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HP Personal Media Drive

User’s Guide

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Page 1: ...HP Personal Media Drive User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...slated to another language without the prior written consent of HP Hewlett Packard Company P O Box 4010 Cupertino CA 95015 4010 USA 2004 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P All rights reserved Hewlett Packard is a registered trademark of Hewlett Packard Company in the United States of America and other countries regions This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protecte...

Page 3: ...e Bay 4 Drive Indicators and Connectors 5 Connecting the Drive to a PC without a Drive Bay 5 Locating the Drive 6 Disconnecting the Drive Safely 6 Formatting the Drive for Windows 7 Reformatting the Drive with a FAT32 File System 7 Using Your HP Personal Media Drive Software 8 Using Back Up MyPC SE for HP Software 8 Restoring Damaged or Erased Files 9 Transferring Files to Another PC Manually 9 Pl...

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Page 5: ... Care and Handling of Your HP Personal Media Drive WARNING The warnings for the care and handling of the HP Personal Media Drive are listed below Do not move the drive while it is operating to avoid hardware damage and potential data loss You can safely move your drive only when you have properly disconnected and powered off the drive through the operating system Do not move the PC with the HP Per...

Page 6: ...llation CD that includes User s Guide Read Me file Adobe Acrobat Reader Sonic Backup MyPC D 1 8 meter 6 foot USB 2 0 cable E Power adapter F Power cable NOTE The Sonic Backup MyPC SE for HP software program is included with select models only A INFORMATION LAYER Use this area to present information or other logos dates etc 6 8 pt HP Futura Book left justified Black or Color INFORMATION LAYER 2003 ...

Page 7: ...store files from your digital cameras digital video camcorders and MP3 players Integrated software select models only Helps you back up and manage a large number of files Perform system backups for added data security and quickly transfer data between PCs Compatibility Works with most PCs notebooks and any Plug and Play ready port so you may easily share files between PCs Compatible with Kensingto...

Page 8: ...e software program The programs are installed automatically 6 After installing the software restart the PC If available read the Read Me file for any updates and changes to the software programs Inserting the HP Personal Media Drive into HP PCs with Integrated Drive Bay The HP Personal Media Drive is designed to work with most PCs as an external drive that is connected using a USB cable but it als...

Page 9: ...t of HP Personal Media Drive Back of HP Personal Media Drive D E F A Drive activity LED indicator B Power on LED C HP Personal Media Drive guide rails feet D USB 2 0 connector USB 1 1 backward compatible E DC power connector F Kensington security locking slot NOTE The Kensington security lock is sold separately Connecting the Drive to a PC without a Drive Bay The HP Personal Media Drive is designe...

Page 10: ...a drive if you have more than one HP Personal Media Drive To locate your HP Personal Media Drive open My Computer for a list of all of the internal and external drives For more information on opening My Computer refer to the Help files in your operating system or the documentation that came with your PC Disconnecting the Drive Safely CAUTION To avoid hardware damage and data loss always disconnect...

Page 11: ...ormatting your drive to another file system See Windows Help files or the documentation that came with your PC Reformatting the Drive with a FAT32 File System If you have an older operating system such as Windows ME you may need to reformat the HP Personal Media Drive with a FAT32 file system If your BIOS is older it only supports 4 to16 gigabyte partitions If you do not want your drive partitione...

Page 12: ...onal Media Drive Easily schedule compressed backups of your most important files with incremental saves Back up all or selected files and folders from a local drive Back up all selected files or back up new and changed files Enable back up of multiple PCs from different locations NOTE To start scheduled backups you must close the Backup MyPC program Backing Up a Drive or Specified Files To back up...

Page 13: ... the documentation that came with your PC If you have a backup of your files you can also re install Windows reinstall your backup software and then selectively restore the rest of the files you need This last option may be the best choice if your hardware configuration has changed since you created your Disaster Recovery Set To restore files on your PC 1 Insert the installation CD that came with ...

Page 14: ...s you can go to http www kensington com HP Personal Media Drive Specifications Category Specifications Supported operating systems Windows ME XP Home XP Professional and Media Center Edition USB format USB 2 0 USB 1 1 backward compatible Storage capacity Varies depending on model Special features Warm swappable High speed USB 2 0 data transfer Power and drive activity LED indicators Kensington sec...

Page 15: ...eed port Windows XP This is normal Windows XP displays a message that you have connected your USB 2 0 drive to a USB 1 1 port You will not have the high speed capabilities that you would have using a USB 2 0 port I m having data transfer performance problems with my USB 2 0 adapter card Your HP Personal Media Drive runs as fast as the host adapter card allows up to the maximum burst rate of 480 MB...

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