Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LS User manual

The Easy, Economical Way to Add Storage
The Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LS external hard drive provides
instant storage to hold digital photos, music, and data files. Ideal for
the home and office, it’s simple to install—just plug the external drive
into an available USB port on your PC* and immediately get up to
60GB of extra space. Use the extra capacity to add more of your
favorite files—the drive can hold up to 60,000 compressed high-
resolution digital photos or up to 15,000 four-minute MP3
tunes—or free up the space on your PC.
The 3000LS offers a dependable Maxtor hard drive for easy-to-install
add-on storage for your important documents and precious
memories. It works with both the fast USB 2.0 interface and USB 1.1
and is PC compatible.
Maxtor Personal Storage™3000LS
EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
40GB 60GB
HIGHLIGHTS
• Easy installation
• USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatibility
• Up to 40 times faster than
USB 1.1
• Compact design
• Powered by a reliable
Maxtor®hard drive
• PC compatible
* Windows 98SE requires Internet download

Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LS
Easy
Plug in the drive and go!*
Fast
Up to 40 times faster than USB 1.1, USB 2.0 improves
the bus transfer rate up to 480Mb/sec.
Compatible
USB 2.0 interface is backward compatible with virtually
all existing USB 1.1 ports. Works with PCs.
* Windows 98SE requires internet download
Included in the Box
•Maxtor external hard drive
•USB cable
•External AC power adapter
•Installation instructions
System Requirements
•Pentium II-class equivalent
processor or later
•Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP
•Available USB 1.1 or 2.0 port
•32MB RAM or more as required
by operating system
•Internet connection (for Windows 98SE)
Drive Configuration
Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax®3.5-inch
drive with Ultra ATA/133
interface
RPM: 5400
Cache buffer: 2 MB
Integrated Interface
USB 2.0 and 1.1 compliant
External 4-pin connector with hot-plug capability
Supports data transfer rates up to 480Mb/sec
Performance
Average seek time: < 12.0ms
Sustained transfer rate USB2—34 MB/sec
(maximum):
Bus transfer rate USB2—480 Mb/sec
(maximum):
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature: 5ºC to 40ºC
Physical Specifications
Dimensions: 1 5/8 x 6 x 8 5/8 inches
(45 x 150 x 220 mm)
Weight: 2 lbs, 6oz (1.08Kg)
Power Requirements
AC input voltage: 100-240 VAC
Input frequency: 47-63 Hz AC
Capacity Model Number
Maxtor Personal Storage 40GB G01J040
3000LS
Maxtor Personal Storage 60GB G01J060
3000LS
Specifications
For purposes of disk drive storage capacity, Maxtor refers to a megabyte as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies
depending on operating environment.
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