About The Hard Drive - Verbatim STORE 'N' GO User Manual

About the Hard Drive

The hard drive comes pre-formatted in FAT32 format. This format allows for
operation with either Windows or Mac OS.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes / 1 GB = 1,000,000,000
bytes / 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity used for pre-loaded software,
formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage. As a result,
and due to differing calculation methods, your operating systems may report as
fewer megabytes/gigabytes/ terabytes.
About Powered eSATA
External SATA (or "eSATA") ports can transfer data at very high data rates (up
to 3.0 GB/s). However, the original eSATA specifi cation does not provide a
power connection through the standard eSATA connector. This is inconvenient
for portable external hard drive applications, because it means use of the
portable drive requires both a data cable and a separate power cable or AC
power adapter to power the drive.
Recently many laptop manufacturers have included a combination USB/
eSATA connector that can be used in conjunction with a special Powered
eSATA Cable to provide a single-cable solution for portable Powered eSATA
hard drives, such as your new Verbatim drive. The combination USB/eSATA
connector looks like the picture below, and might be labeled on your laptop
as "USB/eSATA" or as "
If your laptop computer provides such a combination connector, you can
take advantage of the single-cable Powered eSATA interface by using the
supplied Powered eSATA Cable to connect your Verbatim portable drive to
your laptop.
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