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
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