Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT, Personal Storage 3000DV, Personal Storage 3100, Personal Storage 3200 Installation Guide for Macintosh 1394 Interface

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Hardware
Installation

Personal Storage Installation

To connect your new Maxtor Personal Storage product
to your computer, please follow these simple steps.
If these steps are not performed in order, your product
may not function properly.

Power Cord Connections

1. Ensure that your computer is on and running one
of the required operating systems.

2. Plug the four-pin male connector with the flat
side facing up into the back of the product’s DC
power-in connector (Figure 1).

3. Connect the female end of the electric cord into
the power adapter (Figure 2).

4. Plug the male connector from the power adapter
into power outlet.

1394 Data Cable Connections

1. Plug one end of the translucent 1394 cable into
any available 1394 port on your computer.

2. Plug the other end of the translucent 1394 cable
into either of the 1394 connections on the
product (Figure 3).

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Pre
Installation

Thank You

Thank you for selecting a Maxtor Personal Storage
product. Please follow these instructions to take full
advantage of its features.

Handling Precautions

If these handling precautions are not followed,
damage to the Personal Storage product may result –
which may void your product warranty. Please see
the Warranty section for additional information.

• DO NOT open the product. Opening the product
will void the warranty.

• DO NOT bump, jar or drop this device as it may
result in loss of data.

• DO NOT stack this product more than three
units high.

• DO NOT set or operate the product on its side
without an approved cradle from Maxtor. It may
fall over and damage the internal hard drive.

• DO NOT disconnect any cables or power while
copying files without properly unplugging or
unmounting the device via your operating system –
as this can result in data loss and possible damage
to the internal hard drive.

• DO NOT set any liquids or drinks on the product ­as they will damage the internal electronics.

• NOT intended as a portable product.

Hardware and Operating System Requirements
for Macintosh

• Power PC with on-board FireWire ports
(iMac DV, G3 or higher)

• Full version of Mac OS 8.6 or higher

• Apple FireWire extension 2.3.3 or higher

• At least 32 MB of RAM

• An Internet connection for
contacting Maxtor

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Macintosh
Software Setup

Note: Software setup does not apply to Mac OS X.

1. Please close all open programs before you begin
the software installation.

2. Check your system’s FireWire version. Go to the
Apple icon, open the Apple System Profiler pro­gram and click on the Devices and Volumes tab.
See sample screen:

Note: You will need Apple FireWire extension 2.3.3
or higher.

3. Insert the Maxtor Personal Storage CD into your
CD-ROM drive. The following window will appear:

4. Double-click on the Maxtor Software Installer
icon. The license agreement screen will display.
Click I Agree.

5. In the save dialog box, click Save to create a fold­er on your desktop called Maxtor 1394 Storage.

6. Restart your system.
Note: Once your system restarts, you will see a

PC-DOS drive. This is your new Maxtor Firewire
storage. You can either use it “as is” or use the
Maxtor utility to re-initialize the drive (recommended).

7. Double click on the Maxtor Software icon on your
desktop. You will see the following window:

Personal Storage Installation Guide for Macintosh

1394 Interface

Figure 3

1394 Cable Hook-up

Figure 2

Power Adapter Connection

Figure 1

Power Connection

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Kit
Components

The Maxtor Personal Storage product comes
complete with the components shown here.
Please familiarize yourself with each of these
items prior to installation.

Personal Storage

Power Adapter

1394 Cable

CD-ROM

1394 External Storage

Installation Software for Mac OS and Windows

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Please see reverse side for operating tips, notes
on multiple system use, product registration and
warranty information.

Urgent Notice for 160GB Products

The 160GB Personal Storage product cannot be used
to transport data between Windows-based PC’s and
Macintosh computer systems. Do not connect it to a
Mac running OS X if the personal storage product
has previously been installed on a PC. Connecting the
product to a Mac running OS X after it has been used
on a PC will result immediately in lost data.

To use Maxtor Personal Storage products with
160GB capacity or higher on your Macintosh
running OS X, you must first reformat the drive.
The Mac OS Disk Utility will guide you through
the process.

REFORMATTING THE DRIVE WILL DESTROY

DATA STORED ON THAT DRIVE

Additional Note

The 160GB Maxtor Personal Storage model is not
supported as a boot drive for Macintosh systems.

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Operating
Tips

Disconnecting the Product

While in the Finder, drag the drive icon to the Trash.
Then you may disconnect the Personal Storage
product.

Re-attaching the Product

To re-attach the Personal Storage product, simply
re-insert the 1394 cable into the product and your
computer. Make sure the product is getting power.

Spin down Power Management

If you want to spin down your Personal Storage
product...

and your
operating system is: try this first:

Mac OS X From the Apple Menu go to System

Preferences and select Energy Saver.

Mac OS 9.x From the Apple Menu go to Control

Panels and select Energy Saver.

Mac OS 8.6 From the Apple Menugo to Control

Panels and select Energy Saver.

MaxTools Power Management

For more information about Maxtor’s power
management utility, MaxTools, visit our website at:
www.maxtor.com.

Personal Storage Installation Guide for Macintosh

1394 Interface

www.maxtor.com

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Product
Registration

Take Advantage of the Benefits!

By registering your new Personal Storage product,
you’ll have the option to receive product updates,
special offers, and important information about other
data storage solutions from Maxtor.

Simply point your web browser to: www.maxtor .com
– go to the product registration page, and complete
the short questionnaire.

Product Warranty

Maxtor’s warranty obligations are limited to the
terms set forth: Maxtor warrants only to the original
consumer purchaser that new Maxtor Personal
Storage products will be free from defects in material
and workmanship for 1 year from the date of original
purchase. Indigita has warranted to Maxtor that the
Personal Storage Installation Software materially con­forms to the specifications. Any other software prod­uct which may be distributed herewith are “AS IS”
and without any warranty.

For a replacement Personal Storage product, the war­ranty on the replacement device is the remainder of
the warranty on the original device or 90 days,
whichever is longer. If you discover a defect, Maxtor
will, at its option, repair or replace the product at no
charge to you, provided you return it during the war­ranty period, with transportation charges prepaid, to
Maxtor in Ireland, Singapore or the USA.

Personal Storage products must be properly pack­aged in Maxtor packaging or Maxtor approved pack­aging to obtain warranty service. Before returning a
Maxtor product, please contact Maxtor at: +353 1
204 1111 (in Europe) or 1-800-2MAXTOR (in U.S.) to
obtain a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number.
A copy of the receipt or a bill of sale bearing the
appropriate Maxtor serial number and model number
may be required for warranty service. The warranty
applies only to the Maxtor products that can be iden­tified by the Maxtor trademark, trade name, serial
number or logo affixed to them. Maxtor does not
warrant any product that is not manufactured by, for
or with permission from Maxtor.

This warranty is not applicable to: Abnormal wear and
tear; Abuse, unreasonable use, mistreatment, or
neglect; Damage caused during installation of the
Product; Damage caused by the equipment or sys­tem with which the product is used; Damage caused
by modification or repair not made or authorized by
Maxtor; Product whose Maxtor Serial Number has
been removed or defaced; Damage caused by liquids
in the product case; Damage to the products’ inter­face or power connectors; Damage caused by use of
non-Maxtor packaging; Damage caused by improper
or improperly used packaging; Products that are
determined to be stolen.

THIS WARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH
ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTH­ERS, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED. MAXTOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS
ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MER­CHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. ADDI­TIONALLY, MAXTOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT
THE PERSONAL STORAGE INSTALLATION SOFT­WARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE PERSONAL STORAGE
KIT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS NOR THE
PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS THAT THE OPERA­TION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE UNINTERRUPT­ED OR ERROR FREE. No Maxtor dealer, agent or
employee is authorized to make any modification,
extension or addition to this warranty.

MAXTOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY BREACH OF
WARRANTY, OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEO­RY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, DOWNTIME, GOODWILL,
DAMAGE OR REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND
PROPERTY, AND ANY COSTS OF RECOVERING,
PROGRAMMING OR REPRODUCING ANY PRO­GRAM OR DATA STORED IN OR USED WITH MAX­TOR DISK DRIVES OR MAXTOR PERSONAL STOR­AGE PRODUCTS CONTAINING MAXTOR DISK DRI­VES or any software product distributed therewith.

Some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion
or limitation of incidental or consequential damages
or exclusions of implied warranties, so the above lim­itations or exclusions may not apply to you. This war­ranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may
also have other rights that vary from jurisdiction to
jurisdiction.

Maxtor may make changes or improvements in the
product(s) described in this publication at any time
and without notice. This product tested to comply
with FCC standards for home or office use.

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