You do not have access permissions for a share. If you are not the administrator of your Shared Storage Drive, ask your administrator to provide you access.

For information on accessing the Shared Storage Drive home page, to change permission settings, see chapter 3 “Using Your Drive” on page 9.

5.What do the different-colored lights in the power button mean?

The power button light gives you a visual indication of how your Shared Storage Drive is operating. The chart below provides you basic information on the light colors, behaviors and their meaning:

Table 1: Shared Storage Drive Lights

Light

Description

 

 

Pulsing Green

Drive is functioning properly

 

 

Solid Yellow

Drive is booting up / shutting down

 

 

 

Drive has a problem with the

Alternating Green / Yellow

Ehternet connection.

(Disconnected or no network

 

 

connection)

 

 

No light

Drive is off

 

 

If the light is solid yellow for more than five minutes, please contact Maxtor Technical Support.

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6. How do I find the workgroup my computer is in?

To Find your workgroup on a Windows 95/98 system:

1.Right- click Network Neighborhood. A pop-up menu will appear.

2.Select Properties.

3.In the next screen, select the Identification tab.

Your current workgroup will appear in the box labeled Workgroup.

To find your workgroup/domain on a Windows 2000/XP system:

1.Right-click My Computer. A pop-up menu will appear.

2.Select Properties.

3.In the next screen, select the Computer Name tab.

Your current workgroup/domain will appear next to the field labeled workgroup/domain.

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20274700 specifications

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