Maxtor OneTouch User Manual page 28

A description of the drive appears in the window.
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The actual information in this window will vary depending on
the model and capacity of your drive.
6. Select the Erase tab at the top of the window.
7. Select Mac OS Extended from the Volume Format
drop-down list.
8. Enter a name for your drive in the Name field.
9. Select the check box next to Install Mac OS 9 Drivers.
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This will allow your disk to be recognized if you start your
system in Mac OS 9. (If you will never use this drive with OS 9,
you can leave this unchecked).
10. Click Erase to continue.
The Erase Disk window appears to confirm the Erase process.
11. Click Erase to start the formatting process.
After a few minutes, your drive will be formatted with the Mac OS
Extended format and you will be able to see it appear on the
desktop of your Macintosh.
12. In the Disk Utility program, go to the File menu and
select Quit.
13. The installation is complete and your Maxtor OneTouch drive is
ready to use!
Connecting with the FireWire Cable
This section describes how to connect your OneTouch drive using a
FireWire cable. For more information about the FireWire interface,
go to http://www.askfor1394.com.
Do not plug a FireWire cable into the drive when a USB
cable is already connected to the drive. This drive will only
operate on one interface at a time.
To connect the FireWire cable
1. Plug one end of the FireWire cable into any available FireWire
port on your computer or to any other FireWire device that is
connected to your computer.