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Freecom TOUGH DRIVE CUSTOM User Manual Download Page 12

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Freecom ToughDrive Custom

3. Double-click on the „Password.exe“ symbol to run the Freecom Hard Drive Protection

software. The Hard Drive Protection Wizard will open. Click “Next” to proceed.

4. Enter a password. This password will be required to access the protected partition.

Confirm the password in the second field and click “Next”.

5. Your hard drive is now protected with a password. Click “Finish” to exit the wizard.

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Summary of Contents for TOUGH DRIVE CUSTOM

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL Rev 848 TOUGHDRIVECUSTOM EXTERNAL MOBILE HARD DRIVE 2 5 USB 2 0 Win Mac...

Page 2: ...ing 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...

Page 3: ...age 6 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation page 8 Chapter 2 Driver Installation page 8 Chapter 3 Installation of the application software page 9 Chapter 4 Freecom Hard Drive Protection Tool page 11 Chapter...

Page 4: ...following 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 regist...

Page 5: ...cause the drive to malfunction Do not use the Freecom ToughDrive Custom in a dusty environment Dust inside the enclosure may damage the internal electronics and result in drive malfunction Opening th...

Page 6: ...Click on Software Installation Template The installation starts now Follow the instructions on the screen confirm with Next in order to continue with the instal lation The template for Mac 1 Click on...

Page 7: ...pattern or cut out your own pattern see template 2 Put new pattern in transparent film and place it under the silicon cover Ready 2 Transparent film 3 Silicon cover 1 Photo 3 You can select a new pat...

Page 8: ...e drive is connected to a USB 2 0 port On some computers it might occur that the USB port does not deliver enough power to the ToughDrive Custom In that case you need to use an external power supply F...

Page 9: ...in order to continue with the installation 3 1 1 Saving Freecom data The user manuals and complementary software when applicable are pre loaded onto the hard drive We recommend that you save these fi...

Page 10: ...on 3 2 1 Saving Freecom data Theusermanualsandcomplementarysoftware whenapplicable arepre loadedonto theharddrive Werecommendthatyousavethesefilestoyourcomputer Documents Freecom to always have a back...

Page 11: ...to reactivate the password protection Some PCs keep USB devices supplied with power when being in hibernation mode therefore you remain logged in with your password 4 1 1 Configuring the password pro...

Page 12: ...ction software The Hard Drive Protection Wizard will open Click Next to proceed 4 Enter a password This password will be required to access the protected partition Confirm the password in the second f...

Page 13: ...will now be accessible in My Computer I lost my password what can I do now Ifyouloseyourpassword youwillnotbeabletoaccessyourdataanymore Theonlyway to continue using your ToughDrive Custom is to eras...

Page 14: ...ard Disk Wizard 3 To continue you have to confirm that all data on your hard disk will be deleted Click on Next to continue 4 In a final step you have to confirm once again that you want to erase and...

Page 15: ...be visible when you connect the drive 1 Make sure you already run the Password exe to have access to your protected data 2 Onceyouhaveaccesstoyourprotecteddata runthe Password exe againandselect Remo...

Page 16: ...rive Custom from your Mac in order to reactivate the password pro tection Some Macs keep USB devices supplied with power when being in hibernation mode therefore you remain logged in with your passwor...

Page 17: ...click on OK Accessing the password encrypted hard disk 1 ConnectyourFreecomToughDriveCustomtoyourMac Awindow will open stating that the inserted disk is not readable Click on Ignore 2 Run Password fr...

Page 18: ...lldatapreviously stored on the drive will be erased All data on the drive will be deleted Follow these steps to erase and format your hard drive 1 Run Password from the virtual CD ROM Drive and click...

Page 19: ...rive will always be visible when you connect the drive 1 Make sure you already run Password to have access to your protected data 2 Once you have access to your protected data run Password again and s...

Page 20: ...om your ToughDrive Custom and go to Software Installation 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 21: ...mon file systems and Instructions to enable you to adapt the Freecom ToughDrive Custom to your needs 6 2 File System features Please refer to the tables below for an overview File systems supported by...

Page 22: ...ing your ToughDrive Custom under Windows 2000 XP Vista 6 3 1 Deleting a partition on the Freecom ToughDrive Custom 1 Click with the right mouse button on the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Select...

Page 23: ...itioning your Freecom ToughDrive Custom 5 Click with the right mouse button on the unallocated area and select the option NewPartition Windows2000 CreatePartitionWizard The NewPartitionWizard opens Cl...

Page 24: ...ze of your partition Click on Next if only one partition is to be created See next chapter Creating two or more partitions on the Freecom ToughDrive Custom under Windows 2000 XP Vista how to create mo...

Page 25: ...ingsettings 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 you...

Page 26: ...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 Freeco...

Page 27: ...27 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom ToughDrive Custom 8 Click on Finish to create the Extended partition The unallocated space now changed to Free space...

Page 28: ...Next 12 Assign a drive letter and click on Next 13 Select the formatting option Format this partition with the following settings Chooseeither FAT32 or NTFS the Allocationunitsize shouldremainon Defa...

Page 29: ...under 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...

Page 30: ...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 guaranteecoversnoneofthefollowing a an...

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