Summary of Drive
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User manual rev. 015 mobile hard drives desktop hard drives.
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Freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive need assistance? Have questions? In case you have a question about the use of this product, need information about other freecom products or need technical assistance, please contact the freecom service center for your country. See www.Freecom.Com...
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Freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive table of contents general information ...........................................................................................................Page 4 precautionary measures ...........................................................................
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Freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive general information the following hardware and software requirements must be fulfilled to ensure trouble- free operation. System requirements in order to use the freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive, following components are needed: pc: ...
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Freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive if at any point during installing and/or configuring your freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive you need assistance or have questions, please contact the freecom support center for your country. See www.Freecom.Com for details. Freecom of...
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6 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive the hi-speed data transfer through the (e.G. Usb, firewire, esata, lan) interface makes it ideally suitable for data-storage, file sharing, backup, archiving, audio playback and all applications tha...
Page 7: Chapter: Driver Installation
7 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive chapter: hardware installation 1. Connect the interface cable* to the freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive. 2. Optional: connect the cable of the power supply to the freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive and the power supply i...
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8 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive chapter: installation of the application software software installation pc 1. Click on "start pc.Exe" in the main directory of the hard drive. The freecom start menu opens. 2. Click on "software installation". The installation starts now. Follow...
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Freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive saving freecom data (mac) the user manuals and complementary software (when applicable) are pre-loaded onto the hard drive. We recommend that you save these files to your computer ("documents"/ "freecom"), to always have a backup of these files in...
Page 10: Desktop Hard Drive
10 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive chapter: partitioning your freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive general information your freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive was partitioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility...
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11 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive example for different partitions with different file systems on one freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive file system total size of freecom hd ntfs fat32 250 gb 220 gb 30 gb the example above is a good solution for windows xp / vista /...
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1 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive 5. Click with the right mouse button on the "unallocated" area and select the option "new partition". The "new partition wizard" opens. Click on "next". En.
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1 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive 6. Select "primary partition" and click on "next". 7. Now you can adjust the size of your partition. Click on "next" if only one partition is to be created. See next chapter (creating two or more partitions on the freecom mobile hard drive / des...
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1 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive 9. Select the formatting option "format this partition with the following settings". Choose either "fat32" or "ntfs", the "allocation unit size" should remain on "default". Finally select "perform a quick format" and click on "next". 10. Click o...
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1 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive creating two or more partitions on the freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive under windows xp / vista / 7 1. Repeat the steps from the previous chapter (creating a partition on the freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive under wi...
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16 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive 8. Click on "finish" to create the "extended partition". The unallocated space now changed to "free space". En.
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17 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive note: if you select ntfs as file system, the data of your freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive can be read only under mac os x. There is no possibility to write data. 9. Right-click on "free space" and select "new logical drive". The ...
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18 freecom mobile hard drive freecom desktop hard drive partitioning your freecom mobile hard drive / desktop hard drive under mac os x 1. Open the "disk utility". This can be found in "applications" —> "utilities". 2. Click on the tab "partition". Here you can setup the partition settings and parti...
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Warranty (valid in europe/turkey only) we thank you for purchasing this freecom product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruction manual and any additional electronic and or printed manuals. Whe...