User manual SEAGATE MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE DRIVE

[. . . ] NETWORK STORAGE Shared Storage Drive User's Guide P/N: 20267900 Limited Warranty Statement inside i Maxtor Shared Storage Drive - One Year Limited Warranty Maxtor's warranty obligations are limited to the terms set forth below: Please note that Maxtor reserves the right to update from time to time the warranty terms provided for new purchases of Maxtor products, and to establish the effective date of those updated warranty terms. Please refer to www. maxtor. com for the then current form of Limited Warranty Statement for Maxtor brand products. Please note that Maxtor products are distributed outside the United States and Canada through local authorized distributors and resellers ("Resellers"). These Resellers generally offer a consumer warranty, and associated warranty services, to consumer purchasers. [. . . ] Your Personal folder includes: · Private folders that only you have access to. · A shortcut to the "Public" folder where you can share files with other users of the Shared Storage Drive. The Public folder includes: · A set of folders in which users can share their files. · The "Printers and Faxes" folder, where you can install printers as well as printer/fax machines to be available to all users of the Shared Storage Drive. (See "Using USB Printers with your drive" on page 11 for more information). Accessing your drive To access your Personal folder on the Shared Storage Drive: Double-click the desktop icon for your Shared Storage Drive, that was created when you installed the drive. 3 If you cannot find your desktop icon, you can access your Shared Storage Drive by using the Quick Start software: 1. After your Shared Storage Drive is located on the network, click Next. When the Setup Completed message appears, click Open. For more information about access privileges and other advanced features of your Shared Storage Drive, see "Advanced Settings" on page 13. Using Your Drive 9 Using the Drag and Sort Feature In addition to including a set of folders to help you organize your files, your Shared Storage Drive also includes a time-saving new feature called Drag and Sort. With Drag and Sort, every time you drag common files to your Shared Storage Drive, each file is automatically sorted into the appropriate folder based on its file type. The Drag and Sort feature supports over 100 common file types, including . doc, . ppt, . jpg, . xls, . html and more!Here's an Example: Using External USB drives with your drive There are two USB ports on the back of your drive which allow you to connect USB hard drives, such as the Maxtor OneTouchTM and Personal Storage 5000 drives. The Maxtor Shared Storage Drive is only compatible with USB drives that are formatted with the FAT32* file system. *With the FAT32 file system, the size of a single file is limited to 4 GB on this type of partition. Connecting a USB drive You may connect a USB drive while your Shared Storage Drive is on. You may also connect a USB drive while your Shared Storage Drive is off. It will be recognized the next time you turn your Shared Storage Drive on. Select a Microsoft Word document, a JPEG image file, and an MPEG video file. Drag and drop the files onto the desktop icon of your Shared Storage Drive. The files are automatically sorted into the appropriate folders: · The Microsoft Word document is placed into: My Documents · The JPEG image is placed into: My Photos · The MPEG video is placed into: My Movies 1. Your external USB drive will appear as a folder on the Shared Storage Drive. The name of this folder will correspond to the volume name of your external USB drive. By clicking and dragging files, they are copied. However, by right-clicking and dragging, you can choose to either copy or move the files. The Drag and Sort feature is only supported on a PC on which the Quick Start software has been installed. 10 Disconnecting a USB drive To disconnect a USB drive from your Maxtor Shared Storage Drive: Using USB Printers with your drive You may connect a USB printer to your Shared Storage Drive and share it with anyone on your network. 1. Go to the Maxtor Shared Storage Drive home page. See "To access the Shared Storage Drive home page:" on page 13. 2. Click the Safely Remove button, next to the USB drive you want to disconnect. A message will appear informing you that your drive can be safely removed. Although most USB printers should work, no compatibility information is available at this time. With multi-function printers, only the printing will work when connected to the Shared Storage Drive. [. . . ] Reboot your system for changes to take effect. Windows 2000/XP have file and print sharing enabled by default. 1. From the Network window, click the File and Print Sharing button. 4. When I click the Shared Storage Drive icon in Network Neighborhood, I'm asked for a password. This can happen in the following situations: · Your Windows Logon name is recognized by the Shared Storage Drive, but your password is not. If you have a different password for your Shared Storage Drive and you don't remember it, you will need to change your password. [. . . ]