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Installation Guide

 

 

Windows & Mac

Thank you for choosing Fantom Drives!  Your Fantom Drives GreenDrive 

has been built to the highest standard of quality and workmanship and, 

when used according to the instructions in this guide, will provide years of 

trouble-free operation.  We at Fantom Drives take great pride in bringing 

personal satisfaction to each of our customers.

Your drive is compatible with all  USB-capable Apple Macintosh computers 

running MacOS 10.3 (or greater) and PC-Compatible computers running 

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.  

12-10-2008 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        1DMDUM Rev C

The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice.  While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation 

of this document to assure its accuracy, Fantom Drives and Fantom Drives assume no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from 

the use of the information contained herein.

Fantom Drives  reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users.

Fantom Drives, The Fantom Drives Logo, Fantom Drives and the Fantom Drives logo are registered trademarks of Fantom Drives. Mac Mini, Macintosh, 

and  the  MacOS  Logo  are  trademarks  of  Apple  Computer  Inc.  Microsoft  Windows  and  the  Windows  Logo  are  registered  trademarks  of  Microsoft 

Corporation. All other names and logos are property of their respective owners.

Copyright © 1999, 2007 Fantom Drives.  All rights reserved.  This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form 

or by any means, in whole or in part,  without the prior written consent of Fantom Drives, 19260 Van Ness Ave., Torrance CA  90501.

WARNING

  -  TO  REDUCE  THE  RISK  OF  FIRE  OR  ELECTRIC  SHOCK,  DO  NOT 

EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

CAUTION

  -  TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,  DO  NOT  REMOVE 

COVER (OR BACK).  NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.  REFER SERVICING TO 

QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

FCC Compliance Statements

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.  These limits 

are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation.  This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate 

frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 

installation.  If this equipment does cause harmful interference to equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to correct the interference by one or more 

of the following measures:

•  

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

•  

Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver

•  

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected

•  

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help

Fantom Drives Technology

19260 Van Ness Avenue

Torrance, CA 90501

Sales: 310-320-7272

Support: 

http://www.Fantomdrives.com/help

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Summary of Contents for GD1000EU

Page 1: ...e owners Copyright 1999 2007 Fantom Drives All rights reserved This publication may not be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Fantom Drives 19260 Van Ness Ave Torrance CA 90501 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION TO REDUC...

Page 2: ...ory applied serial number has been altered or removed from the Product Repair or replacement as provided under this warranty is the exclusive remedy of the consumer Fantom Drives shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages for breach of any express or implied warranty breach of contract negligence strict liability or any other legal theory related to this product Such damage in...

Page 3: ...iod or ninety 90 days from installation by Fantom Drives All exchanged parts replaced under this warranty will become the property of Fantom Drives This warranty only covers the hardware components packaged with the Product This warranty does not cover any software contained in or included with the Product any such software is provided AS IS Please refer to any documentation included with the soft...

Page 4: ...uide If you are missing any items listed above please fill out the customer support form at http www fantomdrives com support missingpart asp Please retain a copy of your receipt You will need it if warranty repair service is required in the future Peripheral A generic term for hard drives printers scanners and other discreet devices that add functionality to a computer Port A connection which ena...

Page 5: ...es printers etc Hub A device which links peripherals together onto the same bus Interface Junction between two items of hardware or software for the exchange of data Mb Megabit One million bits Mbps Megabits per second A data transmission speed of one million bits per second Data transmissions are typically measured in bits kilobits megabits etc per second MB Megabyte 1 048 576 bytes Operating Sys...

Page 6: ...k on the right hand box in the pop up menu select Delete Partition Once you do this it will say Online Unallocated Right click on the box and select Create New Partition in the pop up menu When the Partition Wizard appears select Primary Partition and click Next You will see a default value for the drive click Next You will then see a drive letter you can change this drive letter if you wish click...

Page 7: ...Vista A Windows 2000 XP 2003 and Vista already include all the necessary drivers No additional drivers are necessary Q When I leave my computer idle for a while my drive won t work properly A The most likely cause is that your computer is going into sleep mode The immediate solution is to shut down your computer and turn off the drive and then restart your computer Once your computer is completely...

Page 8: ...to copy files to from FAT32 volumes or network shares and it keeps failing A FAT32 HFS and other file system formats allow different standards of filename length or use of special characters Connecting the drive to Your Computer 1 Plug the AC adapter cord into the power port on the back of the drive The plug should not require much effort to insert If the plug will not go in do not force it the pl...

Page 9: ... least two different places We recommend that you obtain and use a quality backup software application if the basic program that come with your operating system is not robust enough for your particular Formatting Your Drive The GreenDrive comes preformatted at the factory with the FAT32 file system which will mount on most modern operating systems FAT32 has some limitations and we recommend you re...

Page 10: ...Windows System32 devmgmt msc on your system drive Right click Fantom Disk in Disk drives and select properties Select the Policies Tab near the top left of the window and click your desired optimization level Press OK when finished and you may close the disk management applet 8 9 How to Safely Dismount and Turn Off the External Hard drive What do mounting and dismounting mean When a device such as...

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