Acomdata External HARD DRIVE USB 2.0 User Manual page 103

volume on your computer's OS. The reason the number will be approximate is
because the actual number of available bytes of storage on a 120 GB hard drive
will not be exactly 120,000,000,000. It is actually a bit more than that. We just
round down the figure to 120 GB for simplicity's sake.
Hard drive manufacturers use the decimal method because it is simpler and less
confusing to consumers who may not be familiar with the base 2 number system.
Manufacturers of operating systems do not need to concern themselves with this
issue, so they typically use the more traditional binary method.
Q: Can I use my AcomData Drive to copy an operating system from one com-
puter to another?
A: You cannot transfer an installed operating system to another computer or hard
drive simply by copying the operating system's files. In order to install an operat-
ing system, you'll need to follow the manufacturer's installation procedure. If you
wish to transfer the contents of one startup disk to another, you will first need to
properly install the operating system on the target startup disk. You can then use
your AcomData Drive to copy over your files (except the operating system).
Q: Does AcomData provide data recovery services?
A: AcomData does not provide data recovery services.
Q: Can you make the Drive bootable?
A: Windows does not support the use of external hard drives as startup disks.
PowerPC-based Macs do not support the use of USB drives as startup disks. You
can use a USB 2.0 hard drive as a startup disk on Intel-based Macs.
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