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If necessary, select the partition you wish to format. 

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Click 

Next

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Enter a 

Volume name

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Click 

Next

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A warning will appear stating that if you continue, you will lose all of 
your data.

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Click 

Next

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You will then see a status page with an elapsed time on it.

Summary of Contents for Shared Storage Plus+

Page 1: ...Shared Storage Plus Windows User s Guide PN 20297501 3in1Network Drive...

Page 2: ...ions 2 About this Guide 2 Where to Go for Help 2 2 Installing the Shared Storage 3 Connect Your Drive 3 Power up Your Drive 3 Set up Your Drive 4 3 Using the Shared Storage 9 Using the Drive 9 The Web...

Page 3: ...hard drives using the drive s 2 USB ports Instant Shared Storage Easily store and share access to files photos music and videos Organize files automatically using our exclusive Drag and Sort feature G...

Page 4: ...e damage Do not remove any cables or power cords without powering down the drive using the front panel button Do not set any liquids or drinks on the drive Liquids will damage the internal electronics...

Page 5: ...female connector on the power cord into the power adapter Figure 4 Connecting the Power 3 Plug the standard electrical plug from the power adapter into your power source Step 2 Power up Your Drive Pre...

Page 6: ...1 Insert the Maxtor Quick Start CD 2 The Choose Setup Language screen will appear If this screen does not appear you can access it manually by double clicking the Quick Start CD icon displayed in My C...

Page 7: ...l appear If you wish to change the location of the installation you may do so by clicking the Browse button and selecting a new location 7 Click Next The Setup Status screen will appear as the softwar...

Page 8: ...ess assigned by a DHCP router or server If your network does not contain a DHCP router or server your Shared Storage Drive will assign itself an Automatic Private IP APIPA address within the IP range...

Page 9: ...p window appears Choose an Account type New Public Account all of your files are accessible to anyone who has an account on your Shared Storage Drive New Private Account all of your files are password...

Page 10: ...t 15 Select your account type Home or Business use and click Finish 16 The Quick Start software will now create your new user account and the appropriate folders for the account The Set Up Completed s...

Page 11: ...Restore Files from your computer Perform various tasks through its Drive Management options To access this application double click the Maxtor Quick Start shortcut icon located on your PC s desktop N...

Page 12: ...orage Setup icon The Shared Storage Setup window appears Choose an Account Type New Public User Account all of your files are accessible to anyone who has an account on your Shared Storage Drive New P...

Page 13: ...Once the User has been created you will see the following 7 When created a shortcut icon will appear on the system s desktop for the user 8 Click the Open button to use the user s folder right away or...

Page 14: ...tton and click Next 3 Type the name of the User the User s Password confirm the Password and click Next 4 Choose the account type Home or Business use and click Finish 5 At this point the following sc...

Page 15: ...the user s folder right away or click Main Menu to return to the Quick Start s main window Configuring an Existing User 1 From the Maxtor Quick Start Main Menu click Shared Storage Setup 2 Click on th...

Page 16: ...for My Backup Public Backed up files My Documents Word processing files My Library Electronic books My Movies Home videos My Music Digital music collection My Photos Digital photos and artwork My Sit...

Page 17: ...al file versions from the Shared Storage Drive and or synchronize your backup with your PC Begin an immediate backup of your selected files folders from your PC to the Shared Storage Drive Set Backup...

Page 18: ...ected files and or folders will be backed up daily at 10 00 pm Click Finish to continue The Backup Schedule window displays and confirms where the selected files folders will be backed up and that the...

Page 19: ...istorical version based on the date when it was backed up 7 You can set your backup to store from 1 to 10 historic versions the default is 5 To adjust the number of Historical File Versions click on t...

Page 20: ...ing window click the Off button to disable the Folder Tags feature To Re enable Folder Tags when it has been shut off 9 From the Advanced Setting window click the On button to restart the Folder Tags...

Page 21: ...es to Advanced Settings and click Save Click OK to save these new changes Restore Files To restore files from the Shared Storage Drive to your PC Launch Maxtor Quick Start and click Backup Restore Cli...

Page 22: ...pulated use the scroll bar to select a Version of the file and where you want to restore the file to Original default Restores file to its original folder on your computer Temporary Restores file to t...

Page 23: ...the user connected to the Shared Storage Drive To restore files simply drag and drop cut copy and paste files folder from the Shared Storage Drive to your computer SimpleViewTM Storage and Backup Stat...

Page 24: ...tem s text editor e g Notepad and show you information regarding the backup in question Below is an excerpt from a log file Tuesday July 05 2005 at 08 15 MSS 000310 Maxtor My Backup Destination is not...

Page 25: ...ves backed up files in your My Backup folder on the Shared Storage Drive if the files have been deleted from your computer To delete historical file versions Click the Delete button You will be prompt...

Page 26: ...ns of files except for the most recent version will be deleted from your Shared Storage Drive You will be returned to the File Maintenance window Drive Management This feature will do the following Co...

Page 27: ...will sort into the My Personal folders To Disable Drag and Sort Settings Start the Maxtor Quick Start software and click Drive Management Click Drag and Sort Click the Off button and click Save At th...

Page 28: ...the Which file types work and how are they sorted link for more information The Sorted File Types list can be configured to meet your needs Advanced Settings This option launches the Shared Storage D...

Page 29: ...k Drive Management Click SimpleViewTM Storage Backup Status The SimpleViewTM Storage Backup Status window appears and acquires the necessary information This SimpleViewTM screen provides an overview o...

Page 30: ...005 at 08 15 MSS 000310 Maxtor My Backup Destination is not accessible MSS 000310 Maxtor My Backup Destination is not accessible MSS 000310 Maxtor My Backup Destination is not accessible Manage Digita...

Page 31: ...erver OneTouch Status Icons The OneTouch Status Icon s are located in the Windows System Tray located near the clock on your desktop The OneTouch Status Icon can Report the connectivity of your Shared...

Page 32: ...for the Shared Storage Plus Name Share Name is MSS 000338 User_Name To Access the share from the OneTouch Status 1 Click the OneTouch Status Icon located in the system tray 2 Click the Shared Storage...

Page 33: ...e To launch this feature 1 Click the OneTouch Status Icon located in the system tray 2 Click the Backup Restore option 3 You will see the following Note Refer to Backup Restore for more information re...

Page 34: ...us icon located in the system tray 2 Click the Backup Now option 3 At this point an immediate backup will launch that backs up all files and folders previously selected from the Quick Start software s...

Page 35: ...ll appear in the system tray after exiting the program To remove it simply move your mouse over it and it will disappear from the system tray To launch the OneTouch Status program after it has been cl...

Page 36: ...Network ID mss xxxxxx mss are the first four characters found at the beginning of each Network ID and the x are denoted by numeric characters for example 123456 then to access the Web UI Launch your...

Page 37: ...pages you will learn how to use all features of the Web UI Run Set up Wizard The Run Set up Wizard will aid in the initial configuration of your Shared Storage Drive From the Wizard you can Change th...

Page 38: ...lick Next Step 2 of 2 Use this page to assign the Shared Storage Drive a network name identify the workgroup Domain to which it belongs and to add change the Admin password for your Shared Storage Dri...

Page 39: ...he newly created administrator password Click OK Configuration Complete After completing the Set up wizard you should see a Congratulations message followed by an overview of all of the settings that...

Page 40: ...Creating a New User Account Add a user to your Shared Storage Drive and you want someone to have a particular level of access to information in a share You can then define the appropriate level of ac...

Page 41: ...r showing that the user was created 8 Click OK to return to the Accounts Management page The user is added and should immediately have access to the Shared Storage Drive Modify Account Settings and Sh...

Page 42: ...propriate buttons for the folders that you want the user to have access to 4 Click Next 5 A screen will appear notifying you that access privileges have been successfully modified 6 Click OK to return...

Page 43: ...Confirm the password by re entering it Note If the passwords do not match an error message will appear 5 Click Next 6 A screen will appear notifying you that the password has been successfully change...

Page 44: ...4 Click Yes 5 A screen will appear notifying you that the user was successfully deleted 6 Click OK to return to the Accounts Management page Note A User Folder will still remain on the Shared Storage...

Page 45: ...gement Page Select what action you would like to do If you want to redisplay a page to change something you entered on it for example click Back After making a change click Next Go back and forth betw...

Page 46: ...the Shared Folders Management page Click New if you want to create another Share on your Shared Storage Drive To Create a New Defined Access Shared Folder If you Define the shared folder access you wi...

Page 47: ...l Access This will allow the selected user to Read Write and Create new files in the selected Shared Folder Read Only Access This will allow the selected user to only read the files in the selected sh...

Page 48: ...46 Modify Shared Folder Access Privileges To Change Folder Permissions 1 Click Modify Shared Folder Access Privileges 2 Find the Share to modify the permissions for and click Modify...

Page 49: ...he selected Shared Folder Read Only Access This will allow the selected user to only read the files in the selected shared folder No Access No access will allowed to the selected shared folder 4 Click...

Page 50: ...firm that you selected the correct Shared Folder 4 Click Yes 5 It will confirm that the selected Shared Folder has been deleted 6 Click OK to return back to the Shared Folders Management Page To Suspe...

Page 51: ...Folder to Suspend and click Suspend 3 It will confirm that the selected Shared Folder has been suspended 4 Click OK to return to the Shared Folders Management page To Re Activate a User Account 1 Clic...

Page 52: ...n to the Shared Folders Management page Manage Digital Photos Music Video Media server technology enables digital photo music and video playback to networked home entertainment systems By default the...

Page 53: ...the Shared Folders Management page To Refresh Media Server By default the Media Server automatically searches for new media files every two 2 hours To perform an immediate update to the Media Server d...

Page 54: ...u have attached to the Shared Storage Drive From the Advanced Settings you can Set the Language Date and Time Settings Adjust Network Settings Run Diagnostics set power management and update the softw...

Page 55: ...ttings 2 Use the pull down menu and select the appropriate language To Set the Date 1 Type in the Date using the mm dd yyyy format To Set the Time 1 Type in the current time using the hh mm ss format...

Page 56: ...ge Drive in the name field To set the Workgroup that you would like your Shared Storage Drive to be in 1 Enter the Workgroup name of your choice in the workgroup field 2 Click Next To set the IP addre...

Page 57: ...the Shared Storage Drive using a STATIC IP address advanced users only 1 Select Network Settings 2 Select the button indicating that you would like to use manual TCP IP settings 3 Enter the IP Address...

Page 58: ...s and perform diagnostics modify power management settings and to update your Shared Storage Drive software To Change Power Management Settings 1 Click Power Management 2 Select the Drive that you wou...

Page 59: ...to 1 hour 4 Click Next 5 It will confirm the amount of time that you set 6 Click Done to return to the System Maintenance page To Run Diagnostics 1 Click Diagnostics Scan and Repair 2 A warning will a...

Page 60: ...r showing the status of the scan The Diagnostic process takes between 2 5 minutes 6 Upon successful completion a window will appear notifying you that your Shared Storage Drive is functioning within n...

Page 61: ...download from the Maxtor website 5 After the file is downloaded click the Browse button and search for the firmware update 6 Once the file is selected click Update 7 A progress bar will show the stat...

Page 62: ...USB drives and to manage USB printers plugged into the Shared Storage Drive Format USB Drive 1 Click Format USB Drive 2 Select the button indicating if you would like to Re format the drive and create...

Page 63: ...elect the partition you wish to format 4 Click Next 5 Enter a Volume name 6 Click Next 7 A warning will appear stating that if you continue you will lose all of your data 8 Click Next 9 You will then...

Page 64: ...t 2 You will see the current status of your printer support It will be Enabled or Disabled 3 Depending on the state the button on the screen will read to opposite 4 If the printer support is disabled...

Page 65: ...es from the Shared Storage Drive 1 Click Unplug USB devices from the Shared Storage Drive 2 It will list all of the USB devices currently plugged into the drive 3 Click the Safely Remove button next t...

Page 66: ...you the user accounts that are currently created on your Shared Storage Drive Network Settings This section will tell you the Current Network configuration that is on your Shared Storage Drive includi...

Page 67: ...ive To disconnect a USB drive from your Maxtor Shared Storage Drive 1 Go to the Maxtor Shared Storage Drive home page 2 Click the Advanced Settings button 3 Click Configure Your USB Devices 4 Click Un...

Page 68: ...igure 7 After a few seconds the drive will reboot When the light changes to green the reset is complete and your drive is ready for use Figure 7 Resetting your drive After you reset your Shared Storag...

Page 69: ...ewalls may need to be disabled and re enabled Most wireless devices broadcast a wireless frequency by default Check the documentation of your wireless media players for configuration WEP settings Chec...

Page 70: ...tions of this publication Maxtor may make changes or improvements to the product s described in this publication at any time and without notice Maxtor is a registered trademark of Maxtor Corporation A...

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