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CHAPTER 3
USING THE ONETOUCH III
Erase Drive
If you have forgotten your password, you can attempt to re-
enter it or to recover it, by answering a question that you setup
originally when you created your password. You are allowed 5
attempts before you must turn off your drive and turn it back
on, to try again at which point you can try an additional 5 times.
If you are not able to recover your password, the only other way
to unlock the drive is to erase all of its contents.
1. Click the
Settings
button. This will open the
Settings for
My Maxtor OneTouch
menu.
2. Click the
Adjust Security Setting
button.
3. You will see the following.
Click
Erase Maxtor OneTouch
.
4. You will see the following warning.
WARNING:
The Erase Drive feature is Data Destructive!
Click
Confirm
to proceed.
5. You will be prompted with the following.
Click
Yes
to start the
Erase
process.
NOTE:
This process
can take up to 3 hours to complete.
6. When finished you will be notified that the drive is erased.
Click
OK
.
7. Power-cycle your OneTouch III. Upon doing so, you will be
prompted to Format the drive.
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