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S2 Portable External Hard Drive

User’s manual

HXMU016DA
HXMU025DA
HXMU032DA
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Page 1: ...S2 Portable External Hard Drive User s manual HXMU016DA HXMU025DA HXMU032DA HXMU050DA ...

Page 2: ...t guide is provided with the purchase of S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive The quick start guide explains product components and provides simple instructions on how to install the product User s Manual The User s Manual contains detailed information about features and instructions on using your S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive Using this Manual Carefully read and understand the Handling Pre...

Page 3: ...void your warranty Disassembly and Label Removal Electrostatic Do not touch the circuitry with your hands Your HDD contains highly sensitive internal components Passing on static electricity to the circuitry will cause irreparable damage to the head Handling Precautions Warning User s Manual S2 Portable External Hard Drive 3 The following information serves to ensure user s safety and prevent dama...

Page 4: ...ets Magnetic objects can cause various types of damage to the HDD including data corruption Keep magnets and magnetic objects away from the HDD Regular Virus Scanning Frequently scan the device for viruses and protect the device from virus infection Safely Remove Hardware Always use the Safely Remove Hardware feature before shutting down the HDD or disconnecting the USB cable 1MB 1 000 000bytes an...

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Page 9: ...in the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen The operating system will recognize and display Samsung drive under My Computer Figure 3 System Tray indicating an external device Figure 4 In the Windows Explorer you will see a new Samsung drive User s Manual You are now ready to use the Samsung S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive ...

Page 10: ...rnal HDD connection icon Figure 6 Macintosh Folders After clicking the SAMSUNG icon the following folder will appear You are now ready to use the Samsung S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive Software included with your S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive does not support the Mac operating environment Stop Read S2 Portable External Hard Drive 10 User s Manual ...

Page 11: ...k Drive The S2 Portable will most likely be the E drive however it could be any drive letter For the purposes of this manual we will assume that the S2 Portable is the E drive As well for practice copying folders and files we will copy the Temp folder onto the S2 Portable Copying Moving Files It is important to understand the difference between Copy and Move Copy is to make a duplicate folder or f...

Page 12: ...ive 2 From this side right click on the Temp folder and choose Copy Now we will copy the Temp folder from the Local C drive to the Samsung E drive From the left pane in the Windows Explorer Right Click Samsung E Click Paste NOTE Detaching the USB cable while file transfer is in progress can damage your computer and or S2 Portable External Hard Drive If you need to disconnect the USB cable wait for...

Page 13: ...device When you see the Safely Remove Hardware message you may safely remove the device from the system For Windows Right click the arrow icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of your screen Figure 11 The Safely Remove Hardware prompt will list every device that is attached to your system Figure 12 This prompt will list all of the Mass Storage Devices like your Local Hard drive and y...

Page 14: ...onnects the drive It is now safe to detach the drive from the computer Do not disconnect S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive s USB cable from the computer while file transfer is in progress Interrupting the file transfer could lead to data corruption and or damage to your S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive Stop Read S2 Portable External Hard Drive 14 User s Manual ...

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Page 16: ...log will display the end user license agreement Carefully read the agreement Select yes 7 Select the destination for Samsung Auto Backup installation and then click Next 8 Select the folder under which you wish the Samsung Auto Backup icon to be registered Then click Next ...

Page 17: ...to exit the installation wizard Select Yes I want to restart my computer now and then exit the installation wizard in order to finalize Samsung Auto Backup installation There are two ways to backup data Data Backup Options Manual Backup Quick Backup You will need to first configure backup options before using Samsung Auto Backup Launch Samsung Auto Backup by clicking Start Programs SEC Samsung Aut...

Page 18: ...Figure 14 Samsung Auto Back Screen Figure 15 Backup Destination Selection Dialog Designate the path to the backup device and then click Next S2 Portable External Hard Drive 18 User s Manual ...

Page 19: ...ed from the backup process You can define these files by grouping or by specific file extensions For file groups the application provides preconfigured groups and the ability to add user defined groups Clicking Next without making any change in this dialog sets the application to backup all types of files from the source Configure the various backup options S2 Portable External Hard Drive 19 User ...

Page 20: ...y to backup your data Samsung Auto Backup is configured to perform real time backup by default Therefore the application will automatically back up the content of My Documents after you exit the backup configuration wizard It s even possible for the user to schedule automatic backups Click Add to configure and add a new Auto Backup schedule Clicking the Add button will prompt the New Schedule dial...

Page 21: ...the red section of the bar indicates the amount of storage device space used and the green section indicates the amount of space available Double click the icon to view detailed information about the device s space use Select original file s you wish to back up by checking the file s and or folder s from the Original File Selection window S2 Portable External Hard Drive 21 User s Manual ...

Page 22: ...igure 23 Original File Selection Screen Manual Backup Figure 24 Backup Completion Dialog Select Backup from the Task menu or click Backup from the toolbar S2 Portable External Hard Drive 22 User s Manual ...

Page 23: ... Quick Backup Select file s and or folder s you wish to back up Right click on your selection and then select Quick Backup from the context menu Quick Backup will only function with the backup device properly configured Files and folder that have been backed up with Quick Backup are automatically stored as backups of originals Stop Read ...

Page 24: ... using Samsung Auto Backup To restore your backup data using Samsung Auto Backup you will need to launch the restore wizard There are three ways of doing this First select the file s and or folder s you with to restore and Right click on selected files and select Restore Select Restore from the Task menu Click on Restore from the toolbar ...

Page 25: ...backup files to their original folder or Designate a new destination folder to restore backup files to Restore wizard will then present restore time and duplicate file restoring options You will be able to choose to restore backup files from the most recent backup or from the closest backup to a specified date and time As for duplicate backup files you have the option to restore backup files that ...

Page 26: ...estoring and then click Finish Clicking Finish without making any change in this dialog sets the application to restore all file types After configuring the options click Finish to start restoring backup files Samsung Auto Backup Engine window will prompt and display the restore progress This engine ignores duplicate files and restores only those files with different data or creation date resultin...

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Page 29: ...ve to connect with the file system label accessibility and idle session limit 4 Designate the volume s password and algorithm 5 Verify your virtual image settings 6 If the settings are correct click Finish to generate the volume image You ve now created a virtual drive ...

Page 30: ...rtition has been erased or the file system has been changed to a one that s not recognized by Windows the drive will not appear under Windows Explorer Try formatting the drive to FAT32 or NTFS Caution Formatting will erase all data stored in the drive Q4 I am using Windows XP and cannot format the drive to FAT32 A4 Windows operating systems that followed Windows NT have limited FAT32 formatting to...

Page 31: ...BACKED UP AND CHECKED FOR RELIABILITY AND READABILITY Stop Read Partitioning and Changing File System Type Reformat to FAT32 Use Samsung USB Format Utility to format your S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive to FAT32 Samsung USB Format Utility is a Windows application and is available for downloaded from Samsung s online Customer Support page It s possible to partition your S2 Portable External Ha...

Page 32: ... of partition you wish to create Select the drive volume from the Name menu and the desired format from the Format menu Following describes formatting to NTFS in Windows XP Connect S2 Portable External Hard Disk Drive to the computer Click Start from the lower left corner of your screen Right click My Computer and then select Manage From the Computer Management tool select Disk Management Right cl...

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Page 34: ...duct and all content therein will be transferred to Samsung Please contact Samsung with any comments or inquiries at www samsunghdd com Samsung makes the following limited warranties during the warranty period a the Products will function properly under normal use b the Products will be free from defects in materials or workmanship c the Products will conform to the published specifications and d ...

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