Maxtor debuts Shared Storage solution

Maxtor Shared Storage solution lets home or small office/ home office (SOHO)
users easily centralize, organize and share data, photos or music on a wired or
wireless network. The solution is simple to install with automatic network
configuration, and comes with Maxtor's exclusive Drag and Sort technology that
helps users organize their data on the network.

Once set up is complete, each networked PC user automatically receives a
desktop icon with access to a shared public folder as well as their own set of
personal private network folders. Setting up the Maxtor Shared Storage solution
on a home or SOHO network is simple. The drive plugs into a network router via a
10/100 Ethernet port, and installs quickly with the help of the solution's
automatic network configuration.

Once
the drive is on the network, users simply run a quick start CD on each networked
PC to automatically receive a desktop icon that gives them easy access to a
shared public folder and a set of personal private network folders. Organizing
files on the drive is also a breeze. Consumers simply select and drag files into
a special PC desktop icon and Maxtor's exclusive Drag and Sort feature
automatically sorts them based on file type and puts them in specific music,
photo, video or document folders. The Drag and Sort feature can identify and
sort more than 100 common Windows file types.

The Shared Storage solution comes in a 200GB or 300GB storage capacity and
includes two USB ports to connect and share two USB printers or two additional
external storage drives, or one of each. A device such as the Maxtor Shared
Storage solution frees up disk space on PCs, makes files more accessible to
everyone on the network and protects digital assets that are irreplaceable. The
Shared Storage drives will be available in India at an estimated street price of
Rs 18,716.88 for the 300GB and Rs 14,037 for the 200GB solution.

Contact: Maxtor International, 503, Shalimar Maurya Park, New Andheri
Link Road, Andheri-West, Mumbai 400057

E-mail: yogi@maxtor.com