User`s guide

Using Your Drive 48

Using Retrospect Express

Macintosh

Your Maxtor OneTouch II drive includes a full copy of the Dantz

Retrospect Express software. It includes many powerful and

convenient features. In addition to the Maxtor OneTouch feature,

you can:

• Automatically make copies of your most important files.

• Make copies of your data onto other popular storage devices,

including CD-R, DVD-R, and selected tape drives.

• Recover lost work easily – restore a single file or the contents

of an entire drive in one easy step.

• Save time and minimize storage space needs.

If you installed your drive with the Maxtor OneTouch feature, the

Retrospect Express software is already installed.

Here are some important guidelines:

• Only the current versions of your files are copied. The

Maxtor OneTouch II drive does not keep backup copies made

in earlier sessions.

• If you delete files from your source drive and then push the

button, those same files will also be deleted from your

Maxtor OneTouch II drive.

• Any files that are currently open will not be copied to the

Maxtor OneTouch II drive. Close any files you want copied

before pressing the button.

Can I customize the Maxtor OneTouch Backup?

Yes. Using Retrospect Express, you can customize OneTouch

backup in a variety of ways. The default type is a duplicate backup

You can even customize how the duplicate replaces files on the

destination drive.

If you modify the destination location for the Maxtor OneTouch

script or another duplicate script in Retrospect Express, it will

default to “replace the entire contents” of the selected drive or

folder. This will erase all files on the destination drive’s backup

folder and will only copy the selected files from the source

drive’s folder.

It is strongly recommended that you:

• Select the option to “Replace Corresponding Files”

• Define a folder on the destination drive dedicated to your

duplicate backups.

Figure 4. Replace Corresponding Files