Table Of Contents - Acomdata HD500FPMM User Manual

Contents
P I: M P & M M
ART EET MINI AL UCH ORE
Welcome! ..............................................................................................8
Register for Warranty Coverage .........................................................9
Precautions ........................................................................................10
Package Contents ..............................................................................11
System Requirements for Mac ..........................................................12
System Requirements for PC ............................................................13
AcomData mini Pal at a Glance .........................................................14
AcomData mini Pal In-Depth ............................................................16
FireWire 400 Hard Drive .................................................................................... 16
FireWire 400 Hub ............................................................................................... 16
On-Bus Power ..................................................................................................... 17
PushButton™ Backup ....................................................................................... 18
How PushButton™ Backup Works .......................................................................................... 18
Duplicates vs. Backups ............................................................................................................... 19
About Backups .............................................................................................................................. 20
Hot-Pluggable .................................................................................................... 20
Fanless Design .................................................................................................... 21
Plug & Play Setup ............................................................................................... 21
Mac & PC Ready .................................................................................................. 21
Technical Specifications ....................................................................22
P II: S P
ART ETTING UP MINI AL
Connecting the mini Pal to your Mac mini .......................................26
Connecting mini Pal to Computers other than Mac mini ...............29
Naming Your mini Pal ........................................................................30
Re-Formatting mini Pal .....................................................................31
Formatting mini Pal in Windows XP or 2000 ................................................ 33
Formatting mini Pal in Windows 98SE or Me ................................................ 34
Formatting mini Pal in Mac OS X ..................................................................... 35
Formatting mini Pal in Mac OS 9 ..................................................................... 36
How to Safely Turn Off (and Disconnect) mini Pal ..........................37
Mac Users ........
PC Users ...........
Connecting Peripherals .....................................................................39
Connecting USB Peripherals ............................................................................... 40
Connecting FireWire Peripherals ....................................................................... 42
P III: P B ™ B
ART USH UTTON ACKUP
PushButton™ Backup for Mac ...........................................................46
Software Installation ............................................................................................ 46
Installing Retrospect® Express ........................................................................ 47
Installing AcomData PushButton™ Manager ............................................... 49
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