Verbatim Store’n’Go User manual

Store’n’Go
USB 3.0 Mac Hard Drive
User Guide
English
Englis
h

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Intr
od
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c
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n English
Your Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go hard drive is a versatile external hard drive
f
eaturing high-per
f
ormance storage. Your model will come with either
1 x FireWire 800 and 1 x USB 3.0 interface, or 1 x USB 3.0 interface. Once
y
our drive is connected
p
ro
p
erl
y
to
y
our com
p
uter,
y
ou will be able
to use it as you would any hard drive for storing your data and for performing data back-up functions. Before you begin to use the drive there
are a few important things to learn about your new product.
S
tore ‘n’
G
o Hard Drive: Rear Panel Are
a
Along the rear panel you will
fi
nd the data and power connectors. Re
f
er to the picture below
.
཰
1. USB 3.0 Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e Store ‘n’ Go
h
ar
d
d
rive to your computer via USB
.
Activity LED. The LED will come on to indicate the power-on state. The LED will
fl
ash during data access
.
Store ‘n’ Go Har
d
Drive: Fi
l
e System Forma
t
The Store ‘n’ Go hard drive
f
eaturing FW800 and USB 3.0 inter
f
aces comes pre-
f
ormatted HFS+
f
or use on computers running Mac OS
X
The Store ‘n’ Go hard drive
f
eaturing USB 3.0 inter
f
ace only comes pre-
f
ormatted FAT32
f
or use on both Mac OS X and PC Windows
e
nvir
o
nm
e
nt
s.
I
f
you plan to use your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive only with computers running Mac OS, you can leave it
f
ormatted as HFS+. I
f
you plan to use your
hard drive with computers running Windows, or with both Mac OS and Windows computers, you should re
f
ormat the drive. Enclosed on the
hard drive is the Verbatim HD Formatter Tool which will enable you to re-
f
ormat the Store ‘n’ Go hard drive to FAT32
.
FAT32 lets you use the Store ‘n’ Go hard drive with both Mac OS and Windows but has a single
fi
le size limit o
f
4GB.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes/1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes/1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity used
f
or pre-loaded so
f
tware,
f
ormatting
and other
f
unctions, and thus is not available
f
or data storage. As a result, and due to di
ff
ering calculation methods, your operating systems may report as
f
ewer megabytes/gigabytes/
t
era
by
tes.
Connecting Store ‘n’ Go Har
d
Driv
e
You can connect your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive to a computer with either FireWire or USB, but not both at the same time. Please use the inter
f
ace
cables that come with
y
our device (i.e. USB / FireWire) for connectin
g
the device to
y
our com
p
uter
.
Connect the USB 3.0 cable from the USB port on the drive to an available USB port on your computer.
On computers running Windows a new icon will appear in my computer representing your hard drive. On computers running Mac OS your
hard drive will mount automaticall
y
and a new icon will a
pp
ear on the deskto
p.
Note: USB 3.0: Since USB 3.0 is
b
ac
k
war
d
s compati
bl
e wit
h
USB 2.0, t
h
e Store ‘n’ Go
h
ar
d
d
rive can
b
e connecte
d
to a
ll
USB ports. W
h
en connecte
d
to a USB 2.0 port,
h
owever, t
h
e
p
er
f
ormance (data trans
f
er rate) o
f
the Store ‘n’ Go hard drive will be much lower than when connected to a USB 3.0 port.
Storing and Trans
f
erring Data
Once your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive is connected to a computer, it can be accessed and used like any other removable disk drive. You can
dra
g
files to
y
our drive icon to co
py
them, navi
g
ate to
y
our drive in O
p
en or Save dialo
g
boxes, or delete files stored on
y
our drive. For more
in
f
ormation on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or deletin
g
fi
les, consult
y
our com
p
uter’s documentation
.

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Usin
g
Time Mac
h
ine Su
pp
ort
Time Machine allows you to make automated backups o
f
your computer system under Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6 or higher
1. Connect your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive to your Mac. I
f
you have not speci
fi
ed a back up volume, Time Machine will ask you when you connect
f
or the
fi
rst time i
f
the device should be used as a backup drive
.
2. After your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive appears on the desktop, click on “use as backup disk” to confirm that you want to use your drive for Time
Machine backups. In the Time Machine preferences you can configure your backup settings further
.
Time Machine will now automatically create backups for your Mac. Time Machine will keep hourly backups for the last 24 hours, daily backups
for the last month, and weekly backups until your drive is full.
Note: Time Machine is onl
y
com
p
atible with drives formatted HFS+.
Disconnecting Your Portable Hard Drive
Your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive is hot-swappable. It can be connected and disconnected without restarting your computer. To disconnect your
drive at any time, perform the following steps:
For Mac
OS
U
sers:
1. If you have files located on your drive open in any applications, close them
.
2. Locate the icon for your drive on the desktop, and drag it to the trash.
For Windows
U
sers
:
1. I
f
you have
fi
les located on your drive open in any applications, close them
.
2. Click the Un
p
lu
g
or E
j
ect Hardware button in the S
y
stem Tra
y
.
3. Select your drive from the menu that appears
.
4. After a moment, Windows will dis
p
la
y
a messa
g
e that
y
our hardware can be safel
y
removed
.
You can also disconnect your hard drive at any time while your computer is powered o
ff
.
Note: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when disconnecting your unit. Simply unplugging the unit without
fi
rst
f
ollowing the instructions below may result in damage
to your unit and/or loss o
f
data
.
Technical Su
pp
or
t
If you are experiencing difficulty installing or using your Verbatim product, please visit the main Verbatim Technical Support website at
www.verbatim-europe.co
m
. From this page you can access our library of user documentation, read answers to frequently asked questions,
and download available software updates. Although most of our customers find this content sufficient to put them back on the right track,
this page also lists ways in which you can contact the Verbatim Technical Support Team directly.
Europe: For technical support in Europe e-mail [e-mail] or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic
of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. All other countries call [phone].
Limite
d
Warranty Term
s
Verbatim Limited warrants this product to be
f
ree
f
rom de
f
ects in material and workmanship
f
or a period o
f
2 years
f
rom date o
f
purchase. This
warranty excludes batteries. I
f
this product is
f
ound to be de
f
ective within the warranty period, it will be replaced at no cost to you. You may return it
with your original cash register receipt to the place o
f
purchase or contact Verbatim
.
Product re
p
lacement is
y
our sole remed
y
under this warrant
y
, and this warrant
y
does not a
pp
l
y
to normal wear or to dama
g
e resultin
g
from
abnormal use, misuse, abuse, ne
g
lect or accident, or to an
y
incom
p
atibilit
y
or
p
oor
p
erformance due to the s
p
ecific com
p
uter software or hardware
used
.
V
ERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED,
F
O
R BREA
C
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O
F WARRANTIE
S
O
R
O
THERWI
S
E. This warrant
y
g
ives
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ou s
p
ecific le
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al ri
g
hts and
y
ou ma
y
also have other ri
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hts which var
y
from
state to state or countr
y
to countr
y.
NOTE: Verbatim Limited may at any time revise the content of this user guide without further notice.

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s
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py
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ht © 2010 Verbatim Limited. No
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art o
f
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or an
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ose, without the
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erenced herein are property o
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their respective owners
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FCC Compliance
This equipment has been tested and
f
ound to comply with the limits
f
or a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 o
f
the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harm
f
ul inter
f
erence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio
f
requency energy and, i
f
not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harm
f
ul inter
f
erence
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 receivin
g
antenna
.
• Increase the separation 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 hel
p
WEEE Notice
The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic E
q
ui
p
ment (WEEE), which entered into force as Euro
p
ean law on 13th Februar
y
2003, resulted in a
ma
j
or chan
g
e in the treatment of electrical e
q
ui
p
ment at end-of-life
.
The WEEE lo
g
o (shown at the left) on the
p
roduct or on its box indicates that this
p
roduct must not be dis
p
osed of or dum
p
ed with
y
our other household waste. For more information about electronic and electrical waste e
q
ui
p
ment dis
p
osal, recover
y
, and collection
p
oints,
p
lease contact
y
our local munici
p
al household waste dis
p
osal service or sho
p
from where
y
ou
p
urchased the e
q
ui
p
ment.
C
E Declaration
EC Declaration of Conformit
y
It is hereby declared that this product complied with the essential protection requirements o
f
Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its
amendments on the approximation o
f
the laws o
f
the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.
This declaration applies to all specimens manu
f
actured identical to the model submitted
f
or testing/evaluation.
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RoHS Com
pl
iance
This
p
roduct is in com
p
liance with Directive 2002/95/EC of the Euro
p
ean Parliament and of the Council of 27 Januar
y
2003, on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e
q
ui
p
ment (RoHS) and its amendments.