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options, alterations, and attachments not under warranty prior to 

returning the Product to Fantom Drives. Fantom Drives is not liable 

for any loss or damage to these items.

This limited warranty does not cover: (1) any consumables (such as 

batteries) supplied with this product; cosmetic damages; damage or 

loss to any software programs, data or removable storage media; 

or damage due to the Product such as but not limited to excessive 

heat  or  humidity,  or  modifications  of  this  Product;  (2)  improper 

installation,  operation,  testing  or  maintenance  of  this  Product; 

(3)  power  failure  or  connection  to  improper  voltage  supply;  or; 

(4) attempted repair by any party other than Fantom Drives. This 

Warranty does not apply when the malfunction results from the use 

of this Product in conjunction with accessories, products or ancillary 

or  peripheral  equipment,  or  where  it  is  determined  by  Fantom 

Drives that there is no fault with this Product itself.

This Limited Warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number, 

product identification, or tamperproof sticker have been altered or 

removed from the Product.

Repair  or  replacement  as  provided  under  this  warranty  is  the 

exclusive  remedy  of  the  consumer.  Fantom  Drives  shall  not  be 

liable  for  any  incidental  or  consequential  damages  for  breach  of 

any  express  or  implied  warranty,  breach  of  contract,  negligence, 

strict  liability  or  any  other  legal  theory  related  to  this  product. 

Such  damage  include,  but  are  not  limited  to,  loss  of  profits,  loss 

of  data,  loss  of  use  of  the  product  or  any  associated  equipment, 

down  time  and  purchaser’s  time.  Except  to  the  extend  prohibited 

by applicable law, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness 

for a particular purpose on this product is limited in duration of this 

warranty.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or 

consequential damages, or allow limitations on how long on implied 

warranty lasts, so the above limitation or exclusions may not apply 

to you. This warranty gives you specific rights; you may have other 

rights which vary from state to state.

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Summary of Contents for Black Diamond

Page 1: ...ctive owners Copyright 1999 2011 Fantom Drives All rights reserved This publication may not be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Fantom Drives 20525 Manhattan Place Torrance CA 90501 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION T...

Page 2: ...is Limited Warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number product identification or tamperproof sticker have been altered or removed from the Product Repair or replacement as provided under this warranty is the exclusive remedy of the consumer Fantom Drives shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages for breach of any express or implied warranty breach of contract neg...

Page 3: ...o you the original purchaser It is not transferable to any one who subsequently purchases the Product from you Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale which is evidence that the Product is within the warranty period must be presented to obtain warranty service To obtain warranty service you must take the Product or deliver the Product freight prepaid in either it s original packaging or in...

Page 4: ...ytes Hardware Physical components of a computer system computer hard drives printers etc Hub A device which links peripherals together onto the same bus Interface Junction between two items of hardware or software for the exchange of data Mb Megabit One million bits Mbps Megabits per second A data transmission speed of one million bits per second Data transmissions are typically measured in bits k...

Page 5: ... XP users will get this alert message if you plugged the drive into a USB port that only supports USB 1 1 This is fine except your drive will operate at USB 1 1 speeds If an issue cannot be resolved by using our FAQ please contact Technical Support via the Fantom Drives support site at http www Fantomdrives com helpdesk Glossary Bit The smallest unit of digital data In binary code a bit is represe...

Page 6: ...n Q Does the drive work with Norton Ghost A Yes Norton Ghost 2003 or newer support USB drives Fantom Drives does not provide any additional drivers Q I formatted my hard disk under Windows XP but my Vista machine does not allow me to delete or modify files on the drive A Windows Vista and XP handle file permissions differently In Windows XP the default user group has full permissions to every volu...

Page 7: ...ss and hold down the option command p r key combination to reset the PRAM Release the keys when the chime sounds a second time Please refer to your Mac manual for more information on these procedures Q My computer does not recognize the drive A Check to make sure that all of your connections are secure and that the power switch is in the ON position Then check if your External Hard drive is listed...

Page 8: ... your computer s disk repair utility or a third party utility If your disk repair utility cannot repair or see the disk the drive has failed and will need to be replaced If data recovery is desired please contact an established professional data recovery firm For a checklist of what qualities you might seek see www drivesavers com why_drivesavers index html or www ontrack com services Connecting t...

Page 9: ...ing the one used by the External Hard drive After a few seconds Windows will give you a message that it is safe to remove the device Formatting Your Drive The Black Diamond comes preformatted at the factory with the NTFS file system the native file system for Windows Linux and MacOSX hosts require a third party driver such as NTFS 3G to achieve full read write capability with NTFS volumes If you i...

Page 10: ...complete your external hard drive is ready to use 5 In Windows XP and Vista it is possible to optimize the drive for performance or quick removal To select your desired mode open the device manager located in Windows System32 devmgmt msc on your system drive Right click Fantom Disk in Disk drives and select properties Select the Policies Tab near the top left of the window and click your desired o...

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