User`s guide

Installing Your Drive 6

Installing Your Drive

In this chapter you will install your Maxtor OneTouch

™

II drive, the

Dantz Retrospect Express backup software, and activate the

Maxtor OneTouch button for simple backups of your valuable data

anytime you need them. To ensure a successful installation, follow

the steps outlined below.

Please do not connect the drive to your computer until

after you have installed the software.

Follow these steps to install your drive

Step 1. Install the software.

Step 2. Connect the drive to your computer.

Software Installation Options

There are two options for the software installation:

• Full Installation (Recommended)

Installs the Maxtor software drivers necessary for the

OneTouch II drive to operate, the OneTouch Utility program

and the Dantz Retrospect Express backup software that

allows you to backup data at the touch of a button.

• Install Drivers

Installs ONLY the Maxtor drivers and the OneTouch Utility

program.

Select your operating system

The complete, step-by-step installation for popular Windows and

Macintosh operating systems is described separately in the

following sections. Simply find the section for your operating

system and follow the steps to get your Maxtor OneTouch II drive

up and running.

• Windows 2000 and XP: See page 7.

• Windows 98SE and ME: See page 13.

• Macintosh OS X: See page 20.

• Macintosh OS 9: See page 30.