Seagate OneTouch OneTouch Installation Addendum

EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE

READ ME FIRST

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE USER’S GUIDE

FOR WINDOWS

®

USERS

(see other side for Macintosh)

Software installation:

Do not press the Maxtor OneTouch™ button until instructed by the

User's Guide or installation software. Please quit all applications, including the application

icons on your taskbar (right side), before starting the installation process. Do not remove the

installation CD until after completing the Maxtor OneTouch setup.

Maxtor OneTouch Setup:

After completing the Retrospect

®

software registration described in

step 5 (page 12 for Windows 2000 & XP, page 19 for Windows 98SE

& Me):

•

Exit Retrospect by going to the

File

menu and selecting

Exit

.

• Push the Maxtor OneTouch button again on the front of your

drive. Retrospect will open and the Maxtor OneTouch Setup

screen will appear. Continue the setup process as documented in

Step 6. Refer to Knowledge Base Article 1555 for more detail on

setting up the Maxtor OneTouch button.

If you own a Maxtor Personal Storage

™

5000 drive:

For proper installation of a Maxtor OneTouch drive on systems

with a Maxtor 5000(LE/DV/XT) drive already installed

, follow the

installation notes provided in the Maxtor Knowledge base article

on the web.

•

Go to www.maxtorkb.com

•

In the box called

Knowledge Base Quick Links

,

click on the link

External Storage answers

.

The

Product Support Knowledge Base

window will appear. In the

field labeled

Search Text (optional)

, enter the text

OneTouch@5000

,

and then click the

Search

button.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Standby and hibernate settings: Windows 98SE / Me (USB interface)

You may experience problems with the standby or hibernate modes on Windows 98SE and Me systems

when using your drive on the USB interface. Possible problems include: the system hangs on returning

from standby or hibernate mode, the drive icon disappears from your desktop or you get an error message:

Failed drive needs format.

Note that this problem can result in lost or damaged files.

Solution

: disable the standby and hibernate modes in your operating system

Maxtor OneTouch error message

If you get the following warning message on a Windows system,

Use Maxtor OneTouch Settings to

associate Maxtor OneTouch button to an application

, refer to the section titled:

How to Reset the Maxtor

OneTouch button

, User’s Guide—page 44, to reset your Maxtor OneTouch button.

Maxtor OneTouch

Maxtor OneTouch and

Maxtor Personal Storage

5000