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Fantom Drives GreenDrive Quad Quick Start Installation Manual

Fantom Drives GreenDrive Quad Quick Start Installation Manual

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are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
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QuickStart

Installation Guide

Windows & Mac
Thank you for choosing Fantom Drives! Your Fantom Drives GreenDrive
Quad has been built to the highest standard of quality and workmanship
and, when used according to the instructions in this guide, will provide
years of trouble-free operation. We at Fantom Drives take great pride in
bringing personal satisfaction to each of our customers.
Your drive is compatible with all
FireWire Apple Macintosh computers running MacOS 10.4 (or greater)
and PC-Compatible computers running Windows 2000, Windows XP ,
Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.
eSATA enabled, USB-capable or

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Summary of Contents for Fantom Drives GreenDrive Quad

  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    Copyright © 1999, 2007 Fantom Drives Technology. All rights reserved. This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Fantom Drives, 19260 Van Ness Ave., Torrance CA 90501.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    System Requirements ..........5 (3) power failure or connection to improper voltage supply; or; (4) attempted repair by any party other than Fantom Drives. This FireWire and USB 2.0 Compared......6 Warranty does not apply when the malfunction results from the use...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    • An available FireWire 400 port or • An available FireWire 800 port Fantom Drives 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 hereunder. Be sure to remove all features, parts, options, alterations, and attachments not under warranty prior to returning the Product to Fantom Drives.
  • Page 4: Parts & Accessories List

    Look for the Disk that has a capacity closest to your Fantom Drives External Hard drive. Right-click on the right-hand box; • Fantom Drives GreenDrive Quad Hard Disk in the pop-up menu select Delete Partition. Once you do this, • Quick Start Installation Guide it will say “Online"...
  • Page 5: Precautions

    5. Click OK. up the files stored on your Fantom Drives External Hard Drive. Fantom Drives is not responsible for any data loss, nor Q: Where are the drivers for my operating system? will Fantom Drives perform any recovery on lost data or files.
  • Page 6 FireWire & USB 2.0 FAQs for Mac Users: Compared Q: Why is my drive asking me to format it? It was already formatted and it contains data. A1:Run a disk repair utility on the drive. A2:Perform permission repair on your system drive. Open the disk utility (located in /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app.) Select your system drive (usually the first disk listed) and click "Repair Disk Permissions"...
  • Page 7 I turn it off when not in use? FireWire 800 ports A: The GreenDrive Quad is meant to be left on, but does not add any limitations on being turned off. Drive reliability is definitely affected by repeated power cycles, and the GreenDrive Quad cannot alleviate this.
  • Page 8: Connecting The Drive To Your Computer

    1. Single-click the file or folder that you want to copy in order to highlight it. The GreenDrive Quad Combo Hard Disk has two FireWire 800 ports and one FireWire 400 port for connecting additional 2. Go to “Edit --> Copy”.
  • Page 9: Formatting The Drive In Mac Os X

    “OK”. PC Users 6. Click “Apply.” Your Fantom Drives GreenDrive II is ready to use! 1. Locate the System Tray. The System Tray includes the time display in the bottom right, and icons to the left of the time. One of the icons will be an hot plug icon ( ).
  • Page 10: Formatting The Drive In Windows

    Select change Windows' caching algorithm, open the disk management the Fantom Drives GreenDrive II Disk. console located at \ W i n d o w s \ S y s t e m 3 2 \ 2.