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HARD DRIVE

EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
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3.5 "
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USB 2.0
WIN & MAC
Rev. 604

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  • Page 1: Hard Drive

    HARD DRIVE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE 3.5 " USB 2.0 WIN & MAC Rev. 604...
  • Page 2 -whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use this Freecom product, even if Freecom has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Daily use of the Freecom Hard Drive with Freecom Personal Media Suite software (PC) ............page 14 Chapter 5: The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite (PC only) ....page 15 Chapter 6: Using the Freecom Backup Software ................page 30 Chapter 7: Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive ................

  • Page 4: General Information

    Operating system: Mac OS X v10.1 or higher * USB 2.0 is downwards compatible to USB 1.1. To achieve optimal performance from the Freecom Hard Drive your PC should be equipped with an USB 2.0 port. USB 2.0 PCI Host Controllers are separately available at...

  • Page 5: Precautionary Measures

    Failing to do so may result in data loss. • Do not drop the Freecom Hard Drive or expose it to other kinds of sudden mechani- cal shocks as this may result in data loss and damage to the hard drive.

  • Page 6: Freecom Hard Drive External Hard Drive

    Freecom Hard Drive between different computers. Should you choose to format the Freecom Hard Drive in another file system (e.g. NTFS), please be aware of possible problems when connecting the Freecom Hard Drive to another computer than the one you used for formatting.
  • Page 7 Installation of the Freecom software Chapter 1: Installation of the Freecom software (PC only) If you want to use the SYNC function on the Freecom Hard Drive, you need to install the Freecom Personal Media Suite software first. Note: To use the functions of the Freecom Personal Media Suite de- scribed in this handbook, your Freecom Hard Drive has to be con- nected to your PC.
  • Page 8 3. Please read the license agreement carefully. To accept the license agreement, confirm with "Yes". Note: Clicking on "No" ends the installation. Select the target folder and program folder in the start menu in which the Freecom Personal Media Suite symbol is to appear.
  • Page 9 Installation of the Freecom software 5. In the dialogue "Options" you can select whether to create a link to the Freecom Personal Media Suite Software on the desktop and whether the program should be started automatically when starting Windows. It is recommended to select both options for better operation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite.
  • Page 10 Freecom Hard Drive 1.3 Installation of the Freecom Backup Software 1. Insert the Software & Manual CD into your CD drive. The Freecom start menu opens: In case the software does not open automatically, please click on "Start.exe" in the root directory of the CD.
  • Page 11 7. In the last window, you are asked if you want to start Freecom Backup Software now. If you want to create a backup of your data right away, click on "Finish". If you want to start the software later, then remove the check mark at "Start Freecom Backup...

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    Freecom Hard Drive Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Before connecting the cables make sure the Freecom Hard Drive is switched off (See Chapter 2.1). 1. Connect the interface cable to the Freecom Hard Drive. 2. Connect the cable of the power supply to the Freecom Hard Drive and the power supply itself to the socket.
  • Page 13 Card is available at www.freecom.com. 2.1 Power Switch The hard disk in the Freecom Hard Drive is always powered, even if the USB cable is disconnected from your computer. Therefore, please turn off the Freecom Hard Drive if it is not used. This saves power and increases the lifetime of the hard disk. The power switch is on the back side of the Freecom Hard Drive.

  • Page 14: Driver Installation

    Freecom Hard Drive Chapter 3: Driver installation Under Windows 2000 / XP and Mac OS X a separate Freecom driver is not required. The drivers will be installed automatically by the operating system after plugging in the Freecom Hard Drive into the USB port of the computer.

  • Page 15: The User Interface Of The Freecom Personal Media Suite (Pc Only)

    2. "Start program on Windows start": Starts the Freecom Personal Media Suite in the background with every Windows start. You will know this by the icon of the Freecom Personal Media Suite in the system tray.
  • Page 16 Freecom Hard Drive is connected to your PC. Automatically start, for example, the last document you were working on, MP3 play lists, your favourite film and much more. These files do not have to be on your Freecom Hard Drive for this.
  • Page 17 5.3.1 Add / Select Folders 1. Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab "Secure&Compress". 2. Click on "Change folder" and select the folder on your Freecom Hard Drive whose content is to be compressed and encrypted. 3. Alternatively, you can create a new folder to be encrypted on your Freecom Hard Drive using the "Change folder"...
  • Page 18 2. Click on "Open folder" in order to open the Secure&Compress folder. 3. If the Freecom Personal Media Suite is already open and has started minimised in the taskbar, you can also open the Secure&Compress folder with a right-click on the taskbar symbol of the Freecom Personal Media Suite: 4.
  • Page 19 5.3.6 Changing the password 1. Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab "Secure&Compress". 2. Click on "Change password". The following window opens: 3. Please enter your current password in the top input field. Enter your new password...
  • Page 20 The computer serves as origin of the data. This data can be processed on any number of other computers. Example: You create a document at work and want to work on it at home (Freecom Personal Media Suite is installed on your PC at work): •...
  • Page 21 The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 5.4.2 Creating a new SYNC folder 1. Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab "Freecom SYNC". Click on "Select folder" and select a folder on your Freecom Hard Drive.
  • Page 22 For this, please proceed as follows: a) Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and click on the tab "Freecom SYNC". b)Select a SYNC folder if you have not yet done so. c) Activate the function "Sync on Freecom USB device plug-in" in the tab "Freecom SYNC":...
  • Page 23 All files you want to work with on another computer have to be opened directly out of the Freecom SYNC folder! You should not copy them to another hard disk, as this might cause a later synchronization to perform incorrectly.
  • Page 24 Freecom Hard Drive 3. A status window appears. Please select "Update" if you wish to synchronize the file or otherwise select "Cancel". If you choose not to synchronize the file (Cancel) you will be able to synchronize this file during the next synchronization.
  • Page 25 The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 5.4.11 Handling deleted files Deleting files on either the primary computer or the SYNC folder on the Freecom Hard Drive results in a red X next to the file during the next synchronization.
  • Page 26 Freecom Hard Drive 3. Select "Update" and "Split From Original". 4. Select "Yes".
  • Page 27 Simply click "Sync now" before you leave the office and you are always up to date and can work with the data on the Freecom Hard Drive. The Freecom Hard Drive provides a vast amount of memory – more than most computers are equipped with.
  • Page 28 Simply 'send to' your important files and directories to the SYNC folder on the Freecom Hard Drive and update your backup from time to time click "Sync now". This is extremely easy and very fast, because the SYNC tool only backups changed files via the fast USB 2.0 connection.

  • Page 29: Using The Freecom Backup Software

    The "Freecom Backup Software" serves to back up personal and business data from internal file media (e.g. hard disk) onto external Freecom drives. It makes it possible to back up all data from individual hard disks, as well as data or data types individually specified by the user.
  • Page 30 Freecom Hard Drive 6.1.1 Selection of the files to back up For selecting the files to be backed up, there are three different options available: 1. My documents and settings contains the "My Documents" folder, Internet Favour- ites, as well as the desktop of the logged-in user.
  • Page 31 Select either My documents and Settings or All documents and settings on this computer and then click on "Next". A list of available Freecom drives is displayed then: Select the drive to which you want to back up your data. You can open the advanced backup options by clicking on the Options button.
  • Page 32 Freecom Hard Drive The modes Full backup (complete data backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) are available. 1. Full backup means that at every backup a new directory is created with all data to be backed up. 2. Incremental backup means that an already existing backup set is opened and only that data is backed up that has been created or modified since the last backup.
  • Page 33 Using the Freecom Backup Software 6.1.5 Summary of the settings made A summary of the settings you made is displayed then. Click on "Back" to make changes or click on "Complete" to accept the settings and to start the backup.
  • Page 34 Freecom Hard Drive 6.1.7 User-defined backup Select “Let me choose what to backup” if you would rather determine yourself which files should be backed up. 6.1.8 Select drives This window lists the drives from which a backup can be made. By clicking on "Add" you can select further folders.
  • Page 35 Using the Freecom Backup Software 6.1.9 File types to back up In the following window you can select which types of files should be backed up. This prevents unwanted files (such as temporary files) from being backed up. A list of the most common files types is presented. Click the "Add" button to add a further file types.
  • Page 36 Freecom Hard Drive 6.1.10 Add extensions When you click on "Add" a list of all known file types is displayed. Select the file types you need. In case the file name extension you are looking for is not on the list, then you can define it yourself.
  • Page 37 Using the Freecom Backup Software 6.1.12 Summary of the settings made The settings you have made are now listed for review. Click on "Back" if you want to make changes or click on "Complete" to start the backup. 6.1.13 Backup While the backup is in progress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup.
  • Page 38 Freecom Hard Drive 6.2 Advanced Mode 6.2.1 Select source In Source the source drives or folders can be specified from which a backup should be made. 6.2.2 File types to back up (extensions) File types can be selected in the Files window that should be included in the backup.
  • Page 39 Using the Freecom Backup Software 6.2.3 Selecting the target drive In this window you can select the target drive for the backup. 6.2.4 Select backup mode In the Destination window under Options the modes Full backup (complete data backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) are available.
  • Page 40 Freecom Hard Drive 6.2.5 Options Under Options in the main window the splash screen can be activated or deactivated that appears when the software is started. Furthermore folders can be selected that should not be included in the backup. Click on "Backup Now" to start the backup.

  • Page 41: Partitioning Your Freecom Hard Drive

    Chapter 7: Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive 7.1 General information Your Freecom Hard Drive was partitioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility. FAT32 was chosen as file system to assure that you will be able to read your files on any PC. It is recommended not to change the current configuration of your Freecom Hard Drive.
  • Page 42 Windows XP / 2000 The following steps will guide you through the process of creating partitions on your Freecom Hard Drive. After this procedure your Freecom Hard Drive will be ready for use and it will be allocated a drive letter.
  • Page 43 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive 5. Click with the right mouse button on the "unallocated" area and select the option "New Partition" (Windows 2000: "Create Partition Wizard"). The "New Partition Wizard" opens. Click on "Next".
  • Page 44 7. Now you can adjust the size of your partition. Click on "Next" if only one partition is to be created. See next chapter (Creating two or more partitions on the Freecom Hard Drive under Windows XP/2000) how to create more than one partition.
  • Page 45 9. Select the formatting option. Choose either "FAT32" or "NTFS", the "Allocation Unit Size" should remain on "Default". Finally select "Perform Quick Format" and click on "Next". 10. Click on "Finish" to complete the partitioning of your Freecom Hard Drive. Your Freecom Hard Drive will be formatted now and is ready-to-use afterwards.
  • Page 46 7.3.3 Creating two or more partitions on the Freecom Hard Drive under Windows XP / 2000 1. Repeat the steps from the previous chapter (Creating a partition on the Freecom Hard Drive under Windows XP/2000) for creating the first partition.
  • Page 47 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive 8. Click on "Finish" to create the "Extended partition". The unallocated space now changed to "Free space".
  • Page 48 Freecom Hard Drive 9. Right-click on "Free Space" and select "New Logical Drive" (Windows 2000: "Create Logical Drive"). The "New Partition Wizard" (Windows 2000: "Create Partition Wiz- ard") opens. Click on "Next". 10. "Logical drive" is already selected. Click on "Next".
  • Page 49 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive 7.4 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive under Mac OS X 1. Open the “Disk Utility”. This can be found in “Applications” —> “Utilities”. 2. Click on the tab “Partition”. Here you can setup the partition settings and partition the drive according to your...

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    Delete files on the target drive (Freecom (Freecom Hard Drive) during synchronization. Hard Drive). Data on the Freecom Hard Drive can be Check, with which file system the Freecom read, but not written. Hard Drive was formatted. Only with FAT 32 data on the drive under different oper- ating systems can be read and written.
  • Page 51 Freecom and (e) accidents, lightning, water, fire or any other such cause beyond the reason- able control of Freecom. With respect to all services provided, Freecom is not responsible for any damage to or loss of any programs, data or other information stored on any media or any part of any product serviced. Freecom is not liable for the consequence of business loss in case of system failure.

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