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Summary of Contents for Advent U-STORAGE ADVUF7010A128
- Page 1 U-STORAGE USER MANUAL ADVUF7010A128 ADVUF7010A256 ADVUF7010A512...
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Page 2: Safety Precautions
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the U-Storage device. This manual explains how to use the application software of the device. Safety Precautions Please follow the safety precautions carefully before you use the U-Storage device. Make sure that you use the device correctly according to the procedures described in this manual. Warning This mark indicates topics that could lead to serious injury to your body or damage to the device if ignored or handled incorrectly. -
Page 3: System Requirements
System Requirements There are minimum hardware and software requirements that must be satisfied to ensure the device to function properly. • Computer Model IBM PC/AT Compatible, Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMAC or iBook • Operating System Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Linux 2.4 or higher, Mac OS 9.0 or higher •... -
Page 4: Basic Functions
Basic Functions 1. Plug and Play When you plug the device into the USB port of your computer, you will see a “Removable Disk” icon in the file manager window. In Macintosh, once you plug the U-Storage into the USB port. You can see the disk icon in the “Desktop”. OS, you can mount the device by following the instructions below: Linux Execute cd/etc/sysconfig/ (cat/etc/sysconfig/hwconf | more) - Page 5 3. Unplug To minimize risk of data loss on Windows ME and 2000, please follow the safe removal procedure . You can find the safe removal icon in your computer’s notification area. Double click the “safe removal” icon; the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” window will pop up. You can select the device you want to remove.
- Page 6 Warning If you do not follow the safe removal procedure on Windows ME and Windows 2000 operating systems, data loss caused by the “write cache” issue may happen. On Macintosh operating systems, you can drag the removable disk icon into the trash. This action will perform the “Eject”...
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Page 7: Partition Type
Partition Type With U-Storage application software, you can protect your device with password log-in and partition your device into “Public” and “Security Areas 1. Public Area There is no password protection to this area. You can do any basic functions described in the “Basic Functions” section in this area. - Page 8 Public Security Drive1 Area Area Change View Through Login & Logout This figure shows detailed operations of single Drive. Public Security Drive1 Area Area Change View Through Login & Logout Public Drive2 Area This figure shows detailed operations of multiple Drives. Function Public area Disk Logical...
- Page 9 Use the U-Storage Software On the Windows Platform Install the USB Driver: On Windows 98 SE, you need to unplug and re-plug the U-Storage device after installing the driver. For Windows NT systems, users should log on as the Administrator to use this program. Use U-Storage the First Time: U-Storage.exe can be found in the U-Storage device and the “software”...
- Page 10 1. Click the [Create Partition] button in the U-Storage manager window. The following “Create Partition” window will pop up. 2. Select the partition type you want. 3. If you select the “One Public and Security Area (Single Partition)” or “Two Public and One Security Area (Dual Partition)”, you can set the password for accessing the security area in the “New Password”...
- Page 11 4. Once the resizing is finished, the following message will pop up. When the following message pops up, please replug the device. 5. After you finish the “Create Partition”, the “U-Storage.exe” program will be copied into the “Public Area (Drive1)” automatically.
- Page 12 Login the Security Area: If you partition the device with security, you can execute the following “Login” function to access the Security Area. Warning When you do the login and logout actions with the device, please make sure there is no application or program running or document unclosed on the device.
- Page 13 2. Click on the [OK] button. Logout the Security Data Zone: There are three methods to logout security area: 1. Click the right mouse button and select U-Storage in the notification window, and select [logout] to exit the security area after the following window pops Warning When you do the login and logout actions with the device, please make sure there is no applications running or documents...
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Page 14: Manage Password
3. Double click the U-Storage icon in the notification window. Manage Password: User can change password and key in the password hint by selecting the “Manage Password” function in the U-Storage main window. You can only select this item when the security area is activated. - Page 15 Do I need to format the drive before using it the first time? No, the device has been pre-formatted. Why can't I write data into the public area when the security area is activated? The public area will be set to read-only mode when the security area is activated. The purpose is to prevent the security utility from being deleted accidentally.
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Page 16: Trademark Acknowledgments
Trademark Acknowledgments IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. iBook and iMac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh, PowerBook, Power Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 Server are either registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United Stats and/or other countries.