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Fantom Drives GDII1000EU Quick Start Installation Manual

Manual is about: eSATA & USB 2.0 Hard Drive

Summary of GDII1000EU

  • Page 1

    Quickstart installation guide windows & mac thank you for choosing fantom drives! Your fantom drives greendrive ii 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 ...

  • Page 2

    For any loss or damage to these items. This limited warranty does not cover: (1) any consumables (such as batteries) supplied with this product; cosmetic damages; damage or loss to any software programs, data or removable storage media; or damage due to the product such as but not limited to excessi...

  • Page 3: Two Year

    16 two year limited warranty fantom drives warrants this product (the “product”) against defects in material or workmanship as follows: 1. Labor: for a period of two (2) year from the original date of purchase from fantom drives or its authorized relseller, fantom drives will repair defective produc...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    2 15 introduction welcome, and thank you for purchasing greendrive ii, the external environmentally friendly hard drive from fantom drives. Usb 2.0 compatibility with usb 1.1 usb 2.0 ports are backward compatible with usb 1.1. However, if you connect the drive to a usb 1.1 port, it will operate at u...

  • Page 5: Glossary

    14 3 q: i do not see my drive listed in the my computer window, but it does appear in the device manager list. A: right-click on my computer. Select manage in the pop-up menu. In the computer management window and navigate to storage -> disk management. In the disk management window, you should see ...

  • Page 6: Precautions

    4 13 precautions failure to follow the precautions described below may cause damage to your fantom drives external hard drive and void the warranty. • do not open the case. Doing so will void the warranty. • do not use a third-party ac adapter or power cord. Doing so may damage the drive and void th...

  • Page 7: Fantom Drives

    12 5 q: can i leave my greendrive ii on all the time, or should i turn it off when not in use? A: the greendrive ii is meant to be left on, but does not add any limitations on being turned off. Drive reliability is affected by repeated power cycles, and the greendrive ii cannot alleviate this. In ad...

  • Page 8: Troubleshooting/

    6 11 troubleshooting/ frequently asked questions (faqs) general questions q: i bought a 500gb drive, but my computer is showing 465gb. Where is the missing capacity? A: hard drive manufacturers market drives in terms of decimal (base 10) capacity. In decimal notation, one megabyte (mb) is equal to 1...

  • Page 9: How To Safely

    10 7 how to safely dismount and turn off your greendrive ii what do 'mounting' and 'dismounting' mean? When a device such as a hard drive is mounted, that means the computer ‘sees’ the device and is able to communicate with it. When you dismount a device, the computer no longer sees it. The device m...

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    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...