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Contents

Introduction

 ............................................................ 2

Parts & Accessories List

 .........................................  2

System Requirements

  ............................................. 3

Precautions

............................................................. 4

Fantom Drives GreenDrive at a Glance

 ...................... 5

Connecting the drive to Your Computer

 ..................... 6

Formatting Your Fantom Drives External Hard drive

 ... 7 

Formatting the drive in Mac OS X  .............................. 7

Formatting the drive in Windows  ............................... 8

How to safely dismount and turn off your

Fantom Drives External Hard drive

 ...........................  9

Performing Basic Tasks

 .........................................  10

Troubleshooting /

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 

 ........................  11

Glossary

 ............................................................... 14

One Year Limited Warranty

  ..................................  16

Contact Information

 ..............................................  BC

Two Year

Limited Warranty

Fantom Drives warrants this product (the “Product”) against defects in 

material or workmanship as follows:

1.  LABOR:  For  a  period  of  two  (2)  year  from  the  original  date  of 

purchase from Fantom Drives or its authorized relseller, Fantom Drives 

will  repair  defective  Product  (or,  at  its  option,  replace  with  a  new  or 

recertified product) at no charge. After this 2 year period, you must pay 

for all labor charges.

2. PARTS: For a period of two (2) year from the original date of purchase 

from Fantom Drives or its 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 covers the hardware components packaged with the 

Product.  This  warranty  does  not  cover  any  software  contained  in,  or 

included with, the Product; any such software is provided “AS IS”. Please 

refer  to  any  documentation  included  with  the  software  for  your  rights 

and obligations with respect to the software.

This  warranty  extends  only  to  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 a package 

that provides the Product with a degree of protection equivalent to that 

of  the  original  packaging,  to  Fantom  Drives.  Please  contact  Fantom 

Drives at the number listed on the reverse side for further information.

Fantom  Drives  is  not  responsible  for  any  damage  to,  or  loss  of,  any 

programs, data, or other information stored on any media or any part 

of  any  Product  serviced  hereunder.  Be  sure  to  remove  all  features, 

parts,  options,  alterations,  and  attachments  not  under  warranty  prior 

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

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Page 1: ...e owners Copyright 1999 2007 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 19260 Van Ness Ave Torrance CA 90501 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION TO REDUC...

Page 2: ...ory applied serial number has 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 in...

Page 3: ...iod 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 covers the hardware components packaged with the Product This warranty does not cover any software contained in or included with the Product any such software is provided AS IS Please refer to any documentation included with the soft...

Page 4: ...uide If you are missing any items listed above please fill out the customer support form at http www fantomdrives com support missingpart asp Please retain a copy of your receipt You will need it if warranty repair service is required in the future Peripheral A generic term for hard drives printers scanners and other discreet devices that add functionality to a computer Port A connection which ena...

Page 5: ...es 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 kilobits megabits etc per second MB Megabyte 1 048 576 bytes Operating Sys...

Page 6: ...k 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 Next You will see a default value for the drive click Next You will then see a drive letter you can change this drive letter if you wish click...

Page 7: ...Vista A Windows 2000 XP 2003 and Vista already include all the necessary drivers No additional drivers are necessary Q When I leave my computer idle for a while my drive won t work properly A The most likely cause is that your computer is going into sleep mode The immediate solution is to shut down your computer and turn off the drive and then restart your computer Once your computer is completely...

Page 8: ...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 special characters Connecting the drive to Your Computer 1 Plug the AC adapter cord into the power port on the back of the drive The plug should not require much effort to insert If the plug will not go in do not force it the pl...

Page 9: ... least two different places We recommend that you obtain and use a quality backup software application if the basic program that come with your operating system is not robust enough for your particular Formatting Your Drive The GreenDrive comes preformatted at the factory with the FAT32 file system which will mount on most modern operating systems FAT32 has some limitations and we recommend you re...

Page 10: ...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 optimization level Press OK when finished and you may close the disk management applet 8 9 How to Safely Dismount and Turn Off the External Hard drive What do mounting and dismounting mean When a device such as...

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