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Freecom HD Dock Pro

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Dear user,

welcome to the installation of your 

Freecom HD Dock Pro

. Before installing the drive, 

please read through the following points regarding its compatibility with your system.

Freecom Technologies  •  Germany

www.freecom.com

Contents of the box

Please check the contents of the box; the following items should be included:

•  Freecom HD Dock Pro
•  USB 2.0 cable
•  External power supply (DC12V/3A)
  Manual on CD
  Quick Install Guide

Warning ! 

All rights reserved. The products named in this manual are only used for identification 

purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies. 

This device was designed for home or office use. 
Warning!  This  device  is  equipment  complying  with  EN55022  class  A.  This  equipment 

can cause radio disturbances in a residential area. If this is the case, the user has to take 

appropriate measures and assume all responsibility and costs for. It may not be used near 

or with any life-sustaining systems. 
Freecom  cannot  be  made  liable  for  any  damages,  loss  of  data  or  damage  following 

thereof -whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, 

business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary 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.

Summary of Contents for HARD DRIVE DOCK PRO -

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL Rev 933 HARD DRIVE DOCK PRO EXTERNAL DOCKING STATION 2 5 3 5 SATA PATA USB 2 0...

Page 2: ...companies This device was designed for home or office use Warning This device is equipment complying with EN55022 class A This equipment can cause radio disturbances in a residential area If this is t...

Page 3: ...FAQ Page 18 Table of Contents 2009 Freecom Technologies Need assistance Have questions In case you have a question about the use of this product need information about other Freecomproductsorneedtech...

Page 4: ...or Intel Mac 256 MB RAM or higher Available USB 2 0 or USB 1 1 port Internet connection for online registration Operating system Mac OS X v10 4 or higher Environment Operating temperatur 5 C 35 C Ope...

Page 5: ...ing inside the product except 2 5 or 3 5 SATA I II hard drives Freecomwarrantythisproductagainstdefectsofmaterialsand workmanshipunder normaluse Freecomcannotbemaderesponsibleforanydamagecausedbyaccid...

Page 6: ...connector 9 USB 2 0 connector 8 9 6 7 Note 2 5 IDE hard disks can be connected to the HD Dock Pro by using a 2 5 to 3 5 converter not included in delivery ByusingIDE powercableswithtwoconnectors notin...

Page 7: ...letotheUSBporton the HD Dock Pro and on the computer 3a Vertically insert the hard drive into the drive slot make sure the hard drive matchesfirmlywiththeconnectorinside the dock or 3b Connect the 3 5...

Page 8: ...required See chapter 2 for further details PC Your hard drive appears in My Computer and can be used now Mac Your hard drive appears on the desktop and can be used now LED on HD Dock Pro switched on...

Page 9: ...o the tables below for an overview File systems supported by different operating systems File system Operating system FAT FAT32 NTFS HFS Windows XP Vista yes yes yes no Mac OS X yes yes yes only read...

Page 10: ...ioning your hard drive under Windows XP Vista 2 3 1 Deleting a partition on the hard drive 1 Click with the right mouse button on the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Select the option Manage 3 Sele...

Page 11: ...11 EN 2 Partitioning your HD 5 Click with the right mouse button on the unallocated area and select the option New Partition The New Partition Wizard opens Click on Next...

Page 12: ...just the size of your partition Click on Next if only one partition is to be created See next chapter Creating two or more partitions on the HD under Windows XP Vista how to create more than one parti...

Page 13: ...llowingsettings Choose either FAT32 or NTFS the Allocation unit size should remain on Default Finally select Perform a quick format and click on Next 10 Click on Finish to complete the partitioning of...

Page 14: ...st partition 2 Click with the right mouse button on the 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 o...

Page 15: ...15 EN 2 Partitioning your HD 8 Click on Finish to create the Extended partition The unallocated space now changed to Free space...

Page 16: ...on Next 13 Select the formatting option Format this partition with the following settings Chooseeither FAT32 or NTFS the Allocationunitsize shouldremainon Default Finally select Perform a quick format...

Page 17: ...the Disk Utility This can be found in Applications Utilities 2 Click on the tab Partition Here you can setup the partition settings and partition the drive according to your settings e g Mac OS Extend...

Page 18: ...ive does not work and there is cklicking noise arising from it It means the power supply is not adequate enough to start the hard drive Make sure the power plug power adaptor and cable is inserted and...

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