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FREECOM FHD-XS

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Freecom FHD-XS external hard drive
CD-ROM with manual, driver and application software
Quick Install Guide
Warranty card + envelope

Summary of Contents for FHD-XS

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Page 2: ...cuniary loss arising out of the use of or inability to use this Freecom product even if Freecom has been advised of the possibility of such damages We reserve the right to upgrade our products in keeping with technological advances Dear user Thank you for choosing the Freecom FHD XS external hard drive For optimal use and performance we advise you to read this manual carefully before using this pr...

Page 3: ...lation of the Freecom SYNC software PC page 7 CHAPTER 2 Hardware installation page 10 CHAPTER 3 Driver installation PC page 12 CHAPTER 4 Daily use of the FHD XS with Freecom Personal Media Suite software PC page 15 CHAPTER 5 The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite PC page 17 CHAPTER 6 Partitioning your FHD XS PC page 32 CHAPTER 7 Troubleshooting page 46 ...

Page 4: ...ction for online warranty registration and driver software updates and downloads Software Requirements Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Mac iMac iBook Mac G3 G4 or Power Book G3 with USB interface Operating system Mac OS 9 0 or higher OS 9 0 does not support USB 2 0 Bundled True Image software and Freecom Personal Media Suite do not support MAC OS USB 2 0 is downwards compatible to...

Page 5: ...nvironment to a warmer environment please allow the drive to acclimatize to the ambient tempera ture before operating the device Failing to do so may lead to condensation within the drive enclosure which in turn may cause the drive to malfunction Do not place liquids or drinks on the FHD XS When liquids are spilled and get in contact with the electronics within the drive enclosure it will damage t...

Page 6: ...ormat the FHD XS in another file system e g NTFS please be aware of possible problems when connecting the FHD XS to another computer than the one you used for formatting Options Freecom USB 2 0 LE PCI Host Controller See www freecom com for these and other Freecom products or contact your local Freecom reseller dealer Recommended sequence of installation 1 Install Freecom Personal Media Suite Soft...

Page 7: ...r PC 1 1 Installation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 1 Insert the FHD XS Software Manual CD into your CD drive The Freecom start menu opens In case the software does not open automatically please click on Start in the main directory of the CD 2 Click on Install Software and select Freecom Personal Media Suite The installation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite starts now Follow the instructi...

Page 8: ...ng on No ends the installation Select the target folder and program folder in the start menu in which the Freecom Personal Media Suite symbol is to appear 4 Default target folder is C Programs Freecom Personal Media Suite You can select a different target folder for the program files by selecting another folder on your hard drive ...

Page 9: ... for better operation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 6 Click on Next to start the installation All necessary program files are now written on the hard drive of your computer 7 In the last window you will be asked whether you want to start Freecom Personal Media Suite now It is recommended to select this option so that you can configure the software for your FHD XS Please click on Finish Insta...

Page 10: ... Suite In order to remove the Freecom Personal Media Suite from your computer please proceed as follows 1 In the Start menu please click on Programs Freecom Personal Media Suite 2 Select Uninstall Freecom Personal Media Suite The software is now removed from your computer ...

Page 11: ...to a USB 2 0 port The Freecom USB 2 0 PCI Host Controller Card is available at www freecom com Recommended after Hardware installation only Windows 98 After you have connected the FHD XS please start with the driver installation as in chapter 3 1 on page 12 described Windows ME 2000 XP Under Windows ME 2000 XP a separate Freecom driver is not required The drivers for Windows ME Windows 2000 and Wi...

Page 12: ...Driver installation USB under Windows 98 SE Note Your Freecom FHD XS is fully backwards compatible with USB 1 1 The installation for USB 1 1 is the same as described below for USB 2 0 1 Insert the Freecom Manual and driver CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Connect your Freecom FHD XS to the USB connector of your notebook or computer 3 The Add New Hardware Wizard opens and a USB 2 0 Device USB 2 0 PCI Hos...

Page 13: ...the next window select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click on Next 5 Make sure that the checkbox CD ROM drive is activated in the next window Continue by clicking on Next Driver Installation ...

Page 14: ... a Freecom FHD XS By clicking on Next the necessary files will be installed Afterwards click on Finish to complete the installation Congratulations You ve just finished to install the Freecom FHD XS and the external hard drive is almost ready to use XS ...

Page 15: ...new SYNC folder 4 2 The SYNC button The FHD XS is equipped with a SYNC button which enables you to synchronize files between your computer and the FHD XS and viceversa The synchronization process occurs simply by the push of a button The SYNC button only works if the Freecom Personal Media Suite Software is installed on your computer For information regarding software installation please refer to ...

Page 16: ...16 FREECOM FHD XS GB 3 4 3 Status of LEDs EL ring on FHD XS on EL ring flickers Access to the FHD XS LED button on SYNC button pressed LED ring flickers Data transfer Synchronisation EL ring LED button ...

Page 17: ...nected FHD XS drive letter available memory capacity 6 Link to www freecom com Click on this to access the Freecom homepage Here you can find further information about your FHD XS 7 Quick Help for Freecom Personal Media Suite 8 Minimises Freecom Personal Media Suite in the system tray 5 1 Configuration To open the configuration menu please right click on the Freecom Personal Media Suite icon in th...

Page 18: ...o open or start documents files or programs automatically when your Freecom FHD XS is connected to your PC Automatically start for example the last document you were working on MP3 play lists your favourite film and much more These files do not have to be on your FHD XS for this 5 2 1 Adding files folders 1 Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and select the Autorun tab 2 Add files folders and pr...

Page 19: ...1 Add Select Folders 1 Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab Secure Compress 2 Click on Change folder and select the folder on your Freecom FHD XS whose content is to be compressed and encrypted 3 Alternatively you can create a new folder to be encrypted on your FHD XS using the Change folder function by clicking on Create new folder naming the folder e g Secure and selecting it...

Page 20: ...ypted in the Secure Compress folder using the drag drop function Each file is now compressed and then encrypted 3 The first time you will be requested to enter and confirm a password Select Save password on this computer if you do not want to be requested to enter a password again 4 Alternatively you can also right click on the files or folders and select the Secure Compress folder in the context ...

Page 21: ...t is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder 5 3 6 Changing the password 1 Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab Secure Compress 2 Click on Change password The following window opens 3 Please enter your current password in the top input field Enter your new password in the middle input field and confirm it in the bottom input field The User Interface of the Free...

Page 22: ...er serves as origin of the data This data can be processed on any number of other computers Example You create a document at work and want to work on it at home Freecom Personal Media Suite is installed on your PC at work Copy the document from the PC at work to your Freecom SYNC folder on your FHD XS Open the document at home directly out of the Freecom SYNC folder Work on it and save it in the F...

Page 23: ...a Suite and select the tab Freecom SYNC 2 Click on Open folder in order to open the SYNC folder 2 If the Freecom Personal Media Suite is already open and has been started minimised in the taskbar you can also open the SYNC folder through a right click on the taskbar symbol of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 5 4 4 Adding files into the SYNC folder 1 Open the SYNC folder 2 Pull the respective files...

Page 24: ...Activate the function SYNC on Freecom USB device plug in in the tab Freecom SYNC Your files are now synchronized each time when you connect your Freecom FHD XS to your computer Freecom Personal Media Suite has to be started This function is activated as standard when a SYNC folder is created 3 Starting the synchronization manually a Open the Freecom Personal Media Suite and click on the tab Freeco...

Page 25: ...delete the folder 5 4 8 Every day use After you have installed all software created the SYNC folder and configured the software and FHD XS you can start using Freecom SYNC to synchronize all your data with the FHD XS You can use the SYNC function for instance to make backups of important files to take files from work to your home or on the road Usage of the SYNC folder with other computers Please ...

Page 26: ...XS with the primary computer 2 Press the SYNC button or open the context menu on the SYNC icon in the taskbar and click on Start synchronization 3 A status window appears and the SYNC LED on the FHD XS starts blinking Please select Update if you wish to synchronize the file or otherwise select Cancel If you choose not to synchronize the file Cancel you will be able to synchronize this file during ...

Page 27: ... will not be synchronized You will be able to synchronize this file during the next synchronization 5 5 1 Handling deleted files Deleting files on either the primary computer or the SYNC folder on the FHD XS results in a red X next to the file during the next synchronization This indicates that the file has been deleted and that its counterpart will be deleted too Please select Update to proceed T...

Page 28: ...ded during the next synchronization If you want to delete a file on either the primary computer or in the SYNC folder and do not want to affect its counterpart it is necessary to Split From Original the files Please follow the instructions 1 Select the file or folder you want to delete 2 Choose Properties in the context menu 3 Select Update and Split From Original 4 Select Yes ...

Page 29: ...puter Simply send to your important files and directories to the SYNC folder on the FHD XS and update your backup from time to time by pressing just one single button This is extremely easy and very fast because the SYNC tool only backups changed files via the fast USB 2 connection The best thing is even when your network or local computer is not working you can take your FHD XS to any other compu...

Page 30: ...the FHD XS 5 5 4 Home use At the office there is always a backup of your important business data But how about your data at home All the memories stored in digital photo s made during your last holiday Or the first pictures and movies of your children You do not want to loose those The FHD XS is ideal for making a safety backup which stores your data independently from your computer Simply send to...

Page 31: ...se button on the files and folders which contain the pictures or videos you want to be in a safe place and select Send to SYNC folder Done Now all your valuable data has been copied to the FHD XS Every time you push the SYNC button all changed or added deleted files and folders from the selected folders will be synchronized with the data on the FHD XS Daily use of the FHD XS with Freecom SYNC soft...

Page 32: ... you to adapt the FHD XS to your needs 6 2 File System features Please refer to the tables below for an overview File systems supported by different operating systems FAT FAT32 NTFS Windows 98SE yes yes not supported Windows ME yes yes not supported Windows 2000 yes yes yes Windows XP yes yes yes Maximum size of a partition FAT FAT32 NTFS Windows 98SE 2 GB 60 GB 1 2 n a Windows ME 2 GB 2 TB 2 n a ...

Page 33: ...w the steps below to adapt the FHD XS for your needs 6 3 Partitioning your FHD XS under Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows 98SE only The fdisk version which is installed together with your operating system does not recognize the correct size of hard disks larger than 64 GB Windows 98SE ME For large partitions fdisk will not display the partion size correctly Please ignore this as the partitioning res...

Page 34: ...ected Selecting the wrong drive will lead to a loss of your data 7 Choose Option 3 Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive by pressing 3 and Return 8 Your FHD XS comes formatted as primary partition Select option 1 Delete Primary DOS Partition by pressing 1 and Return 9 Select the partition to be deleted by pressing its number and Return 10 Enter the drive label and press Return 11 Confirm with Y an...

Page 35: ...ton 2 Select Run 3 Enter fdisk and confirm with OK 4 Answer the question Do you wish to enable large disk support by pressing the Return key FAT32 is now activated 5 Choose Option 5 Change current fixed disk drive by pressing 5 and Return 6 Select the hard disk by its number where the Usage contains no value but only a percent symbol Select the number of the corresponding hard disk and confirm by ...

Page 36: ... is completely checked 9 If only one partition is required then answer Y to the question Do you wish to use the maximumavailable size for a Primary DOS partition If more than on partition is required go to the next section Create two or more partitions on the FHD XS under Windows 98 Windows ME Now the whole disk will be partitioned as one primary partition Wait until the drive integrity check is c...

Page 37: ...1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS drive by pressing 1 and confirm with Return 6 Select Option 2 Create Extended DOS Partition by pressing 2 and confirm with Return Wait until the drive integrity check is completed 7 Enter either the size or a percentage value for the partition size or press Return to accept the default value 8 Press ESC to return and wait until the drive integrity check is com...

Page 38: ...ere 4 After you have completed your selection click on Start Attention Selecting the wrong drive will lead to a loss of your data Please ensure that the correct drive is selected 5 Confirm the next message with OK 6 After formatting is finished you can perform a disk scan To do so follow the instructions of the Windows Help system If you don t want to scan your disk just close the message window R...

Page 39: ...m by clicking on Yes The partition will be deleted now 6 4 2 Creating a partition on the FHD XS under Windows XP 2000 The following steps will guide you through the process of creating partitions on your FHD XS After this procedure your Freecom FHD XS will be ready for use and it will be allocated a drive letter 1 Click with the right mouse button on the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Select t...

Page 40: ... 5 Click with the right mouse button on the unallocated area and select the option New Partition Windows 2000 Create Partition Wizard The New Partition Wizard opens Click on Next 6 Select Primary partition and click on Next ...

Page 41: ...the FHD XS under Windows XP 2000 how to create more than one partition 8 Assign a drive letter to your hard disk Normally you can use the default options Click on Next 9 Select the formatting option Choose either FAT32 or NTFS the Allo cation Unit Size should remain on Default Finally select Perform Quick Format and click on Next Partitioning your FHD XS FHD XS ...

Page 42: ...42 FREECOM FHD XS GB 6 10 Click on Finish to complete the partitioning of your FHD XS Your FHD XS will be formatted now and is ready to use afterwards ...

Page 43: ...e My Computer icon on your desktop 3 Select the option Manage 4 Select the option Storage Disk Management 5 Right click on the unallocated space of your FHD XS and select the option New partition Windows 2000 Create partition The New Partition Wizard Windows 2000 Create Partition Wizard opens Click on Next 6 Select Extended partition and click on Next 7 Now you can adjust the size of your partitio...

Page 44: ...44 FREECOM FHD XS GB 6 8 Click on Finish to create the Extended partition The unallocated space now changed to Free space ...

Page 45: ...ady selected Click on Next 11 Specify the partition size and click on Next 12 Assign a drive letter and click on Next 13 Select the formatting option Choose either FAT32 or NTFS the Allo cation Unit Size should remain on Default Finally select Perform Quick Format and click on Next 14 Click on Finish to complete partitioning Your partition will be formatted now and is ready to use Partitioning you...

Page 46: ...YNC folder Not enough memory on the target drive FHD XS duringsynchronization Solution Install the Freecom Personal Media Suitesoftwareandsafelyremoveand reconnect the FHD XS Follow the instructions on chapter 5 4 2 Creating a new SYNC folder Connect the Freecom FHD XS to your computer Check all connections between the Freecom FHD XS the power supply and the computer Safely remove and reconnect th...

Page 47: ...mage to or loss of any software programs data or removable storage media c any damage resulting from adaptations changes or adjustments which may have been made to the product without the prior written consent of Freecom d attempted repair by any party other than autho rized by Freecom and e accidents lightning water fire or any other such cause beyond the reason able control of Freecom With respe...

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