Fantom Drives GreenDrive Quick Start Installation Manual

Summary of GreenDrive

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    Quickstart 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 dri...

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    Contents introduction ............................................................ 2 parts & accessories list ......................................... 2 system requirements ............................................. 3 precautions............................................................. 4 fan...

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    13 2 introduction welcome, and thank you for purchasing greendrive, the external environmentally friendly hard disk drive from fantom drives. Parts & accessories list the package should contain the following items: • fantom drives greendrive • usb cable • ac adapter • quick start installation guide ...

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    3 12 system requirements system requirements for mac • g4/g5 or intel based apple macintosh computer • mac os x 10.4 or newer • available usb port or available esata port system requirement for pc • x86-based pc, 1.6ghz or faster cpu • microsoft® windows® xp sp2, vista, seven • microsoft® windows se...

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    11 4 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...

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    5 10 fantom drives greendrive hard disk at a glance ac adapter port power switch usb 2.0 port disk activity/power indicator light esata port security lock slot how to safely dismount and turn off your greendrive what do 'mounting' and 'dismounting' mean? When a device such as a hard drive is mounted...

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    9 6 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 plug is probably upside down. Rotate the plug and try again. Incorrectly inserting t...

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    7 8 formatting your drive the greendrive comes preformatted at the factory with the ntfs file system, the native file system for windows. Linux and macosx hosts require a third-party driver such as ntfs-3g to achieve full read/write capability with ntfs volumes. If you intend to use this drive exclu...