Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User manual

Portable Hard Drive FireWire
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Intr
oduc
ti
on
3
U
sing Portable Hard Drive with Mac OS
4
C
onnectin
g
Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive to a Macintos
h
Com
p
ute
r
4
Storing and Tran
f
erring Data
4
Disconnectin
g
Portable Hard Drive from a Macintosh Com
p
uter
4
U
sin
g
Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive wit
h
Win
d
ows
5
C
onnectin
g
Portable Hard Drive to a Windows Com
p
ute
r
6
Storin
g
and Tranferrin
g
Data 6
Disconnecting Portable Hard Drive
f
rom a Windows Computer 6
Formatting Portable Hard Drive
f
or Windows 7
F
ormatting Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive un
d
er Win
d
ows XP 7
or Windows 2
000
Formattin
g
Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive un
d
er Win
d
ows Me
9
or Win
d
ows 98 SE
Formatting
f
or Windows under Mac OSX 11
FAT32 or NTFS? 11
FAT
3
2 11
NTF
S
1
2
Tec
h
nica
l
Su
pp
ort 12
Limited Warranty Terms 13
Rig
h
ts 13
FCC Com
p
liance 1
4
WEEE Not
i
ce 1
4
CE Dec
l
aration 1
5
ROHS Compliance 1
5
C
ontents

3
I
ntro
d
uctio
n
Y
our portable hard drive comes pre-
f
ormatted
f
or immediate use with
A
pp
le Macintosh com
p
uters runnin
g
Mac OS. (It is formatted as HFS+.) If
y
ou
pl
an to use
y
our
p
orta
bl
e
h
ar
d
d
rive on
ly
wit
h
com
p
uters runnin
g
Mac
OS, you can leave it
f
ormatted as it comes
f
rom the
f
actory, and
f
ollow the
sim
p
le ste
p
s in
U
sin
g
the Portable Hard Drive with Mac OS to connect and
use
y
our
h
ar
d
d
rive.
I
f
you plan to use your portable hard drive with computers running
Windows, or with both Mac OS and Windows com
p
uters,
y
ou should
reformat
y
our
p
ortable hard drive so it can be reco
g
nized b
y
Windows
be
f
ore saving data to it. (Mac OS can recognize hard drives
f
ormatted
f
or
Windows.) If this is
y
our situation,
p
roceed first to
U
sin
g
the Portable Hard
D
riv
e
wit
h
Win
do
w
s
to prepare your hard drive. Then you can
f
ollow the
guidelines in
U
sing the Portable Hard Drive with Mac OS i
f
you also wish to
use
y
our
p
ortable hard drive with a com
p
uter runnin
g
Mac OS.
Y
our
p
ro
d
uct’s
h
ar
d
d
rive is a com
pl
ex e
l
ectronic stora
g
e s
y
stem an
d
should be handled with care, as you might treat a sensitive portable
com
p
uter or other state-of-the-art consumer electronics
p
roduct. Do not
sub
j
ect it to shock, hi
g
h tem
p
eratures, or stron
g
ma
g
netic fields.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. Your operating system ma
y
r
e
p
ort ca
p
acit
y
as fewer
g
i
g
ab
y
tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b
y
tes.

4
U
sing t
h
e Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive
w
it
h
Mac O
S
Connectin
g
the Portable Hard Drive to a
M
acintosh Computer
Connect one end of the FireWire cable to an o
p
en FireWire
p
ort on
y
our
Macintosh
,
and connect the other end of the cable to either one of the
FireWire ports on your portable hard drive. Your hard drive will appear on
the deskto
p
as a new disk
.
Storing and Trans
f
erring Dat
a
Once
y
our Ver
b
atim
p
orta
bl
e
h
ar
d
d
rive is connecte
d
to a com
p
uter, it
can
b
e accesse
d
an
d
use
d
l
i
k
e any ot
h
er remova
bl
e
d
is
k
. You can
d
rag
fi
les to your hard drive’s icon to copy them, navigate to your hard drive in
O
p
en or Save dialo
g
boxes, or delete files stored on
y
our hard drive. For
in
f
ormation on copying, opening, or deleting
fi
les, consult your computer’s
documentation
.
D
isconnecting the Portable Hard Drive
f
rom
a Macintos
h
Com
p
ute
r
Y
our Verbatim hard drive is hot-pluggable; it can be connected and
disconnected without restartin
g
y
our com
p
uter. To disconnect
y
our hard
drive at an
y
time, sim
p
l
y
p
erform the followin
g
ste
p
s
.
1
If
y
ou have files located on
y
our Verbatim hard drive o
p
en in an
y
application, close them
.
N
ote: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when
d
isconnectin
g
y
our
p
orta
bl
e
h
ar
d
d
rive. Sim
ply
un
pl
u
gg
in
g
t
h
e
h
ar
d
drive without
fi
rst
f
ollowing the instructions below may result in
dama
g
e to
y
our hard drive and/or loss of data
.

5
2
Locate the icon for
y
our Verbatim hard drive on the deskto
p
, and dra
g
it
t
o
t
he
tr
ash.
3
A
f
ter the drive icon disappears
f
rom the desktop, you can sa
f
ely unplug
t
h
e
d
rive. Note t
h
at t
h
e
d
rive’s
g
reen LED wi
ll
remain ON unti
l
t
h
e
d
rive
h
as
b
een unp
l
ugge
d.
Y
ou ma
y
also sim
p
l
y
shut down
y
our com
p
uter with
y
our Verbatim hard
d
rive connecte
d,
an
d
t
h
en
d
isconnect it
.
U
sin
g
the Portable Hard
D
riv
e
with Wind
o
w
s
Y
our Verbatim hard drive comes pre-
f
ormatted as HFS+, the pre
f
erred
f
ormat when used exclusively with Apple Macintosh computers running Mac
OS. To use the hard drive on a Windows s
y
stem
y
ou will need to reformat
y
our
h
ar
d
d
rive once so it can
b
e recognize
d
b
y Win
d
ows computers. (It
w
ill still be recognized by Apple Macintosh computers, too.)
Fo
ll
ow t
h
e ste
p
s in t
h
e se
p
arate section
F
ormattin
g
t
h
e Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive
fo
r Win
do
w
s
if
you ever intend to use your hard drive with a Windows
computer. I
f
you primarily use a Mac OS computer and wish to share it with
a Windows com
p
uter,
y
ou ma
y
find the ste
p
s outlined in
F
ormattin
g
for
W
in
d
ows Un
d
er Mac O
S
a more convenient procedure
f
or preparing your
Verbatim hard drive
f
or Windows use.
Before
p
roceedin
g
, be sure that
y
our Windows com
p
uter has a 6-
p
in
FireWire (1394a) port avai
l
a
bl
e. For convenience, your Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
d
rive
draws its power
f
rom this cable. Some computers provide 4-pin FireWire
p
orts on
ly
. Since 4-
p
in
p
orts
d
o not su
pply
p
ower,
y
ou wi
ll
nee
d
to o
b
tain a
6
-4 pin FireWire ca
bl
e an
d
separate A/C a
d
apter to use your Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
drive with this computer
.

6
Connectin
g
the Portable Hard Drive to
a Windows Computer
Connect
y
our Verbatim hard drive to a Windows com
p
uter b
y
p
lu
gg
in
g
one end of the FireWire cable to an o
p
en FireWire
p
ort on
y
our PC, and
the other end o
f
the cable to either one o
f
the FireWire ports on your hard
drive. (If
y
ou are usin
g
an A/C ada
p
ter,
p
lu
g
it in as well.
)
Y
our
h
ar
d
d
rive wi
ll
appear in My Computer as a new
d
is
k.
Storin
g
and Transferrin
g
Dat
a
Once your properly
f
ormatted Verbatim hard drive is connected to a
Win
d
ows com
p
uter, it can
b
e accesse
d
an
d
use
d
l
i
k
e an
y
ot
h
er remova
bl
e
disk. You can drag
fi
les to your hard drive’s icon to copy them, navigate to
y
our hard drive in Open
or
S
ave dialog boxes, or delete
fi
les stored on your
Verbaitm hard drive. For information on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or deletin
g
files,
consu
l
t your computer’s
d
ocumentation
.
D
isconnectin
g
the Portable Hard Drive from
a Windows Computer
Y
our Ver
b
tim
h
ar
d
d
rive is
h
ot-
pl
u
gg
a
bl
e; it can
b
e connecte
d
an
d
d
isconnecte
d
wit
h
out restarting your computer. To
d
isconnect your
h
ar
d
drive at any time, per
f
orm the
f
ollowing steps. You can also disconnect your
hard drive at an
y
time while
y
our com
p
uter is
p
owered off.
If
y
ou are usin
g
Windows 98 SE, and
y
our com
p
uter
p
rom
p
ts
y
ou to
i
nsert the Windows 98 SE Installation CD a
f
ter connecting your hard
drive, it means
y
ou need to install additional FireWire (1394) su
pp
ort
so
f
tware
f
rom Microso
f
t. You should disconnect your hard drive, then
l
ocate, download, and install the latest FireWire (1394) drivers for
Windows 98 SE
f
rom the Microso
f
t website http://windowsupdate.
m
i
c
r
oso
ft.
com
.
Note: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when
d
isconnectin
g
y
our Verbatim hard drive. Sim
p
l
y
un
p
lu
gg
in
g
the hard
d
rive without
fi
rst
f
ollowing the instructions below may result in
d
ama
g
e to
y
our hard drive and/or loss of data.

7
1
If
y
ou have files located on
y
our Verbatim hard drive o
p
en in an
y
application, close them.
2
C
lick the
U
nplug or Eject Hardwar
e
button in the System Tray.
3
Select
y
our Verbatim hard drive from the menu that a
pp
ears
.
4
After a moment, Windows will dis
p
la
y
a messa
g
e indicatin
g
that
y
our
hardware can be sa
f
ely removed.
Y
ou ma
y
a
l
so sim
ply
s
h
ut
d
own
y
our com
p
uter wit
h
Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
d
rive
connected, and then disconnect it.
F
ormatting t
h
e Porta
bl
e
H
ard Driv
e
fo
r Wind
o
w
s
Follow the instructions below to
f
ormat your Verbatim hard drive
f
or use
w
it
h
Win
d
ows, or wit
h
b
ot
h
Win
d
ows an
d
Mac OS. You wi
ll
on
ly
h
ave to
p
er
f
orm this procedure once. The required steps di
ff
er depending on
w
hich version o
f
Windows you are using while per
f
orming the
f
ormat.
Follow the instructions for
y
our version of Windows
.
F
ormatting the Portable Hard Drive Under Windows
XP or Win
d
ows 200
0
Follow these steps i
f
you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000 while
formattin
g
y
our Verbatim hard drive for Windows.
Formatting deletes all in
f
ormation on the drive. Double check each step
b
efore execution to ensure that
y
ou are formattin
g
the correct drive.
In
f
ormation that is lost may be irretrievable.

8
1
Follow the instructions in
C
onnectin
g
FireLite the Portable Hard Drive to a
W
indows Computer located earlier in this document.
2
Open the Disk Management utility as
f
ollows:
a
C
l
ic
k
on t
h
e
S
tart menu, t
h
en c
l
ic
k
Setting
s
,
an
d
t
h
en c
l
ic
k
Contro
l
P
an
el.
b
Double-click on
Ad
mini
s
trativ
e
T
oo
l
s
,
and then double-click
on
C
omputer Management.
c
In the Storage sub-directory, click on
c
Disk Management.
3
The Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard will start.
a
C
l
ic
k
Ne
x
t
to
co
ntin
ue
t
he
Wiz
a
r
d
.
b
Select the Verbatim hard drive from the list usin
g
the checkbox.
c
Click
c
Ne
x
t
t
o continue.
d
C
lick
F
inish
t
o write the si
g
nature to the hard drive.
4
The hard drive will be listed without a drive letter,
a
n
d
s
h
o
w
as
“
u
n
a
ll
oca
t
ed
.”
5
To create a partition, right click once on the unallocated area o
f
the hard
d
rive
b
ox
,
an
d
c
l
ic
k
on Create Partition.
6
T
h
e Create Partition Wizar
d
wi
ll
start.
a
C
lick
N
ex
t
t
o continue the Wizard.
b
C
hoose
Primary
or
y
Extended Partition
(
Primary is recommended),
t
he
n
cl
i
ck
N
ext.
c
Enter the amount of disk space to be allocated (the partition size).
c
The default is the maximum available disk s
p
ace (recommended).
C
lick
N
ext
.
d
Assign a drive letter or path (the de
f
ault letter is recommended),
t
he
n
cl
i
ck
N
ext.
e
Select a file s
y
stem to format the disk (FAT32 or NTFS), verif
y
the
settin
g
s, and then clic
k
Ne
xt. Refer to the section FAT
32
or
N
TF
S
?
later in this document i
f
you are not sure which to choose
.
Caut
i
on: Se
l
ectin
g
t
h
e wron
g
d
rive at t
h
is
p
oint ma
y
cause
y
ou to
l
ose
v
aluable data.

9
f
Verify the settings, and then click
f
Fini
sh
k
to be
g
in formattin
g
the
hard drive.
7
When
f
ormatting has
fi
nished, the hard drive will display the volume name,
the drive letter, the size o
f
the partition (in GB), the
fi
le system used (FAT32
or NTFS), an
d
a
h
ea
l
t
hy
status.
T
h
e
h
ar
d
d
rive is now avai
l
a
bl
e to use.
F
ormattin
g
the Portable Hard Drive Under
W
in
d
ows Me or Win
d
ows 98 SE
Follow these ste
p
s if
y
ou are usin
g
Windows Me or Windows 98 SE while
formattin
g
y
our Verbatim hard drive for Windows.
1
F
ollo
w t
he
in
s
tr
uc
ti
o
n
s
in
C
onnecting t
h
e Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive to a
W
indows Computer
l
ocated earlier in this document
.
2
From the Start menu, click on Run, t
yp
e
co
mman
d
and
p
ress Enter.
You s
h
ou
ld
see a sma
ll
bl
ac
k
MS DOS win
d
ow wit
h
a
p
rom
p
t suc
h
as
c:
\
Windows.
3
Typ
e
fdisk
and press Enter. Type
k
Y
(or just hit the Enter key) in the
Y
w
indow that asks i
f
you wish to enable large disk support.
4
You will be
p
resented with a menu of five items. You should t
yp
e
5
t
o
select the “Chan
g
e current fixed disk drive” o
p
tion then hit the Enter ke
y
.
5
Y
ou
will
see
a
li
s
t
of
h
a
r
d
d
riv
es
. Y
ou
r m
a
in int
e
rn
a
l h
a
r
d
d
riv
e
will
be
Disk 1. An
y
other hard drives will be listed as 2, 3, etc. If
y
ou have onl
y
one
h
ar
d
d
rive in
y
our com
p
uter,
d
rive 2 wi
ll
b
e t
h
e Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
d
rive.
You can also veri
f
y which drive on the list is the Verbatim hard drive by
the size under Mb
y
tes. The number should be a little less than the size
m
arked on the
p
roduct label of
y
our hard drive. T
yp
e the number that
r
epresents the Verbatim hard drive and press Enter
.
Formatting deletes all in
f
ormation on the drive. Double check each step
b
efore execution to ensure that
y
ou are formattin
g
the correct drive.
In
f
ormation that is lost may be irretrievable.
It is recommended that you select the Per
f
orm Quick Format checkbox.
A
s
tan
d
ar
d
f
o
rmat
cou
l
d
tak
e
se
v
e
ral h
ou
r
s
.

10
6
You now are
p
resented with same menu of five items from ste
p
4
.
T
h
is
t
i
me, you must type 1(Create DOS partition or Logica
l
DOS
d
rive) an
d
h
it
Enter.
7
At the next menu of three items, verif
y
that
y
ou are
p
artitionin
g
the correct
disk number be
f
ore proceeding. Type
1
t
o
selec
t
C
reate Primary DOS
P
art
i
t
i
o
n
and press Enter. The resulting process may take about a minute.
8
At t
h
e
p
rom
p
t Do
y
ou wish to use the maximum available size for the
P
rimary DOS partition
?
respond with yes (the default) or just hit the
?
Enter ke
y
. The resultin
g
p
rocess ma
y
take about a minute.
9W
h
en t
h
e
p
artitionin
g
is com
pl
ete
h
it t
h
e E
sc
k
e
y
twice. You wi
ll
see a
m
essage that you must restart your PC. You can ignore this message.
Hit the
E
sc ke
y
once more to exit the fdisk
p
ro
g
ram. T
yp
eex
i
tand
p
ress
Enter to c
l
ose t
h
e MS DOS Prom
p
t win
d
ow
.
10
Double click the “My Computer” icon to open the window. Unplug the
Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
d
rive an
d
t
h
en reconnect it to
y
our PC. An icon wit
h
a
d
rive
l
etter s
h
ou
ld
s
h
ow up in t
h
e “My Computer” win
d
ow. You wi
ll
a
l
so
get a dialog box stating that the drive is not accessible. Remember the
d
rive
l
etter as
y
ou wi
ll
nee
d
it in t
h
e next ste
p
. C
l
ic
k
on Cance
l
11
You now need to
f
ormat your Verbatim hard drive. In the “My Computer”
w
indow, point to the icon that represents the Verbatim hard drive and
c
l
ic
k
t
h
e ri
gh
t mouse
b
utton. From t
h
e menu se
l
ect
Fo
rmat. At the format
w
in
do
w
selec
t
F
u
ll
un
d
er Format Typ
e
an
d
type any
l
a
b
e
l
(10 c
h
aracters or
f
ewer) i
f
you choose. Click the
S
tart button. You will see a warning that all
files will be destro
y
ed. Clic
k
OK
to proceed. This process will take several
K
m
inutes. Once comp
l
ete, c
l
ic
k
t
h
e C
l
ose
b
uttons an
d
you are
d
one.
Y
ou ma
y
be
p
rom
p
ted to run Scandisk to check
y
our disk, but this is not
re
q
uired. If
y
ou choose to do this,
y
ou should select Thorou
g
h under T
yp
e
o
f
Test since there are no
fi
les or
f
olders on the disk yet. Be prepared to wait
a lon
g
time to com
p
lete this test.
T
he
ha
r
d
d
riv
e
i
s
n
o
w
a
v
a
i
lable
t
o
use
.
C
aution: Selecting the wrong drive at this point may cause you to lose
val
u
a
b
l
e
d
ata.

11
F
ormattin
g
for Windows Under Mac OS X
It is possible to
f
ormat your Verbatim hard drive in FAT32
f
ormat while
connected to an Apple Macintosh computer running Mac OS X. This may
be a convenient method if
y
ou
p
rimaril
y
use
y
our Verbatim hard drive on a
Mac OS X computer,
b
ut want to
l
ater connect it to a Win
d
ows computer as
w
ell.
Y
our Verbatim hard drive can be formatted and
p
artitioned usin
g
A
pp
le’s
Disk Utility, located in your Utilities
f
older. Under Di
sk
an
d
V
olu
m
es
S
electe
d
, select the appropriate drive, and click on the Part
i
t
i
o
n
tab.
U
nder
Vo
l
u
m
e
Inf
o
rmati
on
,
ex
p
an
d
t
h
e
Fo
rmat field and choose
F
ree
Sp
ac
e
. C
l
ic
k
o
n t
he
Era
se
ta
b
, expan
d
t
h
e
Volu
m
e
F
o
rmat
fi
eld
,
and click
M
S-DOS Fi
l
e
S
ystem
.
C
lick
E
rase and wait
f
or the Erase to complete. Your drive is now
rea
dy
to
b
e connecte
d
to a Win
d
ows o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stem.
F
AT
32
or NTF
S?
When
f
ormatting your Verbatim hard drive while running Windows XP or
Windows 2000, you will have the choice between FAT32 and NTFS
f
ormats.
Followin
g
are some considerations for makin
g
y
our choice
.
F
AT
3
2
FAT32 is com
p
atible with the followin
g
Windows o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stems:
Win
d
ows 98
,
Win
d
ows 98 SE
,
Win
d
ows Me
,
Win
d
ows 2000
,
Win
d
ows XP.
FAT32 can also be read by Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS
.
Limitations:
U
nder Windows 2
000
and Windows XP users will not be able
to create
p
artition sizes
l
ar
g
er t
h
an 32GB (t
h
ou
gh
t
h
e
y
can access t
h
ese
larger partitions). (This limitation does not apply to other supported
o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stems.
)
In general, FAT32 is a good choice i
f
you’ll be using your Verbatim hard
drive with computers running Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows
Me, or if
y
ou’ll be usin
g
it with both Windows and
Mac OS computers
.

12
T
ec
h
nica
l
Suppor
t
If
y
ou are ex
p
eriencin
g
difficult
y
installin
g
or usin
g
y
our Verbatim
p
roduct,
pl
ease visit t
h
e main Ver
b
atim Tec
h
nica
l
Support we
b
site at
w
ww.v
e
r
b
atim
.
c
o
m
or
w
ww.verbatim-europe.com. From this page you can access our
librar
y
of user documentation, read answers to fre
q
uentl
y
asked
q
uestions,
and download available so
f
tware updates. Although most o
f
our customers
fi
nd this content su
ffi
cient to put them back on the right track, this page
a
l
so
l
ists wa
y
s in w
h
ic
h
y
ou can contact t
h
e Ver
b
atim Tec
h
nica
l
Su
pp
ort
Team
d
irect
l
y.
US/C
anada
800
-
538
-
858
9
Mexico
(
55
)
55284642
Argentina (54-11) 4943-333
6
Euro
p
e: For tec
h
nica
l
su
pp
ort in Euro
p
e e-mai
l
d
rivesu
pp
ort@ver
b
atim-
europe.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the
f
ollowing countries: Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg,
Monaco, Netherlands, Norwa
y
, Poland, Portu
g
al, Re
p
ublic of Ireland, S
p
ain,
Swe
d
en an
d
Switzer
l
an
d
. A
ll
ot
h
er countries ca
ll
[phone]
.
N
TFS
NTFS is compatible with the following Windows operating systems:
Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. NTFS usually results in
hi
g
her
p
erformance than FAT32, and will
p
ermit users to create
p
artition
sizes
l
arger t
h
an 32GB un
d
er supporte
d
operating systems.
Limitations: NTFS is not compatible with Windows 98, Windows 98 SE,
Win
d
ows Me, or A
ppl
e Macintos
h
com
p
uters runnin
g
Mac OS
.
In general, NTFS is a good choice i
f
you’ll be using your Verbatim hard drive
only with one or more computers running Windows XP or Windows 2000.

13
NO
TE: Verbatim Cor
p
oration ma
y
at an
y
time revise the content o
f
this
u
ser guide without
f
urther notice.
R
ights
Copyright ©2007 Verbatim Corporation. No part o
f
this document may be
re
p
roduced in an
y
form or b
y
an
y
means, for an
y
p
ur
p
ose, without the ex
p
ress
w
ritten
p
ermission of Verbatim Cor
p
oration. All ri
g
hts reserved. All other brands
and product names re
f
erenced herein are property o
f
their respective owners.
L
imited Warrant
y
Term
s
Verbatim Corporation warrants this product to be
f
ree
f
rom de
f
ects in material
and workmanshi
p
for a
p
eriod of 1
y
ear from date of
p
urchase (a
p
eriod o
f
2
y
ears a
pp
lies in countries of the Euro
p
ean Union). This warrant
y
excludes
batteries. I
f
this product is
f
ound to be de
f
ective within the warranty period, it will
be re
p
laced at no cost to
y
ou. You ma
y
return it with
y
our ori
g
inal cash re
g
ister
recei
p
t to the
p
lace of
p
urchase or contact Verbatim.
In the U.S. and Canada, call 800-538-8589 or email [email protected].
In the followin
g
Euro
p
ean countries, Austria, Bel
g
ium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ita
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y, Luxem
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ourg, Monaco, Net
h
er
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an
d
s, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic o
f
Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, call 00 800
3883 2222. All other Euro
p
ean countries call [phone]. You can email
d
rivesupport@ver
b
atim-europe.com.
Product replacement is your sole remedy under this warranty, and this warranty
does not a
pp
l
y
to normal wear or to dama
g
e resultin
g
from abnormal
use, misuse, a
b
use, neg
l
ect or acci
d
ent, or to any incompati
b
i
l
ity or poor
p
er
f
ormance due to the speci
fi
c computer so
f
tware or hardware used.
V
ERBATIM WILL N
O
T BE LIABLE F
O
R DATA L
OSS
O
R ANY IN
C
IDENTAL,
C
ONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, FOR
B
REA
C
H
O
F WARRANTIE
S
O
R
O
THERWI
S
E
.
T
his warranty gives you speci
fi
c
le
g
al ri
g
hts and
y
ou ma
y
also have other ri
g
hts which var
y
from state to state or
country to country
.

14
F
CC Complianc
e
This equipment has been tested and
f
ound to comply with the limits
f
or a Class
B di
g
ital device,
p
ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desi
g
ned
to
p
rovide reasonable
p
rotection a
g
ainst harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
f
requency
ener
gy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
ma
y
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is
no guarantee that inter
f
erence will not occur in a particular installation. I
f
this
e
q
ui
p
ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rece
p
tion,
w
hich can be determined b
y
turnin
g
the e
q
ui
p
ment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the inter
f
erence by one or more o
f
the
f
ollowing
measures:
•
Reorient or re
l
ocate t
h
e receiving antenna
.
•
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•
Connect the e
q
ui
p
ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
wh
i
ch
t
he
r
ece
iv
e
r i
s
co
nn
ec
t
ed
.
•
Consult the dealer or an ex
p
erienced radio/TV technician for hel
p.
W
EEE N
o
ti
ce
T
h
e Directive on Waste E
l
ectrica
l
an
d
E
l
ectronic E
q
ui
p
ment (WEEE), w
h
ic
h
entered into
f
orce as European law on 13th February 2003, resulted in a major
chan
g
e in the treatment of electrical e
q
ui
p
ment at end-of-life
.
The WEEE logo (shown at the le
f
t) on the product or on
i
ts box indicates that this product must not be disposed
of or dum
p
ed with
y
our other household waste. For more
i
n
f
ormation about electronic and electrical waste equipment
disposal, recovery, and collection points, please contact your
l
oca
l
munici
p
a
l
h
ouse
h
o
ld
waste
d
is
p
osa
l
service or s
h
o
p
from where you purchased the equipment.

15
C
E Declaratio
n
E
C Declaration of Conformit
y
It is
h
ere
by
d
ec
l
are
d
t
h
at t
h
is
p
ro
d
uct com
pl
ie
d
wit
h
t
h
e essentia
l
p
rotection requirements o
f
Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its
amendments on the a
pp
roximation of the laws of the Member States
re
l
atin
g
to e
l
ectroma
g
netic com
p
ati
b
i
l
it
y
.
This declaration applies to all specimens manu
f
actured identical to the
model submitted for testin
g
/evaluation
.
EN 55022: 1998 + A1: 2000 +A2: 200
3
EN
6
1
000
-
3
-
3
:1
995
+ A1:
200
1
EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 200
3
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-
2
: 1
995
+ A1: 1
998
+ A
2
:
2000
IE
C
61
000
-4-
3
:
2002
+ A1:
2002
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-4: 199
5
+ A1: 2
000
+ A2: 2
001
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-
5
: 1
995
+ A1:
2000
IEC 61000-4-6: 1996 + A1: 200
0
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-
8
: 1
993
+ A1:
2000
IE
C
61
000
-4-11: 1
99
4 + A1:
2000
R
oHS Com
p
lianc
e
This
p
roduct is in com
p
liance with Directive 2002/95/EC of the Euro
p
ean
Parliament and o
f
the Council o
f
27 January 2003, on the restriction o
f
the use o
f
certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e
q
ui
p
ment (RoHS) and
it
s
a
m
e
n
d
m
e
nt
s

Intr
oduc
ti
on
17
U
tilisation de votre disque dur portable avec Mac OS 18
C
onnexion
d
e votre
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e à un or
d
inateur Macintos
h
1
8
Stockage et trans
f
ert de données 18
Déconnexion
d
u
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e
d
’un or
d
inateur Macintos
h
18
U
ti
l
isation
d
e votre
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e avec Win
d
ows 1
9
C
onnexion du dis
q
ue dur
p
ortable à un ordinateur Windows
20
Stocka
g
e et transfert de données 2
0
Déconnexion du disque dur portable d’un ordinateur Windows 2
0
Formatage
d
u
d
isque
d
ur porta
bl
e pour Win
d
ows 21
F
ormatage
d
u
d
isque
d
ur porta
bl
e sous Win
d
ows XP 2
2
ou Windows 2
000
Formata
g
e
d
u
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e sous Win
d
ows Me 23
ou Win
d
ows 98 SE
Formatage pour Windows sous Mac OS X 25
FAT32 ou NTFS ? 26
FAT
3
2 2
6
NTF
S
26
Su
pp
ort Tec
h
ni
q
ue 27
Conditions de garantie 27
Droits
d
’auteur 28
C
onformité FF
C
2
9
C
on
f
ormité WEEE 2
9
Conformité CE 3
0
C
on
f
ormité R
O
H
S
30
T
abl
e
d
es
Mati
é
r
es

17
I
ntr
o
du
c
ti
on
Votre disque dur portable est livré pré
f
ormaté pour utilisation immédiate
avec des ordinateurs A
pp
le Macintosh sur les
q
uels tourne Mac OS. (Il est
formaté en HFS+.) Si vous avez l’intention de n’utiliser votre dis
q
ue dur
p
ortable que sur des ordinateurs Mac OS, vous pouvez le laisser tel que
formaté en usine. Suivez sim
p
lement les
q
uel
q
ues éta
p
es sim
p
les décrites
sous
U
ti
l
isation
d
u
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e avec Mac OS
p
our connecter et
utiliser votre disque dur portable.
S
i vous devez l’utiliser sur des ordinateurs exécutant Windows ou à la fois
sur des ordinateurs Mac OS et Windows
,
vous devez reformater votre
disque dur portable a
fi
n qu’il puisse être reconnu par Windows avant
d’
y
enre
g
istrer des données. (Mac OS
p
eut reconnaître les dis
q
ues durs
f
ormatés pour Windows.) Si c’est votre cas, commencez par Uti
l
isation
d
e
v
otre disque dur portable avec Window
s
pour préparer votre disque dur
p
ortable. Vous
p
ouvez ensuite suivre les consi
g
nes de la section Utilisation
d
e votre
d
isque
d
ur porta
bl
e avec Mac O
S
si vous
d
evez éga
l
ement uti
l
iser
v
otre disque dur portable avec un ordinateur exécutant Mac OS
.
Votre
d
isque
d
ur interne est un système
d
’arc
h
ivage é
l
ectronique comp
l
exe
et doit être manipulé avec soin comme vous manipuleriez un ordinateur
p
orta
bl
e sensi
bl
e ou un autre
p
ro
d
uit é
l
ectroni
q
ue
g
ran
d
p
u
bl
ic
d
e
p
ointe.
Ne
l
e soumettez pas à
d
es c
h
ocs, à
d
es températures é
l
evées ou à
d
es
champs magnétiques puissants.
Remarque : La capacité varie selon les modèles. Votre système
d
’ex
p
loitation
p
eut si
g
naler une ca
p
acité sous forme de
g
i
g
aoctets.
1
Go = 1 000 000 000 octets.

18
U
tilisation de votre disque dur
p
orta
bl
e avec Mac OS
Connexion de votre dis
q
ue dur
p
ortable à un
ordinateur Macintosh
Branchez une extrémité du câble de votre dis
q
ue dur
p
ortable dans un
p
ort FireWire
l
i
b
re
d
e votre Macintos
h
et
l
’autre extrémité
d
ans un
d
es
p
orts FireWire de votre disque dur portable. Votre disque apparaîtra sur le
bureau en tant
q
ue nouveau dis
q
ue
.
Stockage et trans
f
ert de données
U
ne fois
q
ue votre dis
q
ue dur
p
ortable Verbatim est connecté à un
or
d
inateur, vous pouvez y accé
d
er et
l
’uti
l
iser comme tout autre
d
isque
amovible. Vous pouvez
f
aire glisser des
fi
chiers sur l’icône de votre disque
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e
p
our
l
es co
p
ier,
p
asser aux zones
d
e
d
ia
l
o
g
ue Ouvrir ou
Enregistrer de votre disque dur ou encore supprimer des
fi
chiers stockés
sur votre disque dur. Pour de plus amples in
f
ormations sur la copie,
l’ouverture ou la su
pp
ression de fichiers, consultez la documentation de
vo
tr
e
o
r
d
in
a
t
eu
r
.
D
éconnexion
d
u
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e
d
’un
o
r
d
inat
eu
r Ma
c
int
os
h
Votre
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e Ver
b
atim est o
p
érationnne
l
immé
d
iatement et
p
eut donc être connecté ou déconnecté sans que vous ayez à redémarrer
v
otre ordinateur. Pour déconnecter votre dis
q
ue dur
p
ortable n’im
p
orte
q
uan
d
, suivez sim
pl
ement
l
es éta
p
es suivantes.
R
emar
q
ue: Vei
ll
ez à suivre soi
g
neusement
l
a
p
rocé
d
ure correcte
l
ors
d
e
l
a
d
éconnexion
d
e votre
d
isque
d
ur porta
bl
e. Un simp
l
e
d
ébranchement du dis
q
ue sans suivre au
p
réalable les instructions
s
uivantes risque
d
’en
d
ommager votre
d
isque
d
ur ou
d
’occasionner une
p
erte de données
.

19
1
Si des fichiers situés sur vore dis
q
ue dur Verbatim sont ouverts dans une
a
pp
lication
q
uelcon
q
ue, fermez-les.
2
Sur le bureau, trouvez l’icône de votre disque dur Verbatim et
f
aites-la
gl
isser
d
ans
l
a cor
b
ei
ll
e.
3
Ne
d
éconnectez votre
d
isque
d
ur qu’après
l
’extinction
d
u voyant vert
d
u
disque dur ou après la
fi
n du clignotement des voyants jaunes.
Vous
p
ouvez aussi sim
pl
ement étein
d
re votre or
d
inateur avec votre
d
is
q
ue
dur Verbatim connecté, puis déconnecter ce dernier.
U
ti
l
isation
d
e votre
d
isque
d
ur
p
ortable avec Window
s
Votre disque dur portable Verbatim est livré pré
f
ormaté en HFS+, le
f
ormat
p
référé lors
q
u’il est utilisé exclusivement avec des ordinateurs A
pp
le
Macintos
h
exécutant Mac OS. Pour uti
l
iser
l
e
d
isque avec un système
Windows, vous devez le re
f
ormater une
f
ois a
fi
n que l’ordinateur Windows
p
uisse le reconnaître. (Les ordinateurs A
pp
le Macintosh continueront à le
reconnaître.
)
Suivez les étapes de la section séparée Formatage du disque dur portable
p
our Win
d
ow
s
si vous com
p
tez uti
l
iser votre
d
is
q
ue
d
ur avec un or
d
inateur
Win
d
ows. Si vous uti
l
isez surtout un or
d
inateur Mac OS mais que vous
désirez le partager avec un ordinateur Windows, les étapes décrites dans
F
ormata
g
e
p
our Win
d
ows sous Mac OS
p
euvent vous être
pl
us
p
rati
q
ues
p
our préparer votre
d
isque
d
ur porta
bl
e pour son uti
l
isation sous Win
d
ows.
Avant de poursuivre, assurez-vous qu’un port FireWire (1394a) à 6 broches
est
d
is
p
oni
bl
e sur votre or
d
inateur Win
d
ows. Pour
pl
us
d
e commo
d
ité,
v
otre
d
isque
d
ur porta
bl
e Ver
b
atim est a
l
imenté par ce câ
bl
e. Certains
ordinateurs n’o
ff
rent que des ports FireWire à 4 broches. Les ports à 4
b
roc
h
es n’assurant
p
as
l
’a
l
imentation, vous
d
evrez o
b
tenir un câ
bl
e FireWire
à 6 et 4
b
roc
h
es ainsi qu’un a
d
aptateur A/C pour pouvoir uti
l
iser votre
disque dur Verbatim sur ce genre d’ordinateurs.

20
Connexion du dis
q
ue dur
p
ortable à un
ordinateur Windows
Pour connecter votre dis
q
ue dur Verbaitm à un ordinateur Windows,
b
ranc
h
ez une extrémité
d
u câ
bl
e
d
e FireWire
d
ans un
p
ort FireWire
l
i
b
re
d
e
v
otre PC et l’autre extrémité dans un des ports FireWire de votre disque. (Si
v
ous utilisez un ada
p
tateur A/C branchez-le é
g
alement.
)
Votre dis
q
ue a
pp
araîtra sur « Poste de travail » en tant
q
ue nouveau dis
q
ue
.
Stockage et trans
f
ert de données
U
ne fois
q
ue votre dis
q
ue dur Verbatim correctement formaté est connecté
à un or
d
inateur Win
d
ows, vous pouvez y accé
d
er et
l
’uti
l
iser comme tout
autre disque amovible. Vous pouvez
f
aire glisser des
fi
chiers sur l’icône de
FireLite
p
our les co
p
ier,
p
asser aux boîtes de dialo
g
ue Ouvrir ou Enre
g
istrer
du disque dur portable ou encore supprimer des
fi
chiers stockés sur votre
v
otre disque dur Verbatim. Pour de plus amples in
f
ormations sur la copie,
l’ouverture ou la su
pp
ression de fichiers, consultez la documentation de votre
o
r
d
in
a
t
eu
r.
D
éconnexion
d
u
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e
d
’un
o
r
d
inat
eu
r Win
do
w
s
Votre
d
is
q
ue
d
ur Ver
b
atim est o
p
érationne
l
immé
d
iatement et
p
eut
d
onc
être connecté ou
d
éconnecté sans que vous ayez à re
d
émarrer votre
ordinateur. Pour déconnecter votre disque dur Verbatim n’importe quand,
suivez sim
pl
ement
l
es éta
p
es suivantes. Vous
p
ouvez aussi
d
éconnecter
v
otre
d
isque
d
ur à tout moment pen
d
ant que votre or
d
inateur est éteint
.
Si vous uti
l
isez Win
d
ows 98 SE et
q
ue votre s
y
stème vous
d
eman
d
e
d’insérer le CD d’installation de Windows 98 SE après avoir connecté
votre dis
q
ue, cela si
g
nifie
q
ue vous devez installer un lo
g
iciel de
p
rise
en charge de FireWire additionnel (1394) de chez Microso
f
t. Vous devez
déconnecter votre dis
q
ue
p
uis trouver, téléchar
g
er et installer les
p
ilotes
pour FireWire (1394)
l
es p
l
us récents pour Win
d
ows 98 SE
d
epuis
l
e site
Web de Microso
f
thttp://windowsupdate.microsoft.co
m
.
Insérez le
C
D
d
’insta
ll
ation
d
u
d
is
q
ue
d
ur
p
orta
bl
e
d
ans votre
l
ecteur
d
e CD-ROM.