Port – Triple interfaces: FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 – Maxtor OneTouch™ button - the simple way to backup files ® ® – EMC Retrospect Express HD software –...

  • Page 36: Included In Package

    Español FireWire 800 9-pin to 9-pin Italiano © 2005 Maxtor Corporation and its Licensors. Maxtor and the stylized Maxtor logo are registered trademarks, and Maxtor OneTouch is a trademark, of Maxtor Corporation. EMC and Retrospect are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. U.S. patents 5,150,473 and 5,966,730.

  • Page 37: Handling Precautions

    Follow the precautions listed here or you could damage your drivers, product specifications, a complete troubleshooting drive and void the product warranty. Review the Maxtor Limited section, and the Maxtor Knowledge Base. Warranty for more information.

  • Page 38: Installing The Onetouch Iii

    MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Installing the OneTouch III If, for some reason, the Maxtor screen does not appear: – Click the Windows Start button and then click Run. NOTE: Please install the Maxtor OneTouch software before – Click Browse and find the drive named Install CD.
  • Page 39 7. The Choose Destination Location screen will appear. In the Destination Folder section of the screen, you can see where the Maxtor software will be installed. If you wish to change this, click Browse and choose a new location. Click Next.
  • Page 40 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 8. The Setup Status window will appear. 10. The Retrospect Express HD Installshield Wizard will appear automatically. 9. The InstallShield Wizard Complete window will appear. 11. You may see a message that the Microsoft.NET software will be installed on your computer.
  • Page 41 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 12. The Retrospect Express HD welcome screen will appear. 14. The Customer Information screen will appear. Enter your User Name and Organization. Make your choice and Click Next. Click Next. 13. The License Agreement screen will appear. After reading 15.
  • Page 42 16. The Ready to Install screen appears. 18. A message appears asking you to restart. Follow the on-screen directions to restart your computer. 19. The Welcome to Maxtor OneTouch Setup screen will appear and a Maxtor OneTouch shortcut icon will appear on your desktop.

  • Page 43: Step 2 - Connect The Drive

    2. Plug the other end of the FireWire 800 cable into an available FireWire 800 port on the back of the drive. 4. Turn on the Maxtor OneTouch III using the power switch on the back of the drive. The light on the front of the drive 3.
  • Page 44 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Connecting with a FireWire 400 Cable Connecting with a USB Cable Do not plug a FireWire cable into the drive when a USB cable is already connected Do not plug a USB cable into the drive when a FireWire cable is already connected to the drive.

  • Page 45: Step 3 - Setup The Drive

    Cancel to close it. Your computer may require a restart to complete the hardware installation. 2. The Maxtor OneTouch III FireWire 800 drive is shipped with a Macintosh file system. The Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems use an NTFS file structure. Your drive must be re-formatted for the NTFS file system in order to...
  • Page 46 Retrospect Express HD will back up all the files on your computer to your Maxtor OneTouch III drive every day at 10 PM. If you do not wish to register now, click Register Later.

  • Page 47: Using The Onetouch Iii

    Once you set up a backup, you can start it at any time by – Press the OneTouch button - this will launch your backup pressing the button on your Maxtor OneTouch III. You can also immediately schedule backups to take place automatically on specific days of the week.
  • Page 48 Retrospect Express HD creates a restore There are three (3) types of comprehensive backups: point and saves it on your Maxtor drive. A restore point contains all the files and folders you selected to back up, – My Entire Computer as they existed at the time of the backup.
  • Page 49 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 3. Select the type of backup – click on the Comprehensive 5. Select the disk(s) you want to save your backup to; this Backup button. would be the OneTouch III. Click the checkbox that corresponds with your Maxtor OneTouch III.
  • Page 50 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 7. You will return to the Retrospect Express HD main menu. 3. Select the type of backup – click on the Comprehensive Backup button. 8. Retrospect Express HD will now backup your entire computer at the scheduled date and time.
  • Page 51 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 5. You will see the following: Click Next. 8. Select the days and the time that you wish to schedule automatic backups to run. 6. Place a check in the boxes associated with folders you wish to backup.
  • Page 52 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 3. Select the type of backup – click on the Duplicate button. 6. Uncheck the boxes you do not wish to backup. Click Next. Click Next. 4. A screen will display asking you what you would like to 7.
  • Page 53 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 8. You will return to the Retrospect Express HD main menu. 3. Click Comprehensive Backup. Retrospect Express HD will now duplicate your selected files on demand as needed. Click Next. 4. A screen will display asking you what you would like to Revising Your Backup Settings back up.
  • Page 54 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Optional: Select the days and the time that you wish to schedule automatic backups to run. You can allocate how much of the OneTouch III you wish to use for your backup(s). To do this: Click on the words “all available.”...

  • Page 55: Restoring From Your Backup

    MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 7. If available disk space was adjusted, disk space will be Restoring from Your Backup reclaimed. At times, your critical data may be corrupted. Fortunately, Retrospect Express HD provides you with the ability to restore your crucial files.
  • Page 56 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 4. From the Select window, click the Restore button. Place a check in each box containing data you wish to restore. Use the search field to find specific files. Click Next. 7. You will now be asked where you wish to restore your files to.
  • Page 57 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 9. When prompted, click Yes to proceed. 12. Upon reboot, the Retrospect Helper will launch and perform various tasks. No user intervention is necessary. 13. When finished, you will be prompted to restart again.
  • Page 58 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION If the restore point has a yellow or red icon, you can right- Viewing Restore Point Logs click the restore point to show the operation log, which will There may be times that you want to see what may be causing show you more information about the error.
  • Page 59 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Deleting Restore Points 5. When a restore point is deleted, Retrospect Express HD Retrospect Express HD provides you with the ability to will reclaim the disk space. This process can take a long manually delete restore points.
  • Page 60 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 3. Locate the folders you need to restore to your system. To Automatic Backup do this, simply highlight them and drag them to your This feature will launch scheduled Comprehensive Backups computer. of your computer. By default, the Automatic Backups option is turned On.

  • Page 61: Maxtor Onetouch Manager

    Automatic Backup is disabled. Express HD, the OneTouch Manager provides the following: – Access to Maxtor’s Web-based support – Security through Maxtor’s DriveLock and System Rollback – File Sync – Access to Retrospect Express HD via Backup and Restore – Disk diagnostics to monitor the health of you OneTouch III –...
  • Page 62 SETTINGS button to access these utilities. Adjust Power Setting This feature allows you to spin down your Maxtor OneTouch III during times of inactivity. By default, the OneTouch III's spin down time is 1 hour. To adjust the setting: 1.
  • Page 63 Click Apply. 6. You will be notified that the Power Setting has been adjusted. Click Default. 8. Click Apply followed by OK and your Maxtor OneTouch III's power settings will return back to its original spin down time of 1 hour.
  • Page 64 6. After the name of the application has populated the Browse field, Note that the Maxtor OneTouch button is set by default to launch a backup. 4. To associate the button so that it launches an application, click the Application button.
  • Page 65 5. You will be notified that the OneTouch button settings You can also customize the OneTouch button so that when have been customized. pressed, you will launch the Maxtor Sync program. To do this: 1. Click the Settings button. This will open the Settings for My Maxtor OneTouch menu.

  • Page 66: Security Settings

    Optional but Recommended You can also provide an answer to a secret question for This feature allows you to password-protect your Maxtor greater protection in the advent that your password gets lost OneTouch III so that in the event that the drive is lost or or stolen.
  • Page 67 8. From now on, every time you restart your computer and the OneTouch III is attached, or when you turn off your Click OK and your Maxtor OneTouch III will be accessible. drive and turn it back on, you will be prompted to enter...
  • Page 68 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Change Password 4. Enter your current Password or click the Secret button to 1. Click the Settings button. This will open the Settings for see the following: My Maxtor OneTouch menu. 2. Click the Adjust Security Setting button.
  • Page 69 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 3. You will see the following: 5. You will be informed that security has been disabled on your Maxtor OneTouch III. Click Disable Security. Click OK. 4. You will be prompted to enter your password.
  • Page 70 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 4. You will be prompted to enter your password. 6. You will be informed that your Maxtor OneTouch III has been unlocked. Click OK. Click OK. 5. Or you can click the Secret button and provide the answer to the secret question.
  • Page 71 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Erase Drive 3. You will see the following warning: If you have forgotten your password, you can attempt to re- enter it or to recover it by answering a question that you setup originally when you created your password.
  • Page 72 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Click Yes to start the Erase process. 6. Remove and reapply power to your Maxtor OneTouch III. Upon doing so, you will be prompted to Format the drive. NOTE: This process can take up to 3 hours to complete.

  • Page 73: Raid Settings

    WARNING: Setting up this RAID configuration will erase III software combines the capacity of both enclosed hard all data on your OneTouch III. Maxtor recommends that drives – giving you one large, fast disk. However, if one drive you backup any/all data on the OneTouch III before fails, you will lose all data stored.

  • Page 74: Backup And Restore

    4. When finished, you will be prompted to format your Backup and Restore OneTouch III. The Backup and Restore features of the Maxtor OneTouch Manager program are shortcuts that enable you to access Retrospect Press HD from the OneTouch Manager interface.
  • Page 75 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 3. You can also launch a backup from the screen. Accessing Restore The OneTouch Manager’s Restore option provides a quick path to Retrospect Express HD’s Restore menu. 1. Click Restore. You will see the following: Click Back Up Now.
  • Page 76 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Sync To Edit Sync Settings Click the Sync button. You may select one or more folders on your computer to sync to your OneTouch. Whenever a file changes in one of the You will see the following: folders on your computer, it can be automatically copied to an identical folder on your OneTouch.
  • Page 77 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Checking the Status of Your Sync Automatic Sync Click the Sync button. The Automatic Sync feature can be turned on or off. By default, this setting is On. You will see the following:...
  • Page 78 Every time you move your Maxtor OneTouch III between computers, Sync will automatically compare the folders on your Maxtor OneTouch III to the ones on your computer to look for files that have changed. If any files have changed, it will ask you if you would like to replace the older files with Automatic Sync is now On.
  • Page 79 MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Rollback Rolling Back Your System You may select a date in the past and a restore point to You can use rollback to undo changes to your computer and restore. During the rollback process, your computer will shut restore its software and settings to a previous state, based on down.

  • Page 80: Naming Your Onetouch Iii

    To connect the OneTouch III to your computer application. This allows you to store and play thousands of 1. Make sure your Maxtor OneTouch III is turned on and the your favorite songs. You can also create and manage an audio light is illuminated.

  • Page 81: Security Lock

    MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION Security Lock Your new Maxtor OneTouch III includes a security locking slot on the back of the drive. The slot is compatible with most security locking cables. Security Lock PAGE 79...
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