Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product HD500FPMM Acomdata
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mini P al U ser ’ s Guide.
C on t en ts P ART I: M EET MINI P AL & M UCH M ORE W elcome! .............................................................................................. 8 Register for W arranty Cov erage .......................................................
Setting up the Button Backup Script ................................................................ 51 Customizing the Butt on Backup Script ............................................................. 54 In st all Re tro spe ct E xpr es s 5.1 f or M a c O S 9 an d pr e-O S 10 .
P A R T I : M E E T M I N I P A L & M U C H M O R E.
- 8 - - 9 - W el co me ! Thank you for choosing an AcomData mini Pal. Y our mini Pal is equipped with a high- per formance FireWire hard drive, a Fire Wire hub, and a USB 2.
- 10 - - 11 - P reca ution s F ailure to follow the precautions below may result in damage to the devic e, loss of data, and voiding of the w arranty . • I f using your AcomData produc t as a gener al-purp ose storag e device (as oppose d to a backup device) AcomData strongly recommends that you backup the f iles stored on the device.
- 12 - - 13 - S y stem R equir ements f or Ma c • Power Macintosh ( Mac mini, G5 , G 4, G3, iBo ok, Po werBook or iMac) • Ma c OS 9 or Mac OS X • Available data po rt(s): - 6 - pin FireWire por t (for op eration of hard drive an d Fire Wire hub) - USB 2.
- 14 - - 15 - A co mD a ta m i n i P a l at a Gla nc e PushButton™ Press t o initiate a backup . Requires installation of the included software. Aluminum Alloy C ase Designed with the same shape, footprint , material , and sur face finish as Mac mini.
- 16 - - 17 - A comD a ta min i P al In- Dep th F ire Wir e 400 Har d Driv e mini Pal’ s internal har d drive boasts state -of-the -art featur es, including 7200 RPM rotational speed, up to 8 MB cache, gian t magnet oresistive (GMR) tech- nology , and advanced integ rated electronics, for gr eat per formance and solid reliability .
- 18 - - 19 - Pu shB utton ™ Ba ckup PushButton™ Backup allo ws you to run routine backups simply by pressing the PushButton™ on the front of your mini P al.
- 20 - - 21 - About Backups The Backup process “packages” backed up files into a Backup Set . Files in a Backup Set are not accessible via the Desktop. T o retrieve a file in a Backup Set you nee d to “r est ore ” the fi le us ing Retr osp ect’ s Res tor e fun cti on.
- 22 - - 23 - T echni cal S pecifica tion s Model #: ......................................................................................................... HDxxxFPMM-72 (The "xxx" is a placeholder for capacity . For example, if your mini P al has a capacity of 250 GB, the model number is HD250FPMM-72.
P A R T I I : S E TT I N G U P M I N I P A L.
- 26 - - 27 - C on ne ctin g th e mi ni P al t o y o ur Ma c m i n i About the supplied USB and FireW ire cables: Each end of the USB cable has differ ent connectors, called type A and type B. The ' A ' connector plugs into your computer . The 'B' connector plugs into y our mini Pal .
- 28 - - 29 - 4. Connect the USB cable: Plug the type B connec tor into the USB type B por t on the mini Pal. Plug the type A connector into a free USB por t on your Mac mini. 5. Connect the FireW ire connector: Plug one end of the F ireW ire cable into any one of the F ireWire por ts on your mini Pal.
- 30 - - 31 - Nam in g Y our mi ni P al Now that your mini Pal has been connected and mounted to y our operating system, you may want to give it a name (other than “Ex ternal”) to distinguish it from other devices connected to your computer .
- 32 - - 33 - For matting Options for C ross-Platform Compa tibility If you ever nee d to re -for mat your mini Pal and you need both PC and Mac compatibility, you have t wo options : 1 . Format the mini Pal on a PC running W indows 98SE or Me w ith the F A T32 f ile sys tem.
- 34 - - 35 - Fo rmatting mini P al in Wi ndo ws 98SE or Me 1. Disable any anti-virus sof tware you may hav e running in the background . 2. Double - click on the My Comput er icon. In the My Comput er windo w y ou should see the icon/letter f or the mini Pal (labeled “Ex ternal”).
- 36 - - 37 - Fo rmatting mini P al in Mac OS 9 Before you can re- format the mini Pal you will nee d to rest art your computer from the Mac OS 9 System So ft ware CD tha t c ome with your c omputer or which you purchased as an upg rade. 1. Disable any anti-virus sof tware you may hav e running in the background .
- 38 - - 39 - Mac Users Drag the mini Pal icon on the D esktop to the T rash. W ait until the icon disap - pears, and then turn off mini P al. PC Users 1.
- 40 - - 41 - C onn ectin g USB P er iph era ls mini Pal’ s USB hub has four USB t ype A connectors , and is compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. Y ou to connect both t ypes of devices to any of the USB t ype A ports. T he single USB t ype B port is used to connect mini Pal to your computer .
- 42 - - 43 - C onn ectin g F ire Wi re P er iph era ls mini Pal is equipped with three Fir eWir e 400 (1394a) por ts. One port is needed to connect the mini Pal to your computer .
P A R T I I I : P U S H B U T T O N ™ B A C K U P.
- 46 - - 47 - Mac OS 9 and pre - OS 10.1.5 Users: W e have included Retrospect Express v. 5.1, wh ic h w il l a ll o w y ou to run back- ups via the Retrospect Express user interface. Go to “Install Retrospect 5.1. ” Ins tal lin g Retro spect® Expres s 1.
- 48 - - 49 - 6. Read the license agreement. Click Accept to accept the terms and continue with the installation. 7. I n the Install Retrospect Express window (Figure 2) the default instal- lation type is Easy Install . Under Install Location , the default location is the main Applications folder on your startup disk.
- 50 - - 51 - Set ting u p the Button B acku p Scr ip t 1. Press the PushButton™ on the front of the mini Pal. You will see the alert message: “ The document y ou ar e opening will open the application ‘Retrospect ’ f or the first time…?" Click Open .
- 52 - - 53 - If you wish to change the script in order to run Backups instead of Duplicates, click Finish and proceed to the next section: “Customizing the Button Backup Script.” If yo u wis h to sta rt ru nni ng Du pli cat es now , cli ck St art Now.
- 54 - - 55 - 3. In the Preferences window (Figure 9), highlight Media Handling in the list on the left, and then select “Use FireWire/ USB hard drives as removable disks.” Click OK . 4. In the Retrospect Express Directory window, click on the Automate tab.
- 56 - - 57 - the name correctly or Retrospec t will not recognize this script. Click New . 9. A new window will appear titled Backup: Retrospect Button Backup (Figure 13). Click Sources . In the Volume Selection window (Figure 14), select the source volume (e.
- 58 - - 59 - Documents folder inside the Home folder on your computer’s startup disk. Click Save . 16. In the Backup Set Selection window, click OK . In the Retrospect Button Backup: Destinations window, click OK . 17. In the Backup: Retrospect Button Backup window, the default for Selecting is All Files .
- 60 - - 61 - I n s t a l l R et ro s p e ct Ex p re s s 5 . 1 f o r M a c O S 9 a n d p r e -O S 1 0 . 1 .5 1. Save all work you are currently working on and restart your computer. 2. Insert the AcomData Software CD disk into your CD drive. 3. I f the CD does not open automa tically , double-click on the CD icon.
- 62 - - 63 - 5. Next you will see the License Agreement screen. If you accept the terms, select “I accept the terms in the license agreement” and click Next . 6. Complete the Customer Information screen (optional) and click Next . 7. In the Setup Type screen there are two options: “Recommended” and “Custom.
- 64 - - 65 - 4. The Confirm Installation screen will appear. Click Next . 5. Wh en th e Inst all ati on Com ple te sc ree n app ear s, clic k Clos e . 6. In the Retrospect Express start screen, click Quit . 7. Restart your com- puter. After the computer boots up, you should see the AcomData PushButton™ Manager icon on your System Tray.
- 66 - - 67 - ume to backup the entire disk, or select Documents only . Click Next . 6. In S tep 3 ( Fig ure 2 2 ) y ou wil l be as ked w her e y ou w ant to sa ve y o u r b a c k u p . S el ec t t he mi ni P al ( l i s t e d a s “E xt e r n a l” ) a nd c l i c k N e x t .
- 68 - - 69 - 3. On the Scripts screen, click New . A window will appear giving you the option to set up the script using EasyScript. Click No . 4. Yo u wil l be ask ed wh at ki nd of scrip t you wis h to cr eat e. Choose Backup and click OK . In the text field (Figure 25), type in the exact name: Retrospect Button Backup .
- 70 - - 71 - 10. I n the Select a Disk window , choose your mini P al as the loca tio n for th e Bac kup Set (F igur e 29, next pag e) an d cli ck OK . 11. Verify the Backup Set name; make sure your mini Pal is selected as the des- tination disk . Click Next .
- 72 - - 73 - All Files criteria, which means that Retrospect Express will back up all your files the first time it performs a backup, but will back up only new and changed files with each fol- lowing backup.
A P P E N D I X.
- 76 - - 77 - Cable length up to 4. 5 m Standard FireWire 40 0 cab les use 6- pin connec tors at both e nds. Cabl es with 4 -pin c onnec tors are also available for c onnec ting FireWire devices t o lapt op/ notebook computers and other devi c es that hav e 4 -p in por ts.
- 78 - - 79 - clusters it can, and if more are needed , it uses other cluster s in other loca - tions. The result is a f ragmented f ile tha t ma y b e scat tered in several places on the disk. Over time, as mo re and m ore f iles are erased and new files are adde d, the data o n the disk becomes increasingly fra gment ed.
- 80 - - 81 - T ro uble sho otin g If you exp erience a problem with your A comData pro duct, you should take the fo llowing ac tions in the order specif ied : 1 . Make sure you followed all of the instruc tions in this guide p roperly . 2. Consult the T roubleshooting sec tions of this guide.
- 82 - - 83 - When I conne cted the min i Pal to my computer I got the fo llowing al ert message : “ Please inser t disk ‘ untitled ’ . ” A: If you get this aler t message, your Mac is not recognizing the mini Pal, and the mo use cursor may ac tually free ze on screen.
- 84 - - 85 - I d on’t see my mini Pal in My Computer , but it does appear in Device Manage r . (Windows XP & 2000 only) A: R ight-click on My Computer . Select Manage in the pop -up menu. I n the Computer M anagement window , select Storage , then select Disk Management.
- 86 - - 87 - re -formatting the mini Pal using the NTFS f ile s ystem. I f you p lan to use the mini Pal on a Mac OS only, consider re -format ting it using the M ac OS Ex tended fil e system. Q : Do es mini Pal work on Win dows XP M edia Center Edition? A: Not at this time.
- 88 - - 89 - and M ac with a capacit y of, s ay , 1 1 1 .8 GB. The ac tual numb er of available by t es mi ght be 1 20,0 44, 3 35, 9 23, which is just o ver 1 20 G B (decimal). Hard dri v e manufacturers use the decimal method b ecause it is simpl er and less confusing to consumers w ho may not be f amiliar with the base 2 num - ber system.
- 90 - - 91 - Q : I already had Re trospec t inst alled on my comp uter be fore I purchased my AcomData mini Pal. Can I use this versi on rather than the version bun- dled with the mini Pal to per form bac kups? A: PushButton™ Backup will only work with the Retrospect Express bundled with your mini Pal.
- 92 - - 93 - Hard ware – Physical co mponent s of a compu ter sys tem. Hot- Pluggab le – The abilit y to connec t and disconne ct ex ternal d evices whi le the computer is ru nning. Hub – A device w hich link s p eriph erals to gether onto the same data b us.
- 94 - - 95 - This Limited W arra nty is invalid if t he fac tor y ap plied serial numbe r has b een altered or removed f rom the Produc t. Rep air or replacem ent, as provide d unde r this warrant y , is the e xclusive rem edy of t he consume r .
- 96 - - 97 - Ho w to P ur cha se A cc esso ri es Contact Customer S ervice at customerservice@acomdata.com. I n your e -mail, please include: • your name; • phone number; • mailing address; • model number or description of item (e.g. 6-pin to 4-pin FireW ire cable); • quantit y per item.
- 98 - - 99 - Noti ces C OPYRIGH TS Copyright © 2005 AcomData. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced s tored in a retrieval system, or transmit ted in an y fo rm or by any means, elec tronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherw ise, without the prior writ t en con sent of AcomData.
mini P al U ser ’ s Guide.
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