Edge DiskGO 222710-PE User Manual

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Thank you for purchasing the EDGE DiskGO™ 2.5" Portable Hard Drive! The following manual is designed to provide you with the
information necessary to set up and operate this product. Before beginning, please ensure that the following items were included:
● DiskGO™ 2.5" Portable Hard Drive
● USB extension cable
Minimum System Requirements
Available USB port running one of the following operating systems: Windows 2000 or higher, Mac OS X or higher.
Additional Information
The DiskGO Portable Hard Drive is pre-formatted as FAT32. If you plan on sharing the flash drive between a Mac and a PC, you will need to
leave the drive formatted as FAT32 or change the format to FAT or FAT16. This will allow the drive to be used on either platform and
data shared between the two. Mac OS cannot read the NTFS file system.
If you intend to use your hard drive only in Mac OS you must initialize the entire volume with Mac OS Extended (Warning: ALL DATA
WILL BE LOST. Back up all data).
If you intend to use your device with both a PC and Mac, initialize each partition with MS-DOS (Warning: ALL DATA WILL BE LOST).
MAC USERS: After connecting your DiskGO hard drive, it may take one minute or more for the drive icon to appear on
your desktop. DO NOT shut down or disconnect your hard drive during this time!
1. Plug the USB cable attached to the top of the portable hard drive into the USB port of the computer. If the cord is too short, use the
supplied USB extension cable by plugging one end into the USB port of the computer and plugging the portable hard drive's USB cable into
the other end of the extension cable.
2. Your DiskGO Portable Hard Drive will appear as an external drive in "My Computer" and in "Windows Explorer." The drive icon should
appear with the volume name "DISKGO" (or similar) in Mac OS and Windows. Windows should automatically assign a drive letter.
3. Once your drive appears in "My Computer," "Windows Explorer," or on your Mac OS desktop, you can then use it to read and write
files in the same way that you use your computer's internal hard drive.
USB external devices feature hot swappable "plug & play" connections. This means that your drive can be connected and disconnected
while the computer is running.
To prevent failures, it is important that you follow these steps when disconnecting any USB peripheral device.
Mac Users
You must unmount or 'eject' the drive unit before disconnecting it. To do this, drag the DiskGO icon to the trash.
PC Users (Windows XP and Vista)
Simply disconnect the drive when it is not active (no data being moved to or from the device). No other steps are required.
PC Users (Windows 2000 and Windows ME)
You must unmount or 'eject' the drive unit before disconnecting it. To unmount the drive:
1. When you connect an external device, an "Eject" icon will appear in the Windows System Tray. The Eject icon is a small green arrow
over a hardware image. The System Tray is located near the clock in the lower right side of your screen. Double-click the "Eject" icon.
2. The "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog box will appear, listing the devices that the "Eject" icon controls (all external devices). Highlight
the device you wish to unmount and click the "Stop" button.
3. The "Stop a Hardware Device" dialog box will appear, listing the device controllers assigned to that device. Highlight the top listing
and click "OK".
4. You will then be given the following message, "Safe to Remove Hardware" (or similar). It is now safe to disconnect the device.
For more aditional information, please go to www.edgetechcorp.com/support.
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INTRODUCTION
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

INSTALLATION AND USE
DISCONNECTING YOUR DEVICE
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