Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS The Freshman Mini The 'Freshman Mini' USB 2.0 aluminum enclosure is made for the latest Hitachi 1.8" Parallel ATA Hard Drive. Slim, compact and simple to use, the ideal storage solution for your daily data transfer.
USB 1.1. • USB 1.1 equipped Mac; Mac OS 9.1, 9.2, 10.1.5, 10.2, 10.3 • USB 2.0 equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2, 10.3 Package Contents Package Content • Freshman Mini may vary, • USB 2.0 Cable depending on • Manual vendor &...
Chapter 2 - Installing the HDD Preparing the Enclosure Remove the 2 screws for the rear panel (not mounted if factory new) and pull out the panel with the bridge board, as seen on Your unit might the images below. come with an installed hard drive.
Hard Drive Assembly Protect the hard drive using the anti-shock rubber sleeve, then connect the hard drive and slide it back into the enclosure. The hard drive Fasten the two (2) screws for the rear panel as seen on the jumper settings images below.
Chapter 3 - System Set Up Connection to your Computer A few tips on how to connect your external storage enclosure: • Make sure your PCI Host Card is installed correctly • Double check that the Host Card driver is up to date •...
WinME, Win2000 or WinXP with a USB connection: • Turn on your Computer and start Windows • Connect the Freshman Mini • Let Windows search and install the driver automatically • Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive ** Win98/SE with a USB connection: •...
Installation on a Macintosh Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS 10.x with a USB 1.1 connection: • Turn on your computer and start Mac OS • Connect the Freshman Mini • No driver installation required For Mac OS 8.6, • The external drive will mount and show up on your...
Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, You can choose to so make sure you have a backup! This step is usually only create several required the first time you install a factory new hard drive, if you partitions but be change the format or want to erase all data on your drive.
PC running Win2000 or WinXP: Disk Management Program • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” Mac OS does not • Select “Disk Management” recognize NTFS • Right click on the Disk X (your external drive) and initialize it formatted drives, to •...
Mac OS: Mac OS9.2 and earlier, does not support creating partitions on an external drive. To do that, you would need to purchase If you want to use additional 3 party software. Initializing is no problem on all your drive on a PC Operating Systems.
Technical Questions For RMA and other questions, please contact your vendor or Please read your check out their online support area! warranty carefully, as this may vary between different About this Manual vendors! Images and descriptions used might slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have.
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