Freecom 3.5 " / USB 2.0 / ESATA manual

Rev . 620 MANU AL H A R D DR I V E P R O EX TE RNA L HA R D DR I VE / 3 .5 " / USB 2 .0 / ESA T A WI N & M A c[...]

2 F reec om H ar d D r ive Pro GB Dear user! Thank you for choosing the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro ex ternal hard drive. F or optimal use and per f ormance we advise y ou to read this manual car efully before using this product. Fr eecom T echnologies • German y w ww .freec om.com C ontents of the bo x Please check the cont ents of the box. The f ol[...]

3 GB U ser manual General Information ............................................................................................................ page 4 Pr ecautionar y measures .................................................................................................... page 5 F reecom Hard Drive P ro external hard drive ..................[...]

4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB General Infor mation The following hardware and sof tware requirements must be fullled to ensure trouble - free operation. Sy stem requirements T o use the Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pr o , you will require the f ollowing components: PC: • Intel/AMD CPU 700 MHz or higher • 256 MB RAM or higher • CD-ROM dr ive f or[...]

5 GB General Information Precautionary measures T o ensure that your Freec om Hard Drive Pro func tions properly , please take note of the following precautions. If these are not follow ed, you may void your warran ty and damage the F reecom Hard Drive P ro. • Safely remove the F reecom Hard Drive P ro via your operating system (the "unplug [...]

6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro e x ternal hard driv e F or y our con venience, the Freec om Hard Dr ive Pro has been par titioned (1 partition) and pre-formatted (F A T32 le system). The F A T32 format ensures maximum interchangeability of the F reecom Hard Drive Pr o between dier ent computers. Should you choose to [...]

7 GB 1 Installation of the F reecom software Chapter 1: Installation of the F reecom software (PC) Before y ou can use the Sync button on your F reecom Har d Drive Pr o, you need to install the F reecom Personal Media Suite software rst. Note: T o use the func tions of the F reecom Personal Media Suite described in this handbo ok, your Fr eecom [...]

8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 1 3. Please read the license agr eement carefully . T o accept the license agr eement, conrm with "Y es" . Note: Click ing on "No" ends the installation. Selec t the target folder and progr am folder in the star t menu in which the F reecom Personal Media Suite symbol is to appear . 4. Y ou can[...]

9 GB 1 Installation of the F reecom software 5. In the dialogue "Options" you can selec t whether to create a link to the F reecom P ersonal M edia Suite Sof tware on the desktop and whether the program should be star ted automatically when starting Windows . It is recommended to select both op- tions for better oper ation of the F reecom[...]

1 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 1 1.3 Installation of the F reecom Backup Soft ware 1. Inser t the Soft ware & Manual CD into y our CD drive. The F reecom star t menu opens. In case the sof tware does not open automatically , please click on "Star t.exe" in the root directory of the CD . 2. Click on "Soft ware I nstallation&quo[...]

11 GB 1 6. Click on "Next" to star t the installation. All necessar y program les are now written to the hard disk of your c omputer . 7. In the last window , you ar e asked if y ou want to start F reecom Backup Software now . If you want to create a backup of your data right away , click on "Finish" . I f you want to start t[...]

1 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 2 Chapter 2: Hardwar e Installation Before connec ting the cables make sure the Freec om Hard Drive Pr o is switched o (S ee Chapter 2.2). 1. Connect the inter face cable (USB or eSA T A) to the F reecom Hard Drive P ro. 2. Connect the cable of the pow er supply to the F reecom Hard Drive P ro and the pow er sup[...]

13 GB 2 F or optimal per formanc e, the Freecom Hard drive pro should b e connec ted to an eSA T A port. 2.1 Sync Butt on The fron t panel of the F reecom Har d Dr ive P ro contains the S ync button. 2.2 P ower Button T o turn on the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro , push the power button located on the front panel of the device. Note that the device will [...]

1 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 3 Chapter 3: Driv er installation Under W indows 2000 / XP and Mac OS X a separate Fr eecom driver is not required. The drivers will be installed automatically by the operating system after plugging in the F reecom Hard Drive P ro into the USB/eSA T A por t of the computer . Chapter 4: Daily use of the F reec om H [...]

15 GB 5 Chapter 5: The U ser Inter face of the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite (PC) 1 T abs for congur ation of the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite components - Secure & Compr ess - F reecom SYNC - Autorun 2 Minimizes F reecom P ersonal Media Suite in the task bar 3 Input eld (also show s the selected folder) 4 U ser menu 5 C onnec ted F re[...]

1 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 Impo r tan t: W e rec omme nd to lea ve the functio n "Sta rt pro gr am on W indo ws start" ac tivated under all circumstances in order to be able to use all the functions of the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite (e.g . " Autorun " , "SYNC on Fr eecom de vice plug-in ")! 5.2 Aut orun Th[...]

17 GB 5 5.2.2 Removing les / folders fr om the Autorun list 1. Open the F reecom Personal Media Suite and select the " Autorun" tab . 2. Select the le or the folder to be remov ed in the Autorun list eld. 3. Click on "Remove" . The corresponding entry is removed fr om the list. 5.3 Secure&C ompress The S ecure&C[...]

1 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.3.2 Opening the Secure&Compress f older 1. Open the F reecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab "Secure&C ompress" . 2. Click on "Open folder" in or der to open the Secure&Compress f older . 3. If the Fr eecom P ersonal Media Suite is already open and has star ted minimised [...]

19 GB 5 5.3.5 Deleting the Secure&C ompress folder Click on "Delete folder" in or der to delete the selected Secure&C ompress f older . A TTENTION: All les in the folder are irr ev ocably deleted! Before the deletion, a securit y request is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder: 5.3.6 Changing the passw ord 1[...]

2 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 Please note: Y our changed password applies to all les and folders encr ypted from the time of the change. F or les and folders which were encr ypted befor e, the password which was used for encryption remains. Changes of the passw ord do not apply to files and folders already encrypted! 5.4 Fr eecom SY NC [...]

21 GB 5 5.4.2 Crea ting a new SY NC folder 1. Open the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite and select the tab "F reecom SYNC" . Click on "Select folder" and select a folder on your F reecom Hard Drive P ro. 2. Alternatively , you can create a new SYNC f older on your Freec om Hard Drive Pro using the "Selec t folder" functi[...]

2 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 Before the deletion, a securit y request is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder: 5.4.7 Synchr onisation of les and folders There ar e three possibilities for the synchronization of y our les: 1. P re ss t he SY NC b utt on o f y ou r F re ec om Ha r d Dr iv e P ro . Y ou r da ta i s no [...]

23 GB 5 3. Star ting the synchronization manually a) Open the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite and click on the tab "F reecom SYNC" . b) S elect a SYNC folder if you ha ve not yet done so . c) Click on "Sync now!" to start the data synchronization. d) Alternatively , right- click on the system tray icon of the Freec om Personal Me[...]

2 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. A status window appears. Please selec t "Update" if you wish to synchronize the le or other wise selec t "Cancel" . I f you choose not to synchronize the le (Canc el) you will be able to synchroniz e this le during the next synchronization. 5.4.10 Skip les during synchronization[...]

25 GB 5 5.4.11 Handling deleted les Deleting les on either the primar y computer or the SYNC folder on the Fr eecom Hard Drive P ro results in a r ed X nex t to the le during the next synchronization. This indicates that the le has been deleted and that its counterpart will be deleted, too . Please select "Update" to proc eed.[...]

2 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. Select "Update" and "Split Fr om Or iginal" . 4. Select " Y es" . The User Interface of the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite[...]

27 GB 5 5.4.12 Oce use The Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro is ideal for mak ing a local backup, which stores your data independently from y our network or local computer . Simply ‘send to ’ your impor tant les and directories to the SYNC folder on the Freec om Hard Dr ive Pro and updat e your back up from time to time click "Sync now" .[...]

2 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.4.13 Home use At the oce, there is always a backup of your impor tant business data. But how about your data at home? All the memories stored in digital photo ’ s made during your last holiday? Or the rst pic tures and movies of your children! Y ou do not want to loose those! The Freec om Hard Drive Pro[...]

29 GB 6 Chapter 6: U sing the Freec om Backup Sof t ware (PC) The "F reec om Backup S oftware" ser ves to back up persona l and business data from internal le media (e.g . hard disk) onto external Fr eecom drives. It makes it possible to back up all data from individual har d disks, as w ell as data or data types individually specie[...]

3 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.1 Selec tion of the les to back up F or selec ting the les to be backed up , there are thr ee dierent options av ailable: 1. My documents and settings contain s the "My Documents" folder , Internet F av ourites , as well as the desktop of the logged-in user . 2. All documents and settings o[...]

31 GB 6 6.1.2 Predened backup Select either My documents and Settings or All documents and settings on this com- puter and then click on "Next" . A list of available F reecom drives is displa yed then: Select the drive to which you want to back up your data. Y ou can open the advanced backup options by clicking on the Options button. 6[...]

3 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 The modes Full backup (complete data backup) and I ncremental backup (appending data backup) are a vailable. 1. F ull backup means that at every backup a new director y is created with all data to be backed up . 2. Incremental backup means that an already existing backup set is opened and only that data is backed[...]

33 GB 6 6.1.5 Summary of the settings made A summary of the settings you made is display ed then. Click on "Back" to make changes or click on "Complete" t o accept the settings and to star t the backup. 6.1.6 Backup While the backup is in pr ogress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup . A bar indicates the prog[...]

3 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.7 User-dened backup Select “Let me choose what to back up ” if you would rather determine yourself which les should be backed up . 6.1.8 Selec t drives This windo w lists the dr ives fr om which a backup can be made. By clicking on " Add" you can select fur ther folders. With "Remov e[...]

35 GB 6 6.1.9 File types to back up In the following window you can select which t ypes of les should be backed up . This preven ts unwan ted les (such as temporary les) from being backed up . A list of the most common les t ypes is presented. Click the " Add" button to add a fur ther le types. Click on "Next" to [...]

3 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.10 Add e x tensions When you click on " A dd" a list of all k nown le types is displayed. Selec t the le types you need. In case the le name extension you are look ing for is not on the list, then you can dene it yourself . For this go to the end of the list and selec t "Click here [...]

37 GB 6 6.1.12 Summary of the settings made The settings you have made are now listed for r eview . Click on "Back" if you want to make changes or click on "Complete" t o star t the backup. 6.1.13 Backup While the backup is in pr ogress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup . A bar indicates the progress of the [...]

3 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.2 Adv anced Mode 6.2.1 Selec t source In S ource the source drives or folders can be specied from which a back up should be made. 6.2.2 File types to back up (e x tensions) F ile t ypes can be selec ted in the F iles window that should be included in the backup.[...]

39 GB 6 6.2.3 Selec ting the target driv e In this window you can select the target drive f or the backup. 6.2.4 Selec t backup mode In the Destination window under Options the modes F ull backup (complete data backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) ar e available . 1. F ull backup means that at every backup a new director y is crea[...]

4 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.2.5 Options Under Options in the main window the splash screen can be activated or deactivated that appears when the software is star ted. F ur thermore folders can be selected that should not be included in the backup . Click on "Backup Now" to start the backup. 6.2.6 Backup While the backup is in pr[...]

41 GB 7 Chapter 7: Partitioning your F reecom Har d D riv e Pro 7.1 General infor mation Y our Fr eecom Hard Drive P ro was par titioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility . F A T32 was chosen as le system to assure that you will be able to read your les on any PC. I t is recommended not to chan[...]

4 2 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 Example for dier ent partitions with dierent le sy stems on one Freec om Hard Driv e Pro File sy stem T otal size of Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro NTFS F A T32 500 GB 200 GB 300 GB Note: Writing to hard disks with NTFS formatting is only possible under W indows 2000/XP . The example above is a good solution fo[...]

43 GB 7 5. Click with the right mouse button on the "unallocated" area and selec t the option "New Partition" ( Windows 2000: "Create P ar tition Wizar d"). The "New Partition Wizard" opens. Click on "Next" . P ar titioning your F reecom Hard Driv e Pro[...]

4 4 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 6. Select "Primar y par tition" and click on "Next" . 7. Now you can adjust the size of your par tition. Click on "Next" if only one par tition is to be created. See nex t chapter (Creating two or more par titions on the Freec om Hard Drive P ro under Windo ws XP/2000) how to cr eate[...]

45 GB 7 9. Select the formatting option. Choose either "F A T32" or "NTFS" , the " Allocation Unit Size" should remain on "D efault" . Finally selec t "Perform Quick F ormat" and click on "Next" . 10. Click on "F inish" to complete the partitioning of your Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr [...]

4 6 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 7.3.3 Crea ting two or mor e par titions on the Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro under W indow s XP / 2000 1. Repeat the steps from the previous chapter ( Creating a par tition on the F reecom Hard Drive P ro under Windo ws XP/2000) for cr eating the rst par tition. 2. Click with the right mouse button on the "My[...]

47 GB 7 8. Click on "Fi nish " to crea te the "Extended partition" . The unalloca ted spac e now chang ed to "F ree space" . P ar titioning your F reecom Hard Driv e Pro[...]

4 8 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 7 9. Right-click on "F ree Space" and select "New Log ical Drive" ( Window s 2000: "Create Logical Driv e"). The "New P ar tition Wizard" ( Windows 2000: "Crea te P ar tition Wizard") opens. Click on "Next" . 10. "Logical driv e" is already selec[...]

49 GB 7 7.4 Partitioning your F reecom Hard Driv e Pro under Mac OS X 1. Open the “Disk Utility ” . This can be found in “ Applications ” —> “Utilities” . 2. Click on the tab “P ar tition ” . Here you can setup the par tition settings and par tition the drive according to your settings. Detailed information how t o use the Disk[...]

5 0 F reec om H ard Driv e Pro GB 8 Chapter 8: T r oubleshooting Issue Solution After I connected the F reecom Hard Driv e Pr o to my computer for the rst time no F reecom SYNC folder has been creat ed automatically . • In st all th e F re eco m P ers on al Me di a Su it e softw are an d saf ely re mo ve and re con- nect the Fr eec om H ar d D[...]

W ARRANTY (valid in E urope/T urkey only) W e thank you for purchasing this F reecom pr oduct and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnec essary inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruc tion manual and any additional elec tronic and or pr inted manuals. When problems occur we have a database with[...]