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To install the device drivers for your interface cable
go to the relevant section for the combination of
interface cable and operating system that you have
and then follow the steps to install the device
drivers.
Upon completing the installation of the device
drivers you will be able to use your Flip2disk™. For
more details on performing basic operations using
your Flip2disk™you may wish to consult the ‘Using
Your Flip2disk™’section of this user manual.
If you encounter any problems while installing the
device drivers for your Amacom®Flip2disk™you
should firstly consult the ‘Troubleshooting’section of
this manual for answers to the most common
questions that you may have.
PCMCIA AND CARDBUS
–WINDOWS®95/98/98SE AND ME
1) Setup your hardware by following the
instructions under the ‘Hardware Setup’
section of this manual.
2) Turn on your computer and wait for
Windows®to finish loading.
3) Insert the PCMCIA or Cardbus card into the
PCMCIA slot of your computer, ensuring that
it is pushed firmly in.
4) Windows will detect the insertion of the card
and ask you to install a device driver.
5) Insert the Amacom®device driver diskette
that came with your interface cable into your
computers floppy disk drive.
6) Ensure that the option for Windows®to
search for a device driver is selected and
click ‘Next’.
7) Windows®will now search the Amacom®
driver diskette for a device driver and when
finished will prompt you to install the device
driver that it found. Click ‘Ok’to continue.
8) Windows®will now install the device driver,
during this installation Windows®may say
that it cannot find a file and ask you to
specify the location. If this error occurs
change the location in the dialog box to
‘a:\’(without the quotes) and click ‘Ok’.
9) When Windows®has completed the
installation of the device driver click ‘Finish’.
You may be asked to restart your computer
for the changes to take effect. If this happens
click ‘Yes’and your computer will restart.
PCMCIA AND CARDBUS
–WINDOWS®NT 4.0
PLEASE NOTE: Windows
®
NT 4.0 does not
support Plug & Play when using PCMCIA cards.
This means that when using the Flip2disk
™
with
Windows
®
NT 4.0 you must ensure that the
Flip2disk
™
is only inserted and removed from the
PCMCIA slot when the computer is turned off.
1) Setup your hardware by following the
instructions under the ‘Hardware Setup’
section of this manual.
2) With your computer turned off insert the
PCMCIA or Cardbus card into the PCMCIA
slot of your computer, ensuring that it is
pushed firmly in.
3) Turn your computer on and wait for
Windows™NT to load. You must log in as a
user with Administrator privileges to install the
Flip2disk™device drivers.
4) Double click on the ‘My Computer’icon and
then double click on the ‘Control Panel’icon
within the ‘My Computer’window.
5) When the ‘Control Panel’opens double click
on the ‘SCSI Controllers’icon. On the ‘SCSI
Controllers’window that opens select the tab
labelled ‘Drivers’and click the ‘Add’button.
6) Insert the Amacom®device driver diskette that
came with your interface cable into your
computers floppy disk drive.
7) Click the ‘Have Disk’button and in the ‘Copy
Files From’box type ‘a:\winnt’(without the
quotes) and click ‘Ok’.
8) From the list that appears select the Amacom®
device driver and click ‘Ok’.
9) When asked to enter the OEM path type
‘a:\winnt’(without the quotes) into the path
box and click ‘Continue’. Windows®NT will
copy the driver to your computer and when
asked if you would like to reboot click ‘Yes’
and your computer will be restarted.
FLIP2DISK AMACOM
DEVICE DRIVER INSTALLATION
This section of the manual contains step-by-step instructions on installing the device
drivers for your choice of interface cable and operating system.
