Contents Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Using the Maxtor System Tray Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Restoring the System Tray Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Managing Your Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Simple Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Using Custom Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Completing the Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Editing Sync Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Checking Sync Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Getting Started The Maxtor OneTouch 4 drive offers these features: • Backup & Restore to back up and restore data • A customized OneTouch button to quickly open a frequently-used program • Power management features to conserve energy when your Maxtor OneTouch 4 isn’t being used If you are a OneTouch II or III user, you also have access to features available on that drive: • Sync to synchronize one or more folders between two or more computers • Security settings to password-protect your drive Installing
Figure 2: Welcome Step 3: Click Next. The EULA language selection window opens: Figure 3: EULA Language Selection Step 4: Select the language in which you want to read the License Agreement and click Next.
Figure 4: License Agreement Step 5: Click Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement. The Choose Destination Location window opens: Figure 5: Select a Destination Step 6: Accept the default destination folder or click Browse to select a different folder. Step 7: Click Next.
Figure 6: Setup Status When the installation is complete, a Register window opens: Figure 7: Register Step 8: Click Register to register your OneTouch 4 drive now or click Next to conclude the installation.
Figure 8: InstallShield Wizard Complete Step 9: Decide whether to restart your computer and complete the installation now and click Finish.
Figure 9: OneTouch Application You’re ready to use your Maxtor OneTouch 4 drive. Using the Maxtor System Tray Icon You can use the Maxtor system tray icon to check the status of your OneTouch drive and to access the drive features.
The information popup confirms the drive’s status and identifies the drive letter. The color of the system tray icon conveys this information: Figure 11: System Tray Icon Information Note: When a backup or sync has failed, the red icon continues to display until the next successful backup or sync.
Restoring the System Tray Icon If you select Exit from the System Tray menu, the Maxtor icon disappears from the System Tray.
Managing Your Drives The My Drives window provides a central point from which to manage your Maxtor OneTouch™ devices. It displays all Maxtor devices connected to your computer: Figure 1: My Drives The Command panel across the top of the window allows you to access your drive features and manage drive utilities. In the My Drives window, Step 1: Select a device. Step 2: Click an option in the Command panel. Note: External drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window.
Customizing the OneTouch Button You can customize your OneTouch button, located on the front of your drive, so that your OneTouch drive automatically performs the action of your choice when you click the OneTouch button. You can set the OneTouch button to • Back up now • Sync folders now • Open the application of your choice To customize your OneTouch button, Step 1: In the My Drives window, click Settings. The Settings window opens: Figure 2: Settings Step 2: Click Customize OneTouch Button.
Figure 3: Customize OneTouch Button Step 3: Select Backup and click apply to link that action to the OneTouch button.
Figure 4: Customize OneTouch Button - Choose Application Step 4: Click Browse to select an application. An Open window appears: Figure 5: Open Step 5: Select an application and click Open.
The application you’ve chosen is displayed in the Customize OneTouch Button window: Figure 6: Customize OneTouch Button - Application Selected Step 6: Click Apply.
Figure 7: Customize OneTouch Confirmation Step 7: Click OK. You can now open the selected application by pressing your OneTouch button. Adjusting the Power Setting You can choose how long your drive should remain inactive before it goes into powersaving mode. To adjust the power setting, Step 1: In the My Drives window, click Settings.
Figure 8: Settings Step 2: Click Adjust Power Setting.
Figure 9: Adjust Power Setting Step 3: Select an interval from the dropdown menu or click Default to return to the default power setting. Step 4: Click Apply to save the power setting.
Figure 10: Adjust Power Setting Confirmation Step 5: Click OK to return to the My Drives window. Testing Your Drive Test your drive to check the health of your OneTouch drive. The diagnostic utility performs its tests without affecting the data on your drive. To test your drive, Step 1: In the My Drives window, click Settings.
Figure 11: Settings Step 2: Click Test My Drive.
Figure 12: Run Drive Diagnostics Step 3: Click Test. A progress bar indicates the progress of the test.
Figure 13: Diagnostics Complete The drive pictured above is functioning normally.
Figure 14: Diagnostics - Bad Drive Step 4: Click OK. Updating Your Software The Software Update feature automatically informs you when an update is available for your software. However, you can manually check to see if an update is available or you can turn off the Software Update feature. To check for software updates, Step 1: In the My Drives window, click Settings.
Figure 15: Settings Step 2: Click Check for Software Update.
Figure 16: Software Update Software Update is selected by default. Step 3: To turn off Software Update, unselect Check for updates automatically. Step 4: To check for updates now, click Check Now.
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Backing Up & Restoring Folders The Maxtor OneTouch Backup feature allows you to • • • • Schedule the backup of selected folders Edit backup settings] Launch an immediate file backup Restore backed up files After the initial backup, the OneTouch software backs up changed files in backed up folders on a schedule you set or when you click Back Up Now in the Backup window. You can create one Backup Plan for each OneTouch drive connected to your computer.
Figure 1: Backup Step 2: In the Backup window, click Simple Backup. A Simple Backup Confirmation window confirms that you’ve selected Simple Backup and asks you to name this Backup Plan: Figure 2: Simple Backup Confirmation Step 3: Enter a name for your Backup Plan and click OK.
The Backup window now offers the options of editing your backup settings and restoring backed up files and describes your Backup Plan and the details of your last backup. Figure 3: Backup Creating a Custom Backup To select specific folders for backup and set up a backup destination and schedule, Step 1: Click Backup in the Command panel.
Figure 4: Backup Step 2: In the Backup window, click Custom Backup.
Figure 5: Backup Folder Selection Step 3: Name your Backup Plan, select the folders to be backed up, and click Next.
Figure 6: File Types: All Types Step 4: Select the types of files you want to back up: • All File Types • Photos, Music, Videos, Documents — You can choose to back up any or all of these: Maxtor OneTouch IV 30
Figure 7: File Types: Photo, Music, Video, Documents • Custom Select specific file types to include or exclude for backup: — To back up only a few of the available file types, 1. Select Include these file types. 2. Select each file type you do want to back up and click Add to move it to the Include list. — To back up most of the available file types, 1. Select Exclude these file types. 2. Select each file type you don’t want to back up and click Add to move it to the Exclude list.
Figure 8: File Types: Custom Step 5: Click Next.
Figure 9: Backup Schedule Step 6: Select the days and time you want to back up your folders and click Finish. The Backup window now offers the options of editing your backup settings and restoring backed up files and describes your Backup Plan.
Figure 10: Backup Managing Backup Settings Editing Backup Settings To edit the settings for a Backup Plan, Step 1: Click Backup in the Command panel.
Figure 11: Backup Step 2: In the Backup window, click Edit My Backup Settings.
Figure 12: Backup Folder Selection Step 3: Edit the Backup Plan name and/or the folder selection and click Next.
Figure 13: File Types Step 4: Edit the types of files to be backed up and click Next.
Figure 14: Backup Schedule Step 5: Edit the days and/or time you want to back up your folders and click Finish. The Backup window now displays your edited Backup Plan.
Figure 15: Backup Deleting a Backup Plan You can delete the Backup Plan for any OneTouch drive connected to your computer. To delete a Backup Plan, Step 1: Click Backup in the Command panel.
Figure 16: Backup Step 2: In the Backup window, click Delete Backup Plan.
Figure 17: Delete Backup Plans Listed is the Backup Plan for each OneTouch drive connected to your computer. Step 3: Select the Backup Plan you want to delete and click Delete. The Backup Plan is deleted. Note: Your backed up files are NOT deleted. Using Automatic Backup Use Automatic Backup to back up changed files in backed up folders on the days and time you set. The Automatic Backup On/Off switch enables or disables the Backup schedule. By default, Automatic Backup is turned on.
Figure 18: Automatic Backup Off Backing Up Manually You can back up files manually whenever you like, whether Automatic Backup is on or off. To launch a backup manually, • Press the OneTouch button if you’ve customized it to back up files. — OR — • Click Back Up Now in the lower right corner of the Backup window.
A Backup Progress window opens to inform you of the progress of the manual backup and let you know when the backup is complete: Figure 19: Manual Backup Complete Viewing the Backup Log The Backup Log is a text-based report of your backup history.
Figure 20: Backup — OR — Click the OneTouch icon in your System Tray to display the OneTouch popup menu: Figure 21: System Tray Menu Step 2: Click View Log to open a text file showing the history of your system backups: Maxtor OneTouch IV 44
Figure 22: Backup Log Restoring Files When you back up the files stored in selected folders, the Maxtor Manager saves ten (10) previous, or historical, versions of each revised file stored on your OneTouch drive. You can restore a saved historical version of a backed up file based on the date it was last modified or you can restore the most recent version of a backed up file. To restore files, Step 1: Click Backup in the Command panel.
Figure 23: Backup Listed beneath Restore Files are the date and time of your most recent backup. Step 2: In the Backup window, click Restore Files.
Figure 24: Restore a File Restoring an Historical Version Step 1: Click Restore historical version of backed up file to restore a previous version of a file.
Figure 25: Restore Historical Version Step 2: Select a file and file version to be restored and click Restore. The selected file version is restored to the location noted in the Restore Historical Version window. Restoring the Most Recent Version Step 1: Click Restore most recent version to restore the latest version of a file.
Figure 26: Maxtor Backup in Windows Explorer Step 2: Browse to the desired file and drag it to the location at which you want it restored. Step 3: Close Windows Explorer.
OneTouch II and III Users Although the OneTouch 4 software does not offer Security, Sync, or RAID, users who also own OneTouch II or III drives on which those features have been available can continue to access them. Managing Security Setting Up DrivePass DrivePass allows you to password-protect an entire OneTouch drive. You can use DrivePass on any of the OneTouch drives connected to your computer. Be sure to use a DrivePass password you can remember easily.
Figure 1: My Drives Step 2: Click Settings.
Figure 2: Settings Step 3: Click Adjust Security Settings.
Figure 3: DrivePass Password Step 4: Enter and re-enter a password that will unlock your OneTouch drive. Your password must contain at least six characters, including one digit. Step 5: If you wish, select a security question from the dropdown menu and then enter and re-enter the answer to that question. You can use the answer to the security question to unlock your drive if you forget your password. Step 6: Click Apply.
Figure 4: Password Warning Step 7: Click Confirm to set your password.
Figure 5: Password Confirmation Step 8: Click OK. Unlocking Your OneTouch Drive Once you enable DrivePass, your OneTouch drive locks automatically each time you shut down your computer or remove the OneTouch drive.
Figure 6: Drive Locked To unlock your drive, Step 1: Enter your password and click OK. A confirmation verifies that your drive is unlocked.
Removing DrivePass To remove DrivePass from your OneTouch, Step 1: In the My Drives window, select your OneTouch II or III drive: Figure 8: My Drives Step 2: Click Settings.
Figure 9: Settings Step 3: Click Adjust Security Settings.
Figure 10: Manage DrivePass Step 4: Click Remove DrivePass.
Figure 11: Remove DrivePass Step 5: Enter your DrivePass password and click OK.
Figure 12: DrivePass Removed Changing Your DrivePass Password To change your DrivePass password, Step 1: In the My Drives window, select your OneTouch II or III drive: Maxtor OneTouch IV 61
Figure 13: My Drives Step 2: Click Settings.
Figure 14: Settings Step 3: Click Adjust Security Settings.
Figure 15: Manage DrivePass Step 4: Click Change Password.
Figure 16: Change Password Step 5: Enter your current DrivePass password and click Next.
Figure 17: Change Password Step 6: Enter and re-enter the new password. Step 7: If you wish, enter and re-enter the answer to a security question. Step 8: Click Apply.
Figure 18: Password Warning Step 9: Click Confirm to change your password.
Figure 19: Password Changed Step 10: Click OK. If You Forget Your Password... If you forget your password and are unable to unlock your drive, you must reformat the drive in order to continue to use it. Reformatting erases all data stored on the drive. When you disconnect a OneTouch drive for which you’ve set a DrivePass password, the drive locks automatically.
Figure 20: DrivePass Password Window If you’ve forgotten both your password and (if you’ve set one) the answer to your security question, you must erase and reformat your OneTouch drive before you can use it again. To erase your OneTouch drive, Step 1: If the DrivePass password window is open, click Forgot your Password? — OR — Open Maxtor Manager. Step 2: Click Security in the Command panel.
Figure 21: Security - Drive Locked Step 3: Click DrivePass.
Figure 22: Manage DrivePass Locked Step 4: Click Erase Maxtor OneTouch.
Figure 23: Erase Maxtor OneTouch Warning Step 5: Click Confirm to continue with the erasure.
Figure 24: Erase Maxtor OneTouch Warning Step 6: Click Yes to proceed with the disk erasure. The Erasing window informs you of the progress of the erasure.
Figure 25: Erasing The erasure can take several hours depending upon the size of your drive.
Figure 26: Erasure Complete Step 7: Click OK. Step 8: Turn your OneTouch drive off and back on. Your OneTouch drive is now ready to be used again. Synchronizing Folders Sync is designed to synchronize files in one or more folders between two or more computers. You can sync selected folders from one computer to your OneTouch drive and then connect the drive to another computer to complete the sync. Note: Files cannot be synchronized between computers running XP and those running Vista.
Note: Make sure all computers participating in the Sync are set to precisely the same time to ensure that Sync works properly. Using Simple Sync Simple Sync is pre-configured to automatically sync all file types in your XP My Documents or Vista Documents folder. Newer file versions always overwrite older versions. To select Simple Sync, Step 1: Click Sync in the Command panel. The Sync window opens: Figure 27: Sync Step 2: Click Simple Sync.
Figure 28: Confirm Simple Sync Your My Documents folder is now synchronized with your drive. Connect the drive to other computers to complete the Sync. Using Custom Sync Custom Sync allows you to select specific folders and file types for synchronization and to choose sync and encryption settings. To configure Custom Sync, Step 1: Click Sync in the Command panel.
Figure 29: Sync Step 2: Click Custom Sync.
Figure 30: Folder Selection Step 3: Select the folders to be synchronized. You can select as many folders as you like, but they must all reside on the same drive (partition). Step 4: Click Next.
Figure 31: All File Types Step 5: Select the types of files you want to sync: • All File Types • Photos, Music, Videos, Documents — You can choose to sync any or all of these: Maxtor OneTouch IV 80
Figure 32: File Types: Photo, Music, Video, Documents • Custom Select specific file types to include or exclude for sync: — To sync only a few of the available file types, 1. Select Include these file types. 2. Select each file type you do want to sync and click Add to move it to the Include window. — To sync most of the available file types, 1. Select Exclude these file types. 2. Select each file type you don’t want to sync and click Add to move it to the Exclude window.
Figure 33: File Types: Custom Step 6: After you’ve selected the types of files to sync, click Next.
Figure 34: Sync Options Step 7: Select your Sync options: • Sync Rules: — Sync automatically each time a file changes — Sync manually using the Sync Now button in the Sync window • Copy & Replace Rules — Always overwrite older file versions with newer versions — Ask before overwriting a file • Sync Encryption Sync Encryption is not available on the OneTouch 4 drive, so this option is not active. (Sync Encryption is available on the OneTouch 4 Mini and the OneTouch 4 Plus.
Figure 35: Sync Settings Completing the Sync To complete the Sync, you must remove your OneTouch drive from the computer on which the original Sync occurred and connect it to another computer on which you want to sync the selected folders. You can connect the OneTouch drive to as many computers as you wish to include in the Sync. The first time you connect your OneTouch to a second computer to complete a Sync, you’re asked where to put the synchronized folders on this computer.
Figure 36: Sync Folders (b) If you’ve synchronized your XP My Documents (or Vista Personal Folder), the Sync “My Documents” (or Sync ”Personal Folder”) window opens: Maxtor OneTouch IV 85
Figure 37: Sync My Documents or Personal Folder (c) If you’ve synchronized both XP My Documents (or Vista Personal Folder) and other folders, both windows open. Step 3: In each window, select the location at which to store the synchronized folders on this computer and click OK. From now on, the selected folders will automatically sync with the versions on your OneTouch drive each time you connect the drive to the computer.
Figure 38: Sync Settings Step 2: Click Edit Sync Settings.
Figure 39: Folder Selection Step 3: Make the desired changes and click Next.
Figure 40: File Types Step 4: Make the desired changes and click Next.
Figure 41: Sync Options Step 5: Make the desired changes and click Finish. Checking Sync Status To check the status of a Sync, Step 1: Click Sync in the Command panel.
Figure 42: Sync Settings Step 2: Click Check Sync Status.
Figure 43: Sync Status Listed are the names of the computers on which Sync was set up, the date of the last Sync, and the Automatic Sync setting (On or Off). Step 3: Click OK to return to the Sync window. Deleting Sync Settings To delete all your Sync settings and create a new set, Step 1: Click Sync in the Command panel.
Figure 44: Sync Settings Step 2: Click Delete Sync Settings. The Delete Sync Settings Confirmation window opens: Figure 45: Delete Sync Settings Confirmation Step 3: Click Delete.
Figure 46: Sync Step 4: Select Simple Sync or Custom Sync and choose the desired Sync settings. Using Automatic Sync The Automatic Sync feature continuously tracks file changes in synchronized folders and automatically synchronizes revised versions by overwriting older versions with newer versions. By default, Automatic Sync is turned on. Turning Off Automatic Sync You can turn off Automatic Sync and control when files are synchronized rather than synchronizing files automatically.
Figure 47: Sync Settings Step 2: In the Sync window, click the Automatic Sync Off button. Step 3: To sync manually when Automatic Sync is off, • Press the OneTouch button if you’ve customized it to sync files — OR — • Click Sync Now in the lower right corner of the Sync window.
Figure 48: Sync Preview Listed are the files scheduled to be overwritten. If you do NOT want to overwrite an older file version with a newly-synchronized version, • Uncheck the file in the On column. Using the Sync Preview Window Use the Sync Preview window to manage your synchronized files: • Add or delete files. • Decide whether to overwrite existing file versions. • Resolve conflicts over which version of a synchronized file to save.
Figure 49: Sync Preview To use the Sync Preview window, Step 1: Use the On checkbox to tell Maxtor Manager which file versions to overwrite, add, or delete. Step 2: Click Sync Now to complete the sync. A Sync Progress window informs you of the progress of the sync: Figure 50: Sync Progress Step 3: When the sync is complete, click OK to close the window. Using Automatic Overwrite When Automatic Overwrite is on, older file versions are always replaced with newer versions.
When Automatic Overwrite is off, the Maxtor Manager displays the Sync Preview window to allow you to decide whether to overwrite an older file version with a new version: Using RAID If your OneTouch III drive supports RAID, you can access this feature via the OneTouch 4 My Drives window: Figure 51: My Drives To use RAID, Step 1: In the My Drives window, select your OneTouch III drive and click Settings.
Figure 52: Settings Step 2: Click RAID Settings.
Figure 53: RAID Settings Step 3: Select a RAID setting and click Next.
Figure 54: RAID Warning Step 4: Click Continue. A window informs you that RAID Setup is in progress: Figure 55: Reformat Warning Step 5: Click OK.
Figure 56: Reformat in Progress Step 6: Click Reformat. When the reformat is complete, your drive is ready for use. For further information about using RAID, refer to your OneTouch III User Guide.
Frequently Asked Questions These are common, frequently asked questions about the OneTouch 4. For further information, refer to the Seagate Knowledge Base at support.seagate.com. 1. What are the minimum Operating System requirements for the OneTouch 4? Microsoft Windows: • XP Professional, XP Home, XP Media Center Edition* • Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate* * 32-bit Operating Systems only Macintosh: • Mac OSX 10.4.
computers. (SafetyDrill is not available on the Macintosh.) OneTouch 4 users can use a third-party or Operating System (Vista Business or Vista Ultimate) backup solution. 4. What types of files and folders cannot be backed up or synchronized using the Maxtor Manager's Backup and Sync features? The Backup and Sync features cannot back up or sync these file and folder types: • System Attributed Files/Folders (Operating System and/or Program files), including hidden files/folders.
How you disconnect your OneTouch 4 from your system depends on your Operating System platform: Windows: 1 Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the System Tray. 2 Select the OneTouch 4 from the list of devices and click Stop in both windows. 3 Disconnect your OneTouch 4 from your computer. Macintosh: 1 Click and drag the volume associated with the OneTouch 4 to the Trash to eject the volume. 2 Disconnect your OneTouch 4 from your computer.
Index A Adjusting Power Setting 14 B Backing Up & Restoring Folders 25 Creating a Backup Plan 25 Restoring Files 45 Backing Up Manually 42 C Changing your DrivePass Password 61 Checking Sync Status 90 Completing the Sync 84 Creating a Backup Plan 25 Creating a Custom Backup 27 Using Simple Backup 25 Creating a Custom Backup 27 Customizing the OneTouch Button 10 D Deleting a Backup Plan 39 Deleting Sync Settings 92 E Editing Backup Settings 34 Editing Sync Settings 86 Enabling DrivePass 50 F Frequently
Deleting a Backup Plan 39 Editing Backup Settings 34 Using Scheduled Backup 41 Viewing the Backup Log 43 Managing Security 50 Setting Up DrivePass 50 Managing Your Drives 9 Adjusting Power Setting 14 Customizing the OneTouch Button 10 Testing Your Drive 17 O OneTouch II and III Users 50 If You Forget Your Password...
U Unlocking Your OneTouch Drive 55 Updating Your Software 21 Using Automatic Overwrite 97 Using Automatic Sync 94 Turning Off Automatic Sync 94 Using Custom Sync 77 Using RAID 98 Using Scheduled Backup 41 Using Simple Backup 25 Using Simple Sync 76 Using the Sync Preview Window 96 Using Automatic Overwrite 97 Using the System Tray Icon 6 V Viewing the Backup Log 43 Maxtor OneTouch IV iii