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Introduction
Welcome, and thank you for purchasing an Fantom Drives External
Hard Drive. The information in this QuickStart Guide pertains to the
following models:
• USB 2.0 External Mini Hard Drives
• USB 2.0 & FireWire Combo External Mini Hard Drives
In photos and illustrations in this guide, Combo Drives are shown.
(Except for the addition of FireWire ports and logos on Combo Drives,
Fantom Drives USB 2.0 and Combo Drives are visually identical.)
The following alert symbols are used in this guide:
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tant information for
ALL users.
USB 2.0 users.
FireWire users.
USB 2.0 compatibility with USB 1.x
USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.x. However, if you
connect the Drive to a USB 1.x port, it will operate at USB 1.x
speeds.
Combo Drive Users
You have the choice of using either the USB 2.0 or a FireWire
connection. You cannot connect the USB 2.0 and FireWire
connections simultaneously; You must select one interface or the
other. If you have both USB 2.0 and FireWire connections available
with your computer system, you may be wondering which interface
to use. To help you decide, see "FireWire and USB 2.0 Compared"
on the next page.
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