PCMCIA External Hard Disk User manual

User’s Manual

FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the Distance between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
CAUTION
CHANGE OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY
PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE USER
AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.

TRADEMARKS
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MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT and MSCDEX are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
*All of the third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 1
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS................................................................................ 2
HARDWARE INSTALLATION..................................................................................... 4
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98............................................... 6
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS Me .................................................. 9
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 ............................................... 11
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP .................................................. 14
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS NT .................................................. 16
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 ......................................... 18
USING HARD DISK WITH PCMCIA INTERFACE .................................................... 20
ADVANCED USAGE....................................................................................................... 23
PARTITION THE EXTERNAL HARD DISK ........................................................... 24
USING FDISK UNDER WINDOWS 98SE/Me ................................................... 24
USING DISK MANAGEMENT UNDER WINDOWS 2000/XP ........................ 26
CHANGE THE DRIVE LETTER ASSIGNED TO HDD .......................................... 29

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INTRODUCTION
The PCMCIA hard disk is a portable compact hard disk drive that attached with the PCMCIA interface
of computer. The external hard disk provides a fast and easy way to add more storage space to your
computer. Plus, the Plug & Play feature gives you a great convenience on the road. The external hard
disk can be easily connected to computer for using, and can even be disconnected and re-connected
while the computer is running.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
♦ Notebook or desktop computer with PCMCIA 2.1 Type II or III socket.
♦ Windows 95/98/Me/2000 or Windows XP (The Hot Insert/Remove function is reachable with
these OS).
♦ Windows NT, or DOS/Windows 3.1 (These OS don’t support Hot Insert/Remove function).

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PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS
Your external hard disk may differ slightly from the figures shown, however the controls will operate as
described below.
1. LED:
Power-on and Data-access indicator LED.
2. Interface Connector:
This interface connector connects to the PCMCIA interface cable.
3. Power Source Switch:
PC: Means this hard disk is powered by the PCMCIA socket of computer.
DC: Means this hard disk is powered by an external power source.
Usually, when the external hard disk get the power from the PCMCIA socket of computer, and it
should work properly. But, with some models of computer, the supplied power from the PCMCIA
socket is poor to drives the hard disk drive. In this situation, an external power is needed. If you
experience this problem, please contact dealer for the external power.
4. External Power Jack:
This jack connects to an external power source.
If the jack labeled as ‘5V’, you must use a 5Volts AC adapter or PS/2 power source cable as the
external power source.
If the jack labeled as ‘DC IN’, you must use a 12Volts AC adapter as the external power source.

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Note:
♦ If you want to use an external power to powers the hard disk, please use the AC adapter or PS/2
power source cable provided by manufacturer, using an incorrect external power could result in
permanent and unpredictable damage to the drive.
♦ This external hard disk supports Hot Insert/Remove function only under Windows
95/98/Me/2000/XP, with the other operating systems, please insert the PC Card of interface
cable before power-on computer, and remove this card after power-off computer.
1. Insert the plug of the PCMCIA interface cable into the Interface Connector of drive. Press firmly
until the interface connector is seated correctly.
2. Make sure the Power Source Switch is at the correct position.
PC: get power from the PCMCIA socket of computer.
DC: get power from the external power.
Note: If you are using an external power to powers the external hard disk, the sequence is,
change the Power Source Switch to ‘DC’ position, then connect the external power to the
External Power Jack of the drive, and attach the external power to the outlet.
3. You are now ready to install the device drivers, please follow the related software installation guide
to install the device driver.

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Get power from PCMCIA socket
Get power from the external power

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98
The following installation procedures are extracted from the Windows 98SE installation. The
installation for Windows 95 is almost same.
1. Boot-up your computer into Windows, making sure
the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Socket’ has been
installed and is available. To check this, right-click
‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ and then ‘Device
Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’ window.
Refer to the figure shown alongside to see if the
PCMCIA Controller is installed without error.
2. Ensure the PCMCIA interface cable and then the external power connections (if you are using the
external power) are made as described in Hardware Installation. Slowly insert the PC Card of
interface cable into the PCMCIA socket of computer and press firmly until the connector is seated
(Please note that the PC Card is keyed to guide for proper insertion).
3. If this is the very first time you are connecting the
drive to computer, the ‘Add New Hardware
Wizard’ dialog box appears as shown.
4. Click Next, then select ‘Search for the best driver for your device’ box, and click Next.

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5. Select ‘Floppy disk drives’ box and insert the
device driver diskette into floppy drive. Click
Next.
6. Wait for few seconds, Windows will find a driver
from the floppy diskette, select ‘PCMCIA
HARDDISK (D6)’, and click Next.
7. Ensure the driver file that Windows found is ‘A:\
PCMHD.INF’. Click Next.

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8. After the necessary files are copied into your
internal hard disk, a screen will appear as the
figure, click Finish.
9. Windows will complete the installation and then detect the hard disk drive inside the external hard
disk kit and get it to work. After system read the contentof the hard disk drive (about few seconds),
you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’.
10. If the external hard disk doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into
‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure.
11. If the device driver already installed properly but the
hard disk still not present in ‘My Computer’, it means
the hard disk drive inside the kit is a whole new disk
drive that doesn’t contain any partition, Windows
95/98 won’t assign a drive letter for the disk drive
without anypartition. Please refer to the ‘Partition the
External Hard Disk’ chapter, to prepare your hard
disk drive.
Installed Device Drivers Location
PCMCIA HARDDISK (D6) Installed under ‘Hard Disk Controllers’.
The real name of the hard disk drive inside the
kit Installedunder ‘DiskDrives’ (the name list inthe figure may differ from your hard disk drive).

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS Me
1. Boot-up your computer into Windows, making sure
the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Socket’ has been
installed and is available. To check this, right-click
‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ and then ‘Device
Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’ window.
Refer to the figure shown alongside to see if the
PCMCIA Controller is installed without error.
2. Ensure the PCMCIA interface cable and then the external power connections (if you are using the
external power) are made as described in Hardware Installation. Slowly insert the PC Card of
interface cable into the PCMCIA socket of computer and press firmly until the connector is seated
(Please note that the PC Card is keyed to guide for proper insertion).
3. On the first screen, insert the device driver
diskette into floppy drive, select ‘Automatic
search for a better driver (Recommended)’, and
then click Next.
4. Windows will find two driver files from
the floppy diskette and list as the figure
shown alongside. Select ‘PCMCIA
HARDDISK (D6)’ and then click OK.

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5. Ensure the driver file that Windows found is ‘A:\ PCMHD.INF’. Click Next, Windows will install
the driver from the diskette. After the necessary files are copied into your internal hard disk, a
screen will appear as the figure shown on right, click Finish.
6. Windows will complete the installation and then detect the hard disk drive inside the external hard
disk kit and get it to work. After system read the contentof the hard disk drive (about few seconds),
you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’.
7. If the external hard disk doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into
‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure.
8. If the device driver already installed properly but the
drive still not present in ‘My Computer’, it means the
hard disk drive inside the kit is a whole new disk
drive that doesn’t contain anypartition, Windows Me
won’t assign a drive letter for the disk drive without
any partition. Please refer to the ‘Partition the
External Hard Disk’ chapter, to prepare your drive.
Installed Device Drivers Location
PCMCIA HARDDISK (D6) Installed under ‘Hard Disk Controllers’.
The real name of the hard disk drive inside the
kit Installed under ‘Disk Drives’ (the name list in the figure may differ from your hard disk drive).

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000
1. Boot-up your computer into Windows, making sure
the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Adapters’ has been
installed and is available. To check this, right-click
‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ then ‘Hardware’
and then ‘Device Manager’ to open the ‘Device
Manager’ window. Refer to the figure shown
alongside to see if the PCMCIA Controller is installed without error.
2. Ensure the PCMCIA interface cable and then the external power connections (if you are using the
external power) are made as described in Hardware Installation. Slowly insert the PC Card of
interface cable into the PCMCIA socket of computer and press firmly until the connector is seated
(Please note that the PC Card is keyed to guide for proper insertion).
3. Windows will find a new hardware named ‘PCMCIA PnPIDE’, and start up the ‘Found New
Hardware Wizard’, click Next on the first screen.
4. On this screen, select ‘Search for a suitable
driver for my device (Recommended)’,
click Next.

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5. Insert the device driver diskette into floppy drive, only select ‘Specify a location’, leave the other
check boxes be empty (don’t select them), and click Next. When the wizard asks for the path, type
‘A:\WIN2000’ in ‘Copy manufacturer’s files from’ location, click OK.
6. Wait for few seconds, Windows will find a
driver from the floppy diskette, make sure
the file that Windows found is
‘A:\Win2000\PCMHD2K.INF’. Click
Next.
7. Click Yes on the ‘Digital Signature Not Found’ screen.

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8. After the necessary files are copied into
your internal hard disk, a screen will appear
as the figure, click Finish.
9. Windows will complete the installation and then detect the hard disk drive inside the external hard
disk kit and get it to work. After system read the contentof the hard disk drive (about few seconds),
you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’.
10. If the hard disk drive inside the kit is a whole
new disk drive that doesn’t contain any
partition, you can’t read/write data from/to it,
please refer to the ‘Partition the External Hard
Disk’ chapter, to prepare your hard disk drive.
Installed Device Drivers Location
PCMCIA HARDDISK (D6) (Windows 2000) Installed under ‘IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers’.
The real name of the hard disk drive inside the
kit Installed under ‘Disk Drives’ (the name list in the figure may differ from your hard disk drive).

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP
1. Boot-up your computer into Windows, making
sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Adapters’
has been installed and is available. To check this,
right-click ‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’
then ‘Hardware’ and then ‘Device Manager’ to
open the ‘Device Manager’ window. Refer to the
figure shown alongside to see if the PCMCIA
Controller is installed without error.
2. Ensure the PCMCIA interface cable and then the external power connections (if you are using the
external power) are made as described in Hardware Installation. Slowly insert the PC Card of
interface cable into the PCMCIA socket of computer and press firmly until the connector is seated
(Please note that the PC Card is keyed to guide for proper insertion).
3. Windows will find a new hardware
named ‘PCMCIA PnPIDE’, and start
up the ‘Found New Hardware Wizard’.
On the first screen, select ‘Install the
software automatically’, insert the
driver diskette into floppy drive, and
then click Next.