Maxtor OneTouch User Manual page 38

External hard drive
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5. Select the drive to copy your files from and click Next.
The Step 2 screen will appear.
6. Choose the type of files to copy:
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Just Documents copies only documents you have created
including your favorite files, bookmarks, and cookies. This
selection is ideal for most users.
Applications and Documents
addition to documents. This selection allows you to restore an
application file if it has become damaged. Refer to the
Retrospect User's Guide for instructions on how to make
a complete system backup copy.
This selection does not copy your operating system files or
Internet cache files. If you want to create a full backup of
your entire system, go to "Backing up your complete
system" on page 55 in chapter 4.
Make your choice and click Next.
7. The Step 3 screen is displayed. Select the Maxtor OneTouch
drive or another drive on your computer as the location to store
the copy of your files. Click Next.
You cannot select the same drive to be both the source and
destination for your files. The source and destination drives
must be different.
The "Congratulations...now ready" screen appears.
8. To complete the Maxtor OneTouch setup, click Finish.
9. Go to the File menu and choose Quit to exit
Retrospect Express.
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copies application files in
You are now ready to use the Maxtor OneTouch feature!
Each time you touch the button, Retrospect Express makes a copy
of the folders and files on your source drive exactly as
they exist at that time.
Depending on the amount of files, your first time backup,
may take a long time.
The OneTouch button may not function when Retrospect
Express is already running. To correct the problem, go to
the File menu in Retrospect, and choose Quit.
Your hardware and software installation is now complete.
See "Using Your Drive" on page 37 in chapter 3, for information on
using your drive for common applications and on using Retrospect
Express to make copies of your important files and restore copied
files.
The drive will not operate with more than one computer
at a time.
Maxtor does not support using the drive as a startup
disk for the Macintosh.
Using your OneTouch button for backup
Only the current versions of your files are saved. Backup
copies made with the default Maxtor OneTouch feature do
not include earlier versions of files you have deleted since
the last time you pressed the Maxtor OneTouch button.
Any files that are currently open are not saved, so close any
files you wish to be copied.

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