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2-27-2008 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           MD1DQ-GDM Rev A

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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.
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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

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

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QuickStart 

Installation Guide

Thank you for choosing Fantom Drives!  Your Fantom Drives GreenDrive 

Quad 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    eSATA  enabled,  USB-capable  or 

FireWire Apple Macintosh computers running MacOS 10.4 (or greater) 

and  PC-Compatible  computers  running  Windows  2000,  Windows  XP, 

Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.  

Windows & Mac

Summary of Contents for GreenDrive Quad

Page 1: ... 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 n...

Page 2: ...lfunction results from the use of this Product in conjunction with accessories products or ancillary or peripheral equipment or where it is determined by Fantom Drives that there is no fault with this Product itself This Limited Warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed from the Product Repair or replacement as provided under this warranty is the exclusiv...

Page 3: ...a period of two 2 year from the original date of purchase from Fantom Drives or its authorized reseller Fantom Drives will supply at no charge new or rebuilt replacement parts in exchange for defective parts of this Product Any replacement parts will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or ninety 90 days from installation by Fantom Drives All exchanged parts replaced unde...

Page 4: ...for the Disk that has a capacity closest to your Fantom Drives External Hard drive Right click 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 c...

Page 5: ...allation Q Does the drive work with Norton Ghost A Yes Norton Ghost 2003 or newer support USB drives Fantom Drives does not provide any additional drivers Q I formatted my hard disk under Windows XP but my Vista machine does not allow me to delete or modify files on the drive A Windows Vista and XP handle file permissions differently In Windows XP the default user group has full permissions to eve...

Page 6: ...you do not need to install drivers Hot swappable Devices can be added and removed while the computer is running Also you can turn off the device when not needed in order to conserve electricity FireWire USB 2 0 Compared FAQs for Mac Users Q Why is my drive asking me to format it It was already formatted and it contains data A1 Run a disk repair utility on the drive A2 Perform permission repair on ...

Page 7: ...ailed If you do not hear and feel the drive spin up when you connect the power the drive will need to be replaced If you verify that the computer input and the drive data cable are working you may be able to repair or recover the data with your computer s disk repair utility or a third party utility If your disk repair utility cannot repair or see the disk the drive has failed and will need to be ...

Page 8: ...nd one FireWire 400 port for connecting additional FireWire device in a daisy chain 4 Press the power switch located on the back of the GreenDrive Quad Hard Disk Once the Drive is powered up your computer should recognize it and the Drive will be ready to use 8 13 Performing Basic Tasks How to open files and folders stored on the External Hard Drive PC and Mac Users 1 Double click on the Drive ico...

Page 9: ...er for the device 3 Left click on the appropriate device with the drive letter matching the one used by the External Hard drive After a few seconds Windows will give you a message that it is safe to remove the device Formatting Your Drive The GreenDrive II comes preformatted at the factory with the NTFS file system which will mount on Windows computers as well as on most modern operating systems f...

Page 10: ...ulnerable to data loss Make sure to have appropriate backup strategies before enabling this feature Formatting the Drive in Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 1 Open the disk management console located at Windows System32 diskmgmt msc on your system drive A list of the attached drives and their respective volumes will appear Select the Fantom Drives GreenDrive II Disk 2 Right click on a GreenDrive II volu...

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