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The slider at the bottom of the screen controls the time

period of inactivity before the all system hard drives will go

to sleep. It is possible to choose as short as 10 minutes

and as long as 60 minutes. You can also set it to never go

to sleep.

4. Select a time period using the slider in the bottom of the

window.

5. Close the Energy Saver control panel.

Windows

Opening the OneTouch Settings utility

Double-click the Maxtor OneTouch 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 34 earlier in this chapter.

Drive Management: Where you can view information about

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

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.

Customize OneTouch Button

You can set the button on your Maxtor OneTouch II 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 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. If you also have a Personal

Storage 5000 drive, you can set its button to launch a

different application.

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