Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Hard Drive Dock Freecom Technologies
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USER MANU AL Rev. 902 H A R D DR I V E D O CK EX TE RNA L DOC KI NG ST A TIO N / 2 .5 " & 3. 5" SA T A / USB 2 . 0 / eSA T A.
Fr eecom HD Dock 2 EN Dea r use r , welcome to the inst allation of your Fre eco m H D D oc k . Be fore inst alling the drive, pl ease read thro ugh the fo llowing p oints re garding i ts compatib ilit y with your s ystem . Freec om T echnologies • German y ww w .
3 EN User manual Gen eral info rmation ........................................................................................................... Page 4 Chapter 1 : Star t Up the HD Do ck ..............................................................
Fr eecom HD Dock 4 EN Gene ral information The followi ng hardw are and sof t ware require ments must be ful fi lled to ensure trouble - fre e oper ation.
5 EN Pre cau ti ona ry M ea sur es an d Ge nera l Not es • Make su re the labe l side of the har d drive is ah ead, a nd the hard drive con nec tor is downward b efore i t is inser ted. O ther wis e, the hard dri ve can not be i nser ted. • D o not ej ec t the hard dri ve while it is wor king .
Fr eecom HD Dock 6 EN 1 Chapter 1 : Start Up t he HD Doc k 1 . 1 H DD in sta llat io n for 2 .5 " or 3. 5" 1 . Connec t the c able of th e power supp ly to the Freecom HD Do ck and the powe r supply i tsel f to the socket . 2a. USB : Conn ec t the USB cab le to the USB po rt on the HD Dock (for d ata trans fer with USB).
7 EN 2 Ejecting the HD f rom the Dock 1 . 2 LED Chapter 2: Ejecting t he HD from t he Dock 5. Par tition and format your hard dr ive (if req uired). Se e chapter 3 fo r fur ther de tails . PC: Y our hard dr ive appea rs in "My Compu ter" and ca n be use d now.
Fr eecom HD Dock 8 EN 3 Chapter 3: Partit ioning your HD 3. 1 G ene ral in forma tio n Y o ur hard dri ve must be p ar titione d and for matte d befo re it can b e used. This chapte r describ es curre nt limitatio ns of most comm on f ile s ystems and ins truc- tions to ena ble you to adap t your hard dri ve to your nee ds.
9 EN 3 Partitioning your HD Ex amp le fo r di ff ere nt pa rt it io ns wi th d if fe ren t fil e sys tem s on on e HD Fil e sys te m T ot al si ze of H D NTFS FA T32 80 GB 60 GB 20 GB Not e: On NTFS form at ted hard dis ks dat a can only be writ te n un der Win - dows X P / Vis ta.
Fr eecom HD Dock 1 0 EN 3 5. Click with the rig ht mouse b utto n on the "un alloc ated" area a nd sel ec t the opti on "New Par tit ion" .
11 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 6. Sel ec t "Primar y pa rti tion" and click on " Nex t " . 7 . Now you can adjust the size of your p art ition.
Fr eecom HD Dock 1 2 EN 3 9. Se le ct th e fo rm at ti ng op ti o n "Fo rmat this par ti tion w ith th e fol lowing set tings" . Cho os e ei th er "F A T3 2" or "N TF S" , the "Al lo ca ti on uni t size " sh ou ld re ma in on "D ef au l t" .
13 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 3. 3. 3 Cre at ing t wo or m ore pa rt it io ns on t he H D un der W ind ows XP / Vi st a 1 . Rep eat the steps fr om the previ ous chapter (Creating a par titio n on the hard dri ve under W indows XP / V ista) for creatin g the f irst p ar tition .
Fr eecom HD Dock 1 4 EN 3 8. Click o n "Fin ish" to create the "Ex tend ed p art ition" . The unallocate d spa ce now change d to "Free space" .
15 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 9. Right- click on "Free Space" an d se lec t "New Logi cal Drive" (W indows 200 0: "Create Logic al Drive" ). Th e "New Par tition W izar d" (W indows 20 00 : " Create Par titi on Wiz ard" ) ope ns.
Fr eecom HD Dock 1 6 EN 3 3. 4 Par ti tio nin g your HD u nde r Mac OS X 1 . Ope n the "D isk Utilit y". This can be f ound in " Appl ications" — > "Utiliti es" .
17 EN 4 T rouble sh ooting - F AQ Chapter 4: T roub le shooting - FA Q If you s till have p robl ems get ting your Free com HD Dock to f unc tion pro perl y despite having ins talle d it correc tly, t.
W ARR ANTY (valid in E urope/T urke y only) W e thank you for pur chasing this Fr eecom product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconv enience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick ins tal l guid e, ins tru ctio n manu al and an y addit io nal ele ctro ni c and or print ed man ual s.
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