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Customize OneTouch Button You can set the button on your Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive to open an application or file of your choice. Click Browse, double-click the application or file, and click Apply. If you did the Full Installation, including Retrospect, the button on your Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive is automatically set to start a full system backup whenever you press it. If you customize it, it will disable your OneTouch button backup settings. However, you can reset the button at any time by clicking Default. Run Diagnostics You can check the health of your drive. If you suspect there may be problems with your Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive, click Test to run a diagnostic on your drive. If the test finds your drive to be defective, it will display an Return Material Authorization (RMA) code you will use to return your drive for repairs under warranty. Adjust Performance You can adjust the performance of your drive. Highest Performance: provides improved data throughput when data access patterns are random in nature. Security Settings Click Security Settings. If you have not created a password, the Set Password screen will appear. If you set a password for your Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive, every time your drive is on and connected to your computer, including when you start or restart your computer, or when you turn off your drive and turn it back on, you will need to enter your password in order to use your drive. If you have forgotten your password, you can attempt to re-enter it or to recover it, by answering a question that you 4 setup originally when you created your password. You are allowed 5 attempts before you must turn off your drive and turn it back on, to try again at which point you can try an additional 5 times. If you are not able to recover your password, the only other way to unlock the drive is to erase all of its contents. Setting your Password 1. Click Security Settings. 2. Enter and re-enter a Password. Your password must contain at least six characters, of which one must be a number. Using Your Drive 23

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Using Your Drive
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Customize OneTouch Button
You can set the button on your Maxtor OneTouch II Small
Business Edition drive to open an application or file of your
choice. Click
Browse
,
double-click
the application or file, and
click
Apply
.
If you did the Full Installation, including Retrospect, the
button on your Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business
Edition drive is automatically set to start a full system
backup whenever you press it. If you customize it, it will
disable your OneTouch button backup settings. However,
you can reset the button at any time by clicking
Default
.
Run Diagnostics
You can check the health of your drive. If you suspect there
may be problems with your Maxtor OneTouch II Small
Business Edition drive, click
Test
to run a diagnostic on your
drive. If the test finds your drive to be defective, it will display
an Return Material Authorization (RMA) code you will use to
return your drive for repairs under warranty.
Adjust Performance
You can adjust the performance of your drive.
Highest Performance
: provides improved data throughput
when data access patterns are random in nature.
Security Settings
Click
Security Settings.
If you have not created a password, the
Set Password
screen
will appear.
If you set a password for your Maxtor OneTouch II Small
Business Edition drive, every time your drive is on and
connected to your computer, including when you start or
restart your computer, or when you turn off your drive and turn
it back on, you will need to enter your password in order to use
your drive.
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. You are
allowed 5 attempts before you must turn off your drive and
turn it back on, to try again at which point you can try an
additional 5 times.
If you are not able to recover your password, the
only other way to unlock the drive is to erase all of
its contents.
Setting your Password
1.
Click
Security Settings.
2.
Enter and re-enter a
Password.
Your password must contain at least six characters, of which
one must be a number.