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Using the Maxtor OneTouch Settings Your Maxtor OneTouch II drive includes a utility that allows you to: • Find out more information about your drive • Customize your OneTouch button to open a different application or file your drive, adjust power settings, customize the OneTouch button, run diagnostics, and adjust performance settings. Security Settings: Where you can control access to your Maxtor OneTouch II drive. Drive Management • Control power management settings for your drive 3 • Change performance settings • Enable password security to restrict access to your Maxtor OneTouch II drive • Run diagnostic tests to troubleshoot potential hardware problems with your OneTouch II drive Windows Opening the OneTouch Settings utility Double-click the Maxtor OneTouch shortcut icon on your desktop. Click Drive Management The Manage My Maxtor OneTouch II drive screen will appear. View Drive Information This provides you with information about your drive including model number, serial number capacity, and more. Adjust Power Settings You can set your Maxtor OneTouch II drive to go to sleep (low power mode) after a period of inactivity. Simply select one of the time options from the drop-down menu and click Apply. This feature does not work with all Maxtor OneTouch drives and will not work with a Personal Storage 5000. The Maxtor Main Menu will appear. The features are grouped into 3 functional areas: Setup & Restore: Where you set up and run your backups as well as restore files from a backup using Retrospect Express HD. For more information see "Using Retrospect Express HD" on page 41 earlier in this chapter. Drive Management: Where you can view information about Windows 98SE/ME: In order to use the Adjust Power Settings feature, you must disable, System Standby Mode in the Windows operating system. Windows 98SE From the desktop: 1. Click Start>Control Panel>Panel Management 2. Click the Power Schemes tab and select Never from the System Standby drop-down menu. 55

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55
3
Us
i
ng the M
a
xtor OneTou
c
h Sett
i
ngs
Your Maxtor OneTouch II drive includes a utility that allows you to:
•
Find out more information about your drive
•
Customize your OneTouch button to open a different
application or file
•
Control power management settings for your drive
•
Change performance settings
•
Enable password security to restrict access to your
Maxtor OneTouch II drive
•
Run diagnostic tests to troubleshoot potential hardware
problems with your OneTouch II drive
W
i
ndows
Open
i
ng the OneTou
c
h Sett
i
ngs ut
i
l
i
ty
Double-click the
M
a
xtor OneTou
c
h
shortcut icon on
your desktop.
The Maxtor Main Menu will appear.
The features are grouped into 3 functional areas:
Setup & Restore
: Where you set up and run your backups as
well as restore files from a backup using Retrospect Express
HD. For more information see “Using Retrospect Express HD”
on page 41 earlier in this chapter.
Dr
i
ve M
a
n
a
gement
: Where you can view information about
your drive, adjust power settings, customize the OneTouch
button, run diagnostics, and adjust performance settings.
Se
c
ur
i
ty Sett
i
ngs
: Where you can control access to your
Maxtor OneTouch II drive.
Dr
i
ve M
a
n
a
gement
Click
Dr
i
ve M
a
n
a
gement
The
M
a
n
a
ge My M
a
xtor OneTou
c
h II dr
i
ve
screen will appear.
V
i
ew Dr
i
ve Inform
a
t
i
on
This provides you with information about your drive including
model number, serial number capacity, and more.
Adjust Power Sett
i
ngs
You can set your Maxtor OneTouch II drive to go to sleep (low
power mode) after a period of inactivity. Simply select one of
the time options from the drop-down menu and click Apply.
This feature does not work with all Maxtor OneTouch
drives and will not work with a Personal Storage 5000.
W
i
ndows 98SE/ME
: In order to use the
Adjust Power
Sett
i
ngs
feature, you must disable, System Standby
Mode in the Windows operating system.
W
i
ndows 98SE
From the desktop:
1.
Click Start>Control Panel>Panel Management
2.
Click the
Power S
c
hemes
tab and select
Never
from the
System St
a
ndby
drop-down menu.