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10-15-2007 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           MDCSIM Rev B

The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice.  While reasonable efforts have been made in the 
preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, Fantom Drives and Fantom Drives assume no liability resulting from errors or omissions in 
this document, or from the use of the information contained herein.

Fantom Drives  reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users.
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WARNING

 - TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, 

DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

CAUTION

 - TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT 

REMOVE  COVER  (OR  BACK).    NO  USER-SERVICEABLE  PARTS 
INSIDE.  REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

FCC Compliance Statements

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.  These 
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation.  This equipment generates, uses, and 
can radiate frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, there is no guarantee that interference will not 
occur in a particular installation.  If this equipment does cause harmful interference to equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to correct 
the interference by one or more of the following measures:

•  

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

•  

Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver

•  

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected

•  

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help

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QuickStart 

Installation Guide

 

 

Windows & Mac

Thank  you  for  choosing  Fantom  Drives!    Your  Fantom  Drives  G-Force 

Megadisk has been built to the highest standard of quality and workmanship, 

is compatible with all  USB or eSATA capable Apple Macintosh computers 

running MacOS 10.2 (or greater) and PC-Compatible computers running 

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.  We 

at Fantom Drives take great pride in bringing personal satisfaction to each 

of our customers; When used according to the instructions in this guide, 

your  Fantom  Drives  G-Force  Megadisk  will  provide  years  of  trouble-free 

operation.  

Summary of Contents for G-Force Megadisk

Page 1: ...ED SERVICE PERSONNEL FCC Compliance Statements This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordan...

Page 2: ...n 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...

Page 3: ...ts authorized reseller Fantom Drives will supply at no charge new or rebuilt replacement parts in exchange for defective parts of this Product Any replacement parts will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or ninety 90 days from installation by Fantom Drives All exchanged parts replaced under this warranty will become the property of Fantom Drives This warranty only cove...

Page 4: ...ty closest to your Fantom Drives External Hard Drive Right click on the right hand box in the pop up menu select Delete Partition Once you do this it will say Online Unallocated Right click on the box and select Create New Partition in the pop up menu When the Partition Wizard appears select Primary Partition and click on Next You will see a default value for the Drive click Next You will then see...

Page 5: ...ired to control a number of miscellaneous functions Please check with your computer manufacturer for BIOS updates to determine if your computer s BIOS supports this feature 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 Where are the drivers required A Windows 2000 XP 2003 and Vista already include...

Page 6: ...s are secure and that the power switch is in the ON position Then check if your External Hard Drive is listed in the Apple System Profiler If the problem persists verify that the USB eSATA port used is functioning Q I m trying to copy files to from FAT32 volumes or network shares and it keeps failing A FAT32 HFS and other file system formats allow different standards of filename length or use of s...

Page 7: ...o turn off and disconnect the Drive with the computer turned off PC and Mac When you shut down your computer the Drive dismounts automatically With the computer turned off simply turn off the Drive You may then unplug the power cord and data cable if you want to disconnect the drive Precautions Failure to follow the precautions described below may cause damage to your Fantom Drives External Hard D...

Page 8: ...s and their respective volumes will appear Select the Fanton Drives GForce Megadisk Disk The Disk Management Console can be found under Windows System32 diskmgmt msc on your system drive For an illustrated guide please see http www fantomdrives com support faqs 2 Right click on the drive letter and select Format in the pop up menu The Format dialog box will appear 3 Under Capacity verify the Drive...

Page 9: ...k Erase Once initializing is complete you should see the drive listed in the left sub window of the Disk Utility screen Quit Disk Utility You should now see the Drive icon on the Desktop Setting the RAID operation mode You can configure the Fantom Drives Megadisk eSATA USB to use any of the following Storage Policies to map the physical hard drives to virtual drives or volumes that are visible to ...

Page 10: ...AFE RAID 1 The SAFE storage policy stores all data in duplicate on each drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure One drive mirrors the other at all times equivalent to RAID 1 Every write operation goes to both drives SAFE provides the highest level of data fault tolerance but halves the amount of storage capacity because all data must be stored twice The resulting storage capacity ...

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