Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 3.5 " / USB 2.0 / ESATA Freecom
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Rev . 620 MANU AL H A R D DR I V E P R O EX TE RNA L HA R D DR I VE / 3 .5 " / USB 2 .0 / ESA T A WI N & M A c.
2 F reec om H ar d D r ive Pro GB Dear user! Thank you for choosing the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro ex ternal hard drive. F or optimal use and per f ormance we advise y ou to read this manual car efully before using this product. Fr eecom T echnologies • German y w ww .
3 GB U ser manual General Information ............................................................................................................ page 4 Pr ecautionar y measures ........................................................................
4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB General Infor mation The following hardware and sof tware requirements must be fullled to ensure trouble - free operation.
5 GB General Information Precautionary measures T o ensure that your Freec om Hard Drive Pro func tions properly , please take note of the following precautions. If these are not follow ed, you may void your warran ty and damage the F reecom Hard Drive P ro.
6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro e x ternal hard driv e F or y our con venience, the Freec om Hard Dr ive Pro has been par titioned (1 partition) and pre-formatted (F A T32 le system). The F A T32 format ensures maximum interchangeability of the F reecom Hard Drive Pr o between dier ent computers.
7 GB 1 Installation of the F reecom software Chapter 1: Installation of the F reecom software (PC) Before y ou can use the Sync button on your F reecom Har d Drive Pr o, you need to install the F reecom Personal Media Suite software rst.
8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 1 3. Please read the license agr eement carefully . T o accept the license agr eement, conrm with "Y es" . Note: Click ing on "No" ends the installation. Selec t the target folder and progr am folder in the star t menu in which the F reecom Personal Media Suite symbol is to appear .
9 GB 1 Installation of the F reecom software 5. In the dialogue "Options" you can selec t whether to create a link to the F reecom P ersonal M edia Suite Sof tware on the desktop and whether the program should be star ted automatically when starting Windows .
1 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 1 1.3 Installation of the F reecom Backup Soft ware 1. Inser t the Soft ware & Manual CD into y our CD drive. The F reecom star t menu opens. In case the sof tware does not open automatically , please click on "Star t.
11 GB 1 6. Click on "Next" to star t the installation. All necessar y program les are now written to the hard disk of your c omputer . 7. In the last window , you ar e asked if y ou want to start F reecom Backup Software now . If you want to create a backup of your data right away , click on "Finish" .
1 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 2 Chapter 2: Hardwar e Installation Before connec ting the cables make sure the Freec om Hard Drive Pr o is switched o (S ee Chapter 2.2). 1. Connect the inter face cable (USB or eSA T A) to the F reecom Hard Drive P ro.
13 GB 2 F or optimal per formanc e, the Freecom Hard drive pro should b e connec ted to an eSA T A port. 2.1 Sync Butt on The fron t panel of the F reecom Har d Dr ive P ro contains the S ync button. 2.2 P ower Button T o turn on the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro , push the power button located on the front panel of the device.
1 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 3 Chapter 3: Driv er installation Under W indows 2000 / XP and Mac OS X a separate Fr eecom driver is not required. The drivers will be installed automatically by the operating system after plugging in the F reecom Hard Drive P ro into the USB/eSA T A por t of the computer .
15 GB 5 Chapter 5: The U ser Inter face of the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite (PC) 1 T abs for congur ation of the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite components - Secure & Compr ess - F reecom SYNC.
1 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 Impo r tan t: W e rec omme nd to lea ve the functio n "Sta rt pro gr am on W indo ws start" ac tivated under all circumstances in order to be able to use all the functions of the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite (e.
17 GB 5 5.2.2 Removing les / folders fr om the Autorun list 1. Open the F reecom Personal Media Suite and select the " Autorun" tab . 2. Select the le or the folder to be remov ed in the Autorun list eld. 3. Click on "Remove" .
1 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.3.2 Opening the Secure&Compress f older 1. Open the F reecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab "Secure&C ompress" . 2. Click on "Open folder" in or der to open the Secure&Compress f older .
19 GB 5 5.3.5 Deleting the Secure&C ompress folder Click on "Delete folder" in or der to delete the selected Secure&C ompress f older . A TTENTION: All les in the folder are irr ev ocably deleted! Before the deletion, a securit y request is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder: 5.
2 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 Please note: Y our changed password applies to all les and folders encr ypted from the time of the change. F or les and folders which were encr ypted befor e, the password which was used for encryption remains.
21 GB 5 5.4.2 Crea ting a new SY NC folder 1. Open the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite and select the tab "F reecom SYNC" . Click on "Select folder" and select a folder on your F reecom Hard Drive P ro.
2 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 Before the deletion, a securit y request is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder: 5.4.7 Synchr onisation of les and folders There ar e three possibilities for the synchronization of y our les: 1.
23 GB 5 3. Star ting the synchronization manually a) Open the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite and click on the tab "F reecom SYNC" . b) S elect a SYNC folder if you ha ve not yet done so . c) Click on "Sync now!" to start the data synchronization.
2 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. A status window appears. Please selec t "Update" if you wish to synchronize the le or other wise selec t "Cancel" . I f you choose not to synchronize the le (Canc el) you will be able to synchroniz e this le during the next synchronization.
25 GB 5 5.4.11 Handling deleted les Deleting les on either the primar y computer or the SYNC folder on the Fr eecom Hard Drive P ro results in a r ed X nex t to the le during the next synchronization. This indicates that the le has been deleted and that its counterpart will be deleted, too .
2 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. Select "Update" and "Split Fr om Or iginal" . 4. Select " Y es" . The User Interface of the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite.
27 GB 5 5.4.12 Oce use The Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro is ideal for mak ing a local backup, which stores your data independently from y our network or local computer . Simply ‘send to ’ your impor tant les and directories to the SYNC folder on the Freec om Hard Dr ive Pro and updat e your back up from time to time click "Sync now" .
2 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.4.13 Home use At the oce, there is always a backup of your impor tant business data. But how about your data at home? All the memories stored in digital photo .
29 GB 6 Chapter 6: U sing the Freec om Backup Sof t ware (PC) The "F reec om Backup S oftware" ser ves to back up persona l and business data from internal le media (e.
3 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.1 Selec tion of the les to back up F or selec ting the les to be backed up , there are thr ee dierent options av ailable: 1. My documents and settings contain s the "My Documents" folder , Internet F av ourites , as well as the desktop of the logged-in user .
31 GB 6 6.1.2 Predened backup Select either My documents and Settings or All documents and settings on this com- puter and then click on "Next" . A list of available F reecom drives is displa yed then: Select the drive to which you want to back up your data.
3 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 The modes Full backup (complete data backup) and I ncremental backup (appending data backup) are a vailable. 1. F ull backup means that at every backup a new director y is created with all data to be backed up .
33 GB 6 6.1.5 Summary of the settings made A summary of the settings you made is display ed then. Click on "Back" to make changes or click on "Complete" t o accept the settings and to star t the backup. 6.1.6 Backup While the backup is in pr ogress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup .
3 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.7 User-dened backup Select “Let me choose what to back up ” if you would rather determine yourself which les should be backed up . 6.1.8 Selec t drives This windo w lists the dr ives fr om which a backup can be made.
35 GB 6 6.1.9 File types to back up In the following window you can select which t ypes of les should be backed up . This preven ts unwan ted les (such as temporary les) from being backed up . A list of the most common les t ypes is presented.
3 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.10 Add e x tensions When you click on " A dd" a list of all k nown le types is displayed. Selec t the le types you need. In case the le name extension you are look ing for is not on the list, then you can dene it yourself .
37 GB 6 6.1.12 Summary of the settings made The settings you have made are now listed for r eview . Click on "Back" if you want to make changes or click on "Complete" t o star t the backup. 6.1.13 Backup While the backup is in pr ogress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup .
3 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.2 Adv anced Mode 6.2.1 Selec t source In S ource the source drives or folders can be specied from which a back up should be made. 6.2.2 File types to back up (e x tensions) F ile t ypes can be selec ted in the F iles window that should be included in the backup.
39 GB 6 6.2.3 Selec ting the target driv e In this window you can select the target drive f or the backup. 6.2.4 Selec t backup mode In the Destination window under Options the modes F ull backup (complete data backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) ar e available .
4 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.2.5 Options Under Options in the main window the splash screen can be activated or deactivated that appears when the software is star ted. F ur thermore folders can be selected that should not be included in the backup .
41 GB 7 Chapter 7: Partitioning your F reecom Har d D riv e Pro 7.1 General infor mation Y our Fr eecom Hard Drive P ro was par titioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility . F A T32 was chosen as le system to assure that you will be able to read your les on any PC.
4 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 Example for dier ent partitions with dierent le sy stems on one Freec om Hard Driv e Pro File sy stem T otal size of Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro NTFS F A T32 500 GB 200 GB 300 GB Note: Writing to hard disks with NTFS formatting is only possible under W indows 2000/XP .
43 GB 7 5. Click with the right mouse button on the "unallocated" area and selec t the option "New Partition" ( Windows 2000: "Create P ar tition Wizar d"). The "New Partition Wizard" opens. Click on "Next" .
4 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 6. Select "Primar y par tition" and click on "Next" . 7. Now you can adjust the size of your par tition.
45 GB 7 9. Select the formatting option. Choose either "F A T32" or "NTFS" , the " Allocation Unit Size" should remain on "D efault" . Finally selec t "Perform Quick F ormat" and click on "Next" .
4 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 7.3.3 Crea ting two or mor e par titions on the Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro under W indow s XP / 2000 1. Repeat the steps from the previous chapter ( Creating a par tition on the F reecom Hard Drive P ro under Windo ws XP/2000) for cr eating the rst par tition.
47 GB 7 8. Click on "Fi nish " to crea te the "Extended partition" . The unalloca ted spac e now chang ed to "F ree space" .
4 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 9. Right-click on "F ree Space" and select "New Log ical Drive" ( Window s 2000: "Create Logical Driv e"). The "New P ar tition Wizard" ( Windows 2000: "Crea te P ar tition Wizard") opens.
49 GB 7 7.4 Partitioning your F reecom Hard Driv e Pro under Mac OS X 1. Open the “Disk Utility ” . This can be found in “ Applications ” —> “Utilities” . 2. Click on the tab “P ar tition ” . Here you can setup the par tition settings and par tition the drive according to your settings.
5 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 8 Chapter 8: T r oubleshooting Issue Solution After I connected the F reecom Hard Driv e Pr o to my computer for the rst time no F reecom SYNC folder has been creat ed automatically .
W ARRANTY (valid in E urope/T urkey only) W e thank you for purchasing this F reecom pr oduct and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnec essary inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruc tion manual and any additional elec tronic and or pr inted manuals.
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