Fantom Drives GreenDrive Quad Quick Start Installation Manual Download Page 2

Contents

Introduction

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

Parts & Accessories List

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

System Requirements

  ............................................. 5

FireWire and USB 2.0 Compared

.............................. 6

Fantom Drives External Hard Drive at a Glance

 .......... 7

Precautions

............................................................. 8

Connecting the Drive to Your Computer

 ..................... 9

Formatting Your Fantom Drives External Hard Drive

 . 10 

Formatting the Drive in Mac OS X  ............................ 10

Formatting the Drive in Windows  ............................. 11

How to safely dismount and turn off your

Fantom Drives External Hard Drive

 ......................... 12

Performing Basic Tasks

 .........................................  13

Troubleshooting /

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 

 ........................  14 

Warranty

  ............................................................  17

Contact Information

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

 

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 

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  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.

Summary of Contents for GreenDrive Quad

Page 1: ... 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 n...

Page 2: ...lfunction 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 has been altered or removed from the Product Repair or replacement as provided under this warranty is the exclusiv...

Page 3: ...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 unde...

Page 4: ...for the Disk that has a capacity 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 Next You will see a default value for the drive c...

Page 5: ...allation 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 eve...

Page 6: ...you do not need to install drivers Hot swappable Devices can be added and removed while the computer is running Also you can turn off the device when not needed in order to conserve electricity FireWire USB 2 0 Compared FAQs for Mac Users Q Why is my drive asking me to format it It was already formatted and it contains data A1 Run a disk repair utility on the drive A2 Perform permission repair on ...

Page 7: ...ailed If you do not hear and feel the drive spin up when you connect the power the drive will need to be replaced If you verify that the computer input and the drive data cable are working you may be able to repair or recover the data with 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 ...

Page 8: ...nd one FireWire 400 port for connecting additional FireWire device in a daisy chain 4 Press the power switch located on the back of the GreenDrive Quad Hard Disk Once the Drive is powered up your computer should recognize it and the Drive will be ready to use 8 13 Performing Basic Tasks How to open files and folders stored on the External Hard Drive PC and Mac Users 1 Double click on the Drive ico...

Page 9: ...er for the device 3 Left click on the appropriate device with the drive letter matching 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 GreenDrive II comes preformatted at the factory with the NTFS file system which will mount on Windows computers as well as on most modern operating systems f...

Page 10: ...ulnerable to data loss Make sure to have appropriate backup strategies before enabling this feature Formatting the Drive in Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 1 Open the disk management console located at Windows System32 diskmgmt msc on your system drive A list of the attached drives and their respective volumes will appear Select the Fantom Drives GreenDrive II Disk 2 Right click on a GreenDrive II volu...

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