Maxtor FireWire 800 User's Guide download pdf (Page 18)

To connect the FireWire Cable

1. Plug one end of the FireWire cable into any available FireWire

port on your computer or any other FireWire device that is

connected to your computer.

2. Plug the other end of the FireWire cable into either of the

available FireWire ports on the back of the drive.

Figure 6. Connecting to a FireWire port

Depending on the size of your drive, it may take several

seconds for your Macintosh to recognize the drive.

The installation is complete and your Maxtor OneTouch II drive is

ready to use!

If you did the Full Installation, we encourage you to proceed to the

next section, “Backing Up Your Computer” on page 16, to setup

Retrospect Express for easy, automated backup of your

entire computer!

If you’d like to learn how to set up OneTouch button for backing up

your ﬁles at the touch of a button, see “Setting Up the Maxtor

OneTouch Feature” on page 32 in chapter 3.

See “Using Your Drive” on page 27 in chapter 3, for information on

using your drive for common applications and on using Retrospect

Express to backup and restore your important ﬁles.

Backing Up Your Computer

To backup your entire Macintosh including the operating system,

use the following steps:

You cannot run Retrospect Express under OS 9 to create

system backups of OS X. You must run Retrospect Express

under OS X to back up an OS X system.

1. Open Retrospect Express

The Retrospect Express Directory window will open.

2. Click the Automate tab.

The Scripted Retrospect operations section

will appear.

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Maxtor FireWire 800 User's Guide Page 18