Maxtor FireWire 800 - Manual (Page 11)

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Installing Your Drive 9
2. Plug the smaller end of the USB cable into the USB connection
on the drive.
Figure 2. Connecting to a USB Port
The installation is complete and your Maxtor OneTouch II drive is
ready to use!
If you did the Full Installation, including Retrospect Express, we
encourage you to go to “Setting Up Bootable Backup with the
OneTouch Button” on page 10 for easy, automated backup of
your entire computer, anytime, with the touch of a button!
If you did not install Retrospect Express, the installation is
complete and your Maxtor OneTouch II Drive is ready to use.
See “Using Your Drive” on page 27 in chapter 3, for
information about using your drive for common applications.
Connecting with the FireWire Cable
Do not plug a FireWire cable into the drive when a USB
cable is already connected to the drive. This drive will only
operate with one interface at a time.
To connect the FireWire cable
1. Plug one end of the FireWire cable into any available FireWire
port on your computer or to any other FireWire device that is
connected to your computer.
Figure 3. Connecting to a FireWire port
A FireWire 800 adapter card is required for systems that do
not have a FireWire 800 interface.