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Freecom Mobile Drive XXS

Dear user!

Thank you for choosing the external

 Freecom Mobile Drive XXS

. For optimal use and 

performance we advise you to read this manual carefully before using this product.

Freecom Technologies  •  Germany

www.freecom.com

Contents of the box

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

 

Freecom Mobile Drive XXS (external hard drive)

•  Data cable (USB 2.0)

 

Manual, safety manual and application software pre-installed on the hard drive

 

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 ap-

propriate 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 pos-

sibility of such damages.
We reserve the right to upgrade our products in keeping with technological advances.

Summary of Contents for MOBILE DRIVE XXS

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL Rev 907 MOBILE DRIVE XXS EXTERNAL MOBILE HARD DRIVE 2 5 USB 2 0...

Page 2: ...istered 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 disturbanc...

Page 3: ...age 6 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation page 7 Chapter 2 Driver Installation page 7 Chapter 3 Installation of the application software page 8 Chapter 4 Using Freecom Turbo USB 2 0 only PC page 10 Chapte...

Page 4: ...ollowing components are needed PC Intel Pentium III AMD Duron 900 MHz or higher 256 MB RAM Vista 512 MB RAM or higher Available USB 2 0 or USB 1 1 port Internet connection for online warranty registra...

Page 5: ...rive XXS is moved from a cool environment to a warmer en vironment please allow the drive to acclimatize to the ambient temperature before operating the device Failing to do so may lead to condensatio...

Page 6: ...ess For your convenience the Freecom Mobile Drive XXS has been partitioned 1 partition andpre formatted FAT32filesystem TheFAT32formatensuresmaximuminterchange abilityoftheFreecomMobileDriveXXSbetween...

Page 7: ...edtoaUSB1 1port how ever the performance data transfer rate of the Freecom Mobile Drive XXS willbemuchlowerthanwhenthedriveisconnectedtoaUSB 0port For optimum performance the Freecom Mobile Drive XXS...

Page 8: ...order to continue with the installation 3 1 1 Saving Freecom data PC The user manuals and complementary software when applicable are pre loaded onto the hard drive We recommend that you save these fil...

Page 9: ...hatyousavethesefilestoyourcomputer Documents Freecom to always have a backup of these files in case you accidentally reformat the drive or delete these files from the drive Saving these files from the...

Page 10: ...art exe fromyourMobileDriveXXSandgotoSoftwareInstallation Freecom Turbo USB 2 0 3 The Freecom Turbo USB 2 0 Wizard will open 4 Check the drive and click on Configure to enable the Turbo USB2 0 driver...

Page 11: ...mmon file systems and Instructions to enable you to adapt the Freecom Mobile Drive XXS to your needs 5 2 File System features Please refer to the tables below for an overview File systems supported by...

Page 12: ...ows 2000 XP Vista 5 3 1 Deleting a partition on the Freecom Mobile Drive XXS under Windows 2000 XP Vista 1 Click with the right mouse button on the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Select the option...

Page 13: ...titioning your Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 5 Click with the right mouse button on the unallocated area and select the option NewPartition Windows2000 CreatePartitionWizard The NewPartitionWizard opens Cl...

Page 14: ...ustthesizeofyourpartition Clickon Next ifonlyonepartitionisto becreated Seenextchapter CreatingtwoormorepartitionsontheFreecomMobile Drive XXS under Windows 2000 XP Vista how to create more than one p...

Page 15: ...followingsettings 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 tocompletethepartitioningofyou...

Page 16: ...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...

Page 17: ...17 EN 5 Partitioning your Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 8 Click on Finish to create the Extended partition The unallocated space now changed to Free space...

Page 18: ...xt 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 Fin...

Page 19: ...nder Mac OS X 1 Open 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 set t...

Page 20: ...ing 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...

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