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USER MANUAL

Rev. 942

HARD DRIVE XS

3.0

EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE

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3.5"

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USB 3.0

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Summary of Contents for HARD DRIVE XS 3.0 -

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL Rev 942 HARD DRIVE XS 3 0 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE 3 5 USB 3 0 ...

Page 2: ...ered 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 cann...

Page 3: ... measures page 5 Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 page 6 Saving Freecom data page 6 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation page 7 Chapter 2 Driver Installation page 7 Chapter 3 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 page 8 Table of Contents 2009 Freecom Technologies ...

Page 4: ...ware requirements must be fulfilled to ensure trouble free operation System requirements In order to use the Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 following components are needed Intel Pentium III AMD Duron 900 MHz or higher 512 MB RAM or higher Available USB 3 0 port Internet connection for online warranty registration and software updates and downloads Operating system Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 ...

Page 5: ...t to a warmer environment please allow the drive to acclimatize to the ambient temperature 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 Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 When liquids are spilled and get in contact with the electronics within the drive enclosure it will...

Page 6: ...ormattheFreecomHardDriveXS3 0inanotherfilesystem e g NTFS pleasebeawareof possibleproblemswhenconnectingtheFreecomHardDriveXS3 0toanothercomputer than the one you used for formatting Saving Freecom data The user manuals and complementary software when applicable are pre loaded onto the hard drive We recommend that you save these files to your computer My Documents Freecom toalwayshaveabackupofthes...

Page 7: ... remove the Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 via your operating system the unplug or eject hardware option in the Windows taskbar before disconnecting the USB cable or power cable and before switching off the device Failing to do so may result in data loss Chapter Driver Installation Under Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 a separate Freecom driver is not required The drivers will be installed automatically...

Page 8: ...ost common file systems and Instructions to enable you to adapt the Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 to your needs 3 2 File System features Please refer to the tables below for an overview File systems supported by different operating systems File system Operating system FAT FAT32 NTFS HFS Windows XP Vista 7 yes yes yes no Mac OS X yes yes yes only read yes Maximum size of a partition File system Operati...

Page 9: ...der Windows XP Vista 7 3 3 1 Deleting a partition on the Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 under Windows XP Vista 7 1 Click with the right mouse button on the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Select the option Manage 3 Select the option Storage Disk Management 4 Choose your external Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 and right click on the partition 5 Select Delete Partition and confirm by clicking on Yes The pa...

Page 10: ...10 EN 3 Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 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 11: ...canadjustthesizeofyourpartition Clickon Next ifonlyonepartitionisto be created See next chapter Creating two or more partitions on the Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 under Windows XP Vista 7 how to create more than one partition 8 Assignadrivelettertoyourharddisk Normallyyoucanusethedefaultoptions Click on Next ...

Page 12: ...gsettings Choose either FAT32 or NTFS the Allocation unit size should remain on Default Finally select Perform a quick format and click on Next 10 Clickon Finish tocompletethepartitioningofyourFreecomHardDriveXS3 0 Your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 will be formatted now and is ready to use afterwards ...

Page 13: ...ista 7 for creating the first 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 of your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 and select the option New partition The New Partition Wizard opens Click on Next 6 Select Extended partition and click on Next 7 Now you can...

Page 14: ...14 EN 3 Freecom Hard Drive XS 3 0 8 Click on Finish to create the Extended partition The unallocated space now changed to Free space ...

Page 15: ... 11 Specify the partition size and click on Next 12 Assign a drive letter and click on Next 13 Selecttheformattingoption Formatthispartitionwiththefollowingsettings Choose either FAT32 or NTFS the Allocation unit size should remain on Default Finally select Perform a quick format and click on Next 14 Click on Finish to complete partitioning Your partition will be formatted now and is ready to use ...

Page 16: ...sing the serial number on the product has been altered removed or made illegible This guarantee covers only the hardware components packaged with the product This guaranteecoversnoneofthefollowing a anyconsumablesuppliedwiththeproduct such as media or batteries b damage to or loss of any software programs data or removable storage media c any damage resulting from adaptations changes or adjustment...

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