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Rev.  828

 USER MANUAL

TOUGH DRIVE 

LEATHER

EXTERNAL 

MOBILE 

HARD DRIVE 

2.5" 

USB 2.0

WIN & MAC

Summary of Contents for TOUGH DRIVE LEATHER -

Page 1: ...Rev 828 USER MANUAL TOUGHDRIVELEATHER EXTERNAL MOBILE HARD DRIVE 2 5 USB 2 0 WIN MAC...

Page 2: ...ed 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 us...

Page 3: ...nstallation page 7 Chapter 2 Driver Installation page 7 Chapter 3 Installation of the application software page 8 Chapter 4 Freecom Hard Drive Protection Tool page 10 Chapter 5 Using Freecom ULTRA USB...

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: ...ailing 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 ToughDrive Leather When liquids are s...

Page 6: ...e access Foryourconvenience theToughDriveLeatherhasbeenpartitioned 1partition andpre formatted FAT32 file system The FAT32 format ensures maximum interchangeability of the ToughDrive Leather between d...

Page 7: ...en the 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 Leather In that case you need to use an external power su...

Page 8: ...er 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 files to...

Page 9: ...allation 1 Saving Freecom data Theusermanualsandcomplementarysoftware whenapplicable arepre loadedonto theharddrive Werecommendthatyousavethesefilestoyourcomputer Documents Freecom to always have a ba...

Page 10: ...ToughDrive Leather from your PC in order 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 pa...

Page 11: ...rotection 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 seco...

Page 12: ...l now be accessible in My Computer I lost my password what can I do now Ifyouloseyourpassword youwillnotbeabletoaccessyourdataanymore Theonlyway to continue using your ToughDrive Leather is to erase a...

Page 13: ...mat Hard 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...

Page 14: ...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 Remove p...

Page 15: ...ecommend to completely discon necting the ToughDrive Leather from your Mac in order to reactivate the password pro tection Some Macs keep USB devices supplied with power when being in hibernation mode...

Page 16: ...OK Accessing the password encrypted hard disk 1 Connect your Freecom ToughDrive Leather to your Mac A window will open stating that the inserted disk is not readable Click on Ignore 2 Run Password fr...

Page 17: ...ive alldatapreviously 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 c...

Page 18: ...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 selec...

Page 19: ...e from your ToughDrive Leather and go to Software Installation Freecom Ultra USB 2 0 3 The Freecom Ultra USB 2 0 Wizard will open 4 Check the drive and click on Configure to enable the Ultra USB2 0 dr...

Page 20: ...ystems and Instructions to enable you to adapt the ToughDrive Leather to your needs 6 2 File System features Please refer to the tables below for an overview File systems supported by different operat...

Page 21: ...needs 6 3 Partitioning your ToughDrive Leather under Windows 2000 XP Vista 6 3 1 Deleting a partition on the Freecom ToughDrive Leather 1 Click with the right mouse button on the My Computer icon on...

Page 22: ...EN 6 Freecom ToughDrive Leather 5 Click with the right mouse button on the unallocated area and select the option NewPartition Windows2000 CreatePartitionWizard The NewPartitionWizard opens Click on N...

Page 23: ...adjust 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 ToughDrive Leather under Windows 2000 XP Vista how to cre...

Page 24: ...ttings 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 your Fre...

Page 25: ...tion 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 T...

Page 26: ...26 EN 6 Freecom ToughDrive Leather 8 Click on Finish to create the Extended partition The unallocated space now changed to Free space...

Page 27: ...click on 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 shouldrema...

Page 28: ...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 tings e g Ma...

Page 29: ...erial 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 co...

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