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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Handling The Flip2disk Drive ™ Connecting / Disconnecting Interface Cables On The Flip2disk Handling The Flip PCMCIA Card Hardware Setup D E V I C E D R I V E R I N S T A L L A T I O N PCMCIA and Cardbus –...

  • Page 3: G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

    Flip2disk™. checklist below. If anything is missing please ™ 1) When in use, place the Flip2disk on a contact us immediately upon purchase using one stable, flat surface away from the edge of of the methods listed in the ‘Contacting Amacom’...

  • Page 4: Connecting / Disconnecting Interface Cables On The Flip2Disk

    The Flip PCMCIA card is a 16 bit PCMCIA card ™ ™ The Flip2disk has several different interface that when attached to the Flip2disk drive can ™ cable options available and when connecting or be folded underneath the Flip2disk for easy ™...

  • Page 5: Hardware Setup

    HARDWARE SETUP – USB, FIREWIRE & 16 HARDWARE SETUP – 32 BIT CARDBUS BIT PCMCIA & PARALLEL PORT ™ ™ If you are using the Flip2disk drive via USB, If you are using the Flip2disk drive via 32 bit Firewire ®...

  • Page 6: D E V I C E D R I V E R I N S T A L L A T I O N

    ‘Yes’ and your computer will restart. Upon completing the installation of the device PCMCIA AND CARDBUS ™ ® drivers you will be able to use your Flip2disk . For – WINDOWS NT 4.0 more details on performing basic operations using ®...

  • Page 7: Pcmcia And Cardbus - Windows 2000 And Xp

    Press ‘Enter’ to continue. section of this manual. 6) When the installation is complete you must 2) Turn on your computer and wait for ™ restart your computer to use the Flip2disk ® Windows to finish loading. You must log in ®...

  • Page 8: Usb - Windows ® Me/2000 And Xp

    You must log in as a user with Administrator privileges to as a user with Administrator privileges to ™ ™ install the Flip2disk device drivers (2000 install the Flip2disk device drivers (2000 and XP only). and XP only).

  • Page 9: Parallel Port - Windows ® 95/98/98Se And Me

    2) Turn your computer on and wait for 5) When the installation is complete you must Windows ™ NT to load. You must log in as ™ restart your computer to use the Flip2disk a user with Administrator privileges to install the Flip2disk ™ device drivers.

  • Page 10: U S I N G Y O U R F L I P 2 D I S K

    U S I N G Y O U R F L I P 2 D I S K ™ This section provides instructions on how to get the most from your new Flip2disk™ drive and how to perform basic tasks.

  • Page 11: Using The Flip2Disk Cross-Platform

    OS and Windows PC systems use If you need to transfer files between a Mac ™ ™ different disk formats. If you use your Flip2disk PC, you can use a PC-formatted Flip2disk if File ® on both Mac and PC systems here are some Exchange 3.0 or higher, or PC Exchange 2.0 or...

  • Page 12: T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G

    – USB ‘Contact Details’ section for details of our web Your system must meet the minimum requirements site, which contains further troubleshooting below to support the USB Flip2disk ™ drive. advice. ® Windows...

  • Page 13: System Requirements - Firewire

    Cardbus device while the Flip2disk ™ below to support the Parallel Port Flip2disk transferring information – data loss will result! drive. ™ To prevent any data loss, stop the Flip2disk before disconnecting the interface cable from ® Windows PC Users: ™...

  • Page 14: Usb Guidelines

    ® ® you are using a Mac or running Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP. (To prevent any data You can optimise your USB Flip2disk ™ drives ™ loss, stop the Flip2disk before disconnecting performance by disconnecting other USB the interface cable from the computer or ™...

  • Page 15: Parallel Port Guidelines

    The Flip2disk Icon Does Not Appear on ® a Mac OS Desktop: information – data loss will result! To prevent any data loss, stop the Flip2disk ™ before Check all connections. disconnecting the interface cable from the ™ computer or Flip2disk ™...

  • Page 16: Troubleshooting For Usb

    ™ Please consult your computers user manual for Try connecting the Flip2disk drive directly to details of the type of PCMCIA controller that is one of the USB connections on your computer, built in.

  • Page 17: Troubleshooting For Firewire

    ® Firewire device. possible data loss when used with your Flip2disk ™ USB drive. If you are not sure that a USB device If the problem continues, there may be an complies with the latest USB specification, contact extension conflict on your system.
  • Page 18 Your Flip2disk Stops Responding powered devices connected and there is not (Locks up), or Information Gets Lost or ™ enough available power for the Flip2disk Corrupted While You Are Saving or If this condition exists try the following: Copying Files: ®...

  • Page 19: Troubleshooting For Parallel Port

    User's Guide or manual for directions. ™ Flip2disk Parallel Port Drive Performance Seems Slow: ™ You can optimise your Parallel Port Flip2disk drives performance by changing your computers parallel port mode to EPP in the BIOS. (Please consult your computers user manual for details).
  • Page 20 Legal Disclaimer: Amacom Technologies Limited accepts no responsibility for any data loss that may occur as a result of using this product, regardless of the cause. Users should ensure that they run Anti-Virus software on all supplied software or drivers and that they have a recent backup of all important data.

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