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WARRANTY

(valid in Europe/Turkey only)

We thank you for purchasing this Freecom product and hope you will enjoy using it.

In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick 

install guide,  instruction manual and any additional electronic and or printed manuals. When 

problems occur we have a database with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on our Freecom 

website (www.freecom.com), please check this site before you contact the helpdesk. 

Your Guarantee

All Freecom products come with unlimited technical phone and web support. By this 

Guarantee, Freecom warrants their products to be free from defects in material and work-

manship for a period listed below from the date of its original purchase. If during this period 

of guarantee the product proves defective due to improper materials or workmanship, 

Freecom will, without charge for labour or parts, at its sole discretion, repair or replace the 

product or its defective parts upon the terms and conditions set out below.

Conditions

This guarantee will be granted only when the original invoice or sales receipt (indicating 

the date of purchase, product and serial number) is presented together with the defective 

product and a Freecom RMA number received from the Freecom Website or given by a 

Freecom Service Center. Freecom reserves the right to refuse the free-of-charge guarantee 

services when the date of purchase of the product cannot be proven. This guarantee will 

not apply if the RMA number is missing, 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 

guarantee covers none of the following: (a) any consumable supplied with the product, 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 adjustments, which 

may have been made to the product, without the prior written consent of Freecom; (d) att-

empted repair by any party other than authorized by Freecom and (e) accidents, lightning, 

water, fire or any other such cause beyond the reasonable control of Freecom.
With respect to all services provided, Freecom 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. Freecom is not liable for the consequence of business loss in case of system failure. 

Be sure to exclude all parts not covered by this guarantee prior to returning the product to 

Freecom. Freecom is not liable for any loss or damage to these items. If during the repair 

of the product the contents of the hard drive are altered, deleted or in any way modified, 

Freecom is not liable whatsoever. 
Repair parts and replacement products will be provided on an exchange basis and will be 

either new, equivalent to new or reconditioned. All replaced parts and products become 

the property of Freecom The period of guarantee for any product or part repaired or re-

placed in warranty shall be the balance of the original guarantee. Repairs or replacements 

on product or parts out of warranty carry

 6 (six)

 months guarantee.

1

YEAR

WARRANTY

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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