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Using Your Drive
You can use your Maxtor Shared Storage Drive as you do any hard
drive that is either built-in or directly connected to your computer.
When you install the Shared Storage Drive and create a name and a
password to access your personal folder, a set of folders is
automatically created to help you organize your files.
Your
Personal folder
includes:
• Private folders that only you have access to.
•A shortcut to the “Public” folder where you can share files
with other users of the Shared Storage Drive.
The
Public folder
includes:
•A set of folders in which users can share their files.
• The “Printers and Faxes” folder, where you can install printers
as well as printer/fax machines to be available to all users of
the Shared Storage Drive. (See “Using USB Printers with your
drive” on page 11 for more information).
For more information about access privileges and other
advanced features of your Shared Storage Drive,
see “Advanced Settings” on page 13.
Accessing your drive
To access your
Personal folder
on the Shared Storage Drive:
If you cannot find your desktop icon, you can access your
Shared Storage Drive by using the Quick Start software:
1.
Open the
Quick Start
software.
2.
After your Shared Storage Drive is located on the
network, click
Next
.
3.
Click
Set up Shared Storage
on this Computer.
4.
Select the
Use an Existing Account
option.
5.
Select your name, enter your password and click
Set Up.
6.
When the Setup Completed message appears,
click
Open.
3
Double-click the desktop icon for your
Shared Storage Drive, that was created
when you installed the drive.