MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE II USER’S GUIDE
Contents
Windows Installation
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Included in Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Maxtor Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . 3 Step 1 - Connect the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Step 2 - Power up the Drive . . . . . . . . . . .4 Step 3 - Setup the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
. . . . . . . .6 Using EasyManage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SimpleView™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Create User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Backup File Management. . . . . . . . . . . 12 Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 OneTouch Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Using Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Storing Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Shutting Down Your Shared Storage II 17 Resetting Your Shared Storage II . . . . 17 Security Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Media Serving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Macintosh Installation
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Included in Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Maxtor Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the Shared Storage II. . . 22 Step 1 - Connect the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 22 Step 2 - Power up the Drive. . . . . . . . . . 23 Step 3 - Setup the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the Shared Storage II . . . . . . 25
Using EasyManage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Create and Use Shared Folders . . . . . . 25
Creating Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drag and Sort™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Backup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Editing Backup Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SimpleView™ Storage and Backup. . . . 33
Using Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Storing Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Shutting Down Your Shared Storage II. 34
Resetting Your Shared Storage II . . . . . 34
Security Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Media Serving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Web User Interface
Accessing the Web UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Run
Accounts Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Shared Folders Management. . . . . . . . 41
Manage Digital Photos, Music, Video. . 43
Shared Folder Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Advanced Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Network Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
System Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Configure Your USB Devices . . . . . . . . 48
System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using External USB Drives. . . . . . . . . . 50
Using USB Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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