Freecom Technologies Hard Drive Dock Quattro manual

USER MANUAL Rev. 0 06 H A R D D R I V E D O C K Q U A TT R O E XT E R N A L D O C K I N G S T A T I O N / 2. 5 " & 3 . 5 " S A T A / U S B 2. 0 / F I R E W I R E 8 00 & 4 0 0 / e S A T A[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 2 EN Dea r use r , welcome to the ins tallati on of yo ur Fre ec om H D Do ck Q u at tr o . Bef ore ins talli ng the drive, pleas e re ad through the foll owing poi nts regar ding its compatib ilit y with your sys tem. Freec om T echnologies • German y ww w .freecom.com Cont en ts o f th e box Please che ck the contents o[...]

3 EN User manual Gen eral inf ormati on ........................................................................................................... Page 4 Chapter 1 : Star t Up the HD D ock Qu att ro ........................................................................................ Page 6 Chapter 2: Ejec ting the H D fro m the Do ck .........[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 4 EN Gene ral information The followi ng hardware and so f t ware require ments must be fulf ille d to e nsure trouble - fre e ope ration . Syste m re qu ir em ent s In orde r to use the Freeco m HD Do ck Quat tro, fol lowing com pon ents are n ee ded: PC : • Intel Pentium III / A MD Duro n 90 0 MHz o r highe r • 256 MB[...]

5 EN Pre cau t io nar y M ea su res a nd G e ne ral N ote s • Make su re the lab el side of t he ha rd dr ive is ahea d, an d the hard dri ve conne c tor is downward b efo re it is inser ted. O ther w ise, the hard d rive can n ot be inse r ted. • D o not ej ec t the hard d rive whil e it is work ing . • H ol d the hard dr ive with it s fro n[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 6 EN 1 Chapter 1 : Star t Up t he HD Dock Q uatt ro 1 . 1 Freec om HD D oc k Qu at tr o 1 . 1. 1 T op 1 . SA T A conne cto r 2. Power and Access LED 3. Slot for 2 . 5" SA T A H DD 4. Slot for 3. 5" SA T A HD D 5. Ejec t But ton 1 . 1.2 B ac k 1 . AC connec tor 2. USB 2.0 connec tor 3. eSA T A connec tor 4. Firewir[...]

7 EN 1 Start Up the HD Do ck Quattro 1 . 2 H DD i nst all at ion f or 2 . 5" or 3 . 5" Connec t the cable of t he power suppl y t o the Freecom HD Do ck Quat tro and th e power sup ply its elf to the s ocket. a) USB: Connec t the USB cabl e to the USB por t on the HD Do ck Quat tro (for dat a trans fer with USB). or b) F i rewi re 4 00/8 [...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 8 EN 2 Par tition and form at your hard drive (if requir ed). S ee chapter 3 fo r fur the r deta ils. PC: Y our hard dr ive a ppea rs in "My Compu ter" and can b e used now. Mac : Y ou r har d dr ive ap pear s o n th e de sk top and can b e used now. 1 . 3 LE D LED o n: HD Do ck Quat tro s witched o n LE D f la sh[...]

9 EN 3 Partitioning your HD Chapter 3: Part ition ing your HD 3. 1 G en era l info rmat io n Yo u r h a r d d r i v e m u s t b e p a r t i t i o n e d a n d f o r m a t t e d b e f o r e i t c a n b e u s e d . This chapter describes current l imitati ons of most c omm on f ile s ystems an d instru cti ons to enabl e you to adapt you r hard dri ve[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 1 0 EN 3 Ex amp le f or d if fe re nt p ar t it io ns wi t h di f fe re nt fi le s yst em s on o ne H D Fil e sy st em T o ta l si ze o f HD NTFS FA T32 80 GB 60 GB 20 GB Not e: On NTFS f orm at te d hard di sk s dat a can only be writ te n und er Win dows X P / Vis t a / 7 . Un de r Mac O S X dat a c an on ly b e re ad. Th[...]

11 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 5. Click wi th the right mouse but ton on the "unall ocate d" area and sele c t the optio n "New Par tition" . The " New Par ti tion Wi zar d" op ens. Click o n "N ex t " .[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 1 2 EN 3 6. Sel ec t "Prim ar y par ti tion" and click on " Ne x t " . 7 . Now you can adjust the size of you r par titio n. Click on "N ex t " if onl y one par ti tion is to be created . S ee n ex t chapter (Creating t wo o r mo re p ar titions on the H D un der Wind ows XP / Vist a / 7) how t[...]

13 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 9. Se le ct the fo rma tt ing op tio n "For mat this p ar titio n with the foll owing set tin gs" . Cho os e ei th er "FA T3 2" or "NT FS ", th e "Al lo cat io n uni t siz e" sho ul d re ma in on "De fa ult ". Fin al ly se le ct "P er for m a quic k form at " a[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 1 4 EN 3 3. 3. 3 Cr ea ti ng t wo or m or e par t it io ns o n th e HD u nd er W in dows X P / Vis ta / 7 1 . Rep eat the s teps fro m the p reviou s chapter (Creating a p ar titio n on th e hard dr ive under W indows XP / V ist a / 7) for creati ng the f ir st pa r tition . 2. Click with th e right mo use but ton o n the &[...]

15 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 8. Click on "Finish" to create the " E x tende d par titio n" . The un allo cated space now change d to "Free spa ce" .[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 1 6 EN 3 9. Right- click o n " Free Space" an d se lec t " New Logic al Dr ive" . T he " New Par ti tion Wiz ard" ope ns. Click o n "Ne x t " . 1 0. "Log ical dr ive" is alread y sele c ted. Cli ck on "N ex t " . 1 1. Specif y th e par titi on size an d click on &q[...]

17 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 3. 4 Par t it io nin g your H D und er M ac OS X 1 . Ope n the "D isk Utilit y " . T his can b e found i n " Appli cations" — > "Util ities" . 2. Click on the t ab "Par ti tion" . Here you c an setup th e par titi on set tin gs and par tit ion the dr ive according to your set[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock Quattro 1 8 EN 4 Chapter 4: T rouble shoot ing - F AQ If you still have prob lems get tin g yo ur Freecom HD Dock Q uat tro to f unc tion p rope rly despi te having inst alle d it corre c tly, then please che ck the fo llowin g items: • What can I do whe n the hard drive do es not work and the re is ck lick ing noise arising from[...]

W ARRANTY (V AL I D IN EUROPE/ TURKE Y ONL Y) 1 Y E A R WA R R A N T Y W e thank you for pur chasing this Freec om product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruction manual and any additional elec tronic and or pr inted manuals. When problems o[...]