FIREWIRE USERS:
There are no drivers needed for the FireWire KanguruQuick Silver drives in any
of the operating systems. The drives are compatible in Win 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP, as
well as Mac 9.2and above.
Note:
The CD icon will only appear on your desktop when the CD is inserted into the
drive. You will not see a DVD+/-RW drive icon on your desktop if there isn’t a CD
present. If you are not seeing the CD icon on your desktop please try the following:
1.) 1.)
Click on the apple icon in the upper left corner and select
Control Panel
2.) 2.)
Next scroll down to the
Extensions Manager
3.) 3.)
At the top of the Extensions Mgr window, change the
Selected Set:
to
Mac 0S
9.x.x Base
4.) 4.)
At the bottom of the window, click the
Duplicate Set
button, and name this
whatever you like.
5.) 5.)
Next click the
Revert
button
6.) 6.)
Finally click the
Restart
button to apply the changes.
After the system has rebooted you should have access to the CD (you will only see a CD if one
has been inserted in the DVD+/-RW)
If you are still having trouble please make sure your Mac OS have the following extensions:
•
Firewire Authoring Support
•
FireWire Enabler
•
FireWire Support
4. Usage Notes
Once the driver files have been loaded simply plug in the USB2.0 or FireWire cable into
the back of the drive and then into your system. Turn on the power to your drive and you
will see a new “Compact Disk” icon in My Computer (Windows Users).
Windows Users:
To properly remove the drive from your computer, click on the green arrow in the lower
right hand side of the taskbar. This will allow you to select any removable devices that
you have connected to your computer. Select the drive that you want to remove and
Windows will tell you when it is safe to remove the device.
