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

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Using Your Drive

Once installed, you can use your new Maxtor OneTouch 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.
This chapter offers additional suggestions on how to use your
new drive.
OneTouch Drive lights and their messages
The blue lights on the front of your drive provide useful information.
Table 1: OneTouch lights
Message Status
Both lights on Power on/ready to go
Alternating blinking Processing command/transferring data
One off and one blinking Power saving mode

Connecting and Disconnecting the Drive

The FireWire and USB interfaces allow you to hot swap your new
Maxtor OneTouch Drive; that is, connect and disconnect the drive
while the computer and your drive are running.
To connect the drive to a Windows system
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.
After a moment, the computer will recognize that your
drive is connected and the drive icon will appear in the
My Computer window. or on your Macintosh desktop.
To disconnect the drive from a Windows system
1. Double-click the Windows Unplug or Eject Hardware
icon in your system icon tray located at the bottom
right corner of your desktop.
Unplug or Eject
Hardware icon
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