Restoring your complete system – Maxtor FireWire 800 User Manual

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11. Click Replace.

Retrospect will scan your system (This may take a
few minutes).

The Restore from Backup window will appear, to confirm
the source (your Maxtor OneTouch II drive) and the
destination (your Macintosh hard drive) for the restore.

12. Click Restore.

A window will appear asking you: ‘Really Execute?’

13. Click OK.

(If the ‘Really Execute?’ window appears again, click OK.)

Retrospect will begin to restore your system.

This process may take several minutes.

When Retrospect Express finishes, you should see the
message: ‘Execution completed successfully.’

You can view the Log to make sure that all of your files
were restored by going to the Window menu and
selecting Log.

14. Quit Retrospect, by going to the File menu and

selecting Quit.

15. Restart your Macintosh.

If the system restore was successful, you should find all of the files
that you originally backed up.

Restoring Your Complete System

Windows

To restore your system:

1. Prepare your hard drive. Partition, if necessary, and format.

2. Install your operating system.

The following service packs need to be applied:
Windows 2000: Service Pack 3 or later.
Windows XP: Service Pack 1 or later.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later is required for all
windows operating systems.

3. Reinstall the Maxtor OneTouch software including

Retrospect. (For more information see chapter 2.)

4. Open Retrospect Express HD.

5. Click Restore

The next window displays a calendar with a listing of all
your restore points.

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