Disconnecting a USB drive

To disconnect a USB drive from your Maxtor Shared Storage Drive:

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 Advanced Settings button.

3.Click Configure Your USB Devices.

4.Click Unplug USB devices from the Shared Storage Drive.

5.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.

6.Click Done.

7.Disconnect your USB drive from the your Shared Storage Drive.

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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.

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.

Connecting a USB printer

Connect the USB printer while your Shared Storage Drive is on.

The printer will appear in the list of shares displayed in the Printers and Faxes folder on your Shared Storage Drive.

To use the printer from a Windows PC, install the driver included with your printer on that specific Windows PC:

1.Under the Start menu, select Control Panel and then click

Printers and Other Hardware.

The Printers and Other Hardware window will appear.

2.Click View installed printers or fax printers.

The printers or fax printers that you have installed on your computer should appear in this window.

3.Drag and drop the icon that corresponds to the printer you wish to install into the Printers and Faxes folder on your Windows PC.

You will need your original printer install disk to install the printer driver on your Shared Storage Drive.

4.Follow the on-screen instructions to install your printer.

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20274700 specifications

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