Freecom Technologies 3.5 " / USB 2.0 / ESATA manual

Rev. 620 MANU AL H A R D DR I V E P R O EXT ER NA L HARD DR IVE / 3. 5 " / USB 2 .0 / ESA T A WIN & MA c[...]

2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB Dear user! Thank you for choosing the Freecom Hard Driv e Pro external hard drive. For optimal use and per formance w e advise you to read this manual carefully bef ore using this product. Freec om T echnologies • Germany ww w .freecom.c om Con tents of the box Please check the contents of the bo x. The following ite[...]

3 GB User manual General Information ............................................................................................................ page 4 Precautionary measures .................................................................................................... page 5 Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o external hard drive .....................[...]

4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB General Informa tion 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 Drive Pr o, you will r equire the following components: PC: • Intel/AMD CPU 700 MHz or higher • 256 MB RAM or higher • CD-ROM drive for insta[...]

5 GB General Information Precautionary measures T o ensure that your Freec om Hard Dr ive Pro functions properly , please take note of the following precautions. If these are not followed, you may void your warranty and damage the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o. • Safely remove the F reecom Hard Drive P ro via your operating sy stem (the "unplug o[...]

6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o external hard driv e F or your convenience , the Fr eecom Har d Drive 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 Freecom Hard Drive Pr o between dierent computers. Should you choose to format [...]

7 GB 1 Installation of the Fr eecom soft war e Chapter 1: Installation of the F reecom software (PC) Before y ou can use the Sync button on your Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o, you need to install the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite software rst. Note: T o use the functions of the Freecom Personal Media Suite described in this handbook, your Freecom Har[...]

8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 1 3. Please read the license agreement carefully . T o accept the license agreement, conrm with "Y es" . Note: Click ing on "No" ends the installation. Selec t the target folder and program folder in the star t menu in which the Freec om P ersonal Media Suit e symbol is to appear . 4. Y ou can se[...]

9 GB 1 Installation of the Fr eecom soft war e 5. In the dialogue "Options" you can select whether to create a link to the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite Software on the desktop and whether the program should be started automatically when star ting Windows. It is recommended to select both op- tions for better opera tion of the Freecom P e[...]

1 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 1 1.3 Installation of the F reecom Backup Software 1. Inser t the Software & Manual CD into y our CD drive. The F reecom start 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 "Software Installation" and t[...]

11 GB 1 6. Click on "Next" to star t the installation. All necessar y program les are now writt en to the hard disk of your comput er . 7. In the last window , you ar e asked if you want to start Fr eecom Backup Sof tware now . If you want to create a backup of your data right away , click on "Finish " . If you want to star t[...]

1 2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 2 Chapter 2: Hardwar e Installation Before connecting the cables make sur e the F reecom Hard Drive Pr o is switched o (See 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 power supply to the Freec om Hard Drive Pr o and the power supply i[...]

13 GB 2 For optimal per formance , the Freecom Hard drive pro should be connected to an eSA T A p ort. 2.1 Sync Button The front panel of the F reecom Hard Driv e Pro contains the S ync button. 2.2 Po wer Button T o turn on the Fr eecom Hard Dr ive Pro , push the power button located on the front panel of the device. Note that the device will only [...]

1 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 3 Chapter 3: Driver installa tion Under Windo ws 2000 / XP and Mac OS X a separate Freecom driver is not requir ed. The drivers will be installed automatically by the operating system after plugging in the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o into the USB/eSA T A port of the computer . Chapter 4: Daily use of the Fr eecom Hard D[...]

15 GB 5 Chapter 5: The U ser Interface of the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite (PC) 1 T abs for conguration of the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite components - Secure & Compress - Fr eecom SYNC - Autorun 2 Minimizes F reecom P ersonal Media Suite in the taskbar 3 Input eld (also show s the selec ted f older) 4 U ser menu 5 C onnected Freecom[...]

1 6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 Impo r tan t: W e reco mmend to lea ve th e functio n "Sta r t pr ogr am on W indo ws start" ac tivat ed under all circumstances in order to be able to use all the functions of the Freecom Personal Media Suite (e.g . " Autorun " , "SYNC on Freec om device plug-in ")! 5.2 Autorun The &q[...]

17 GB 5 5.2.2 Removing les / folders from the A utorun list 1. Open the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite and select the " Autorun" tab . 2. Select the le or the folder to be removed in the A utorun list eld. 3. Click on "Remove" . The corresponding entry is removed from the list. 5.3 Secure&Compr ess The Secur e&Co[...]

1 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.3.2 Opening the Secure&Compress f older 1. Open the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab "Secure&Compr ess" . 2. Click on "Open folder" in order t o open the Secure&Compress folder . 3. If the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite is already open and has star ted minimised in t[...]

19 GB 5 5.3.5 Deleting the Secure&Compr ess folder Click on "Delete folder" in order t o delete the selected Secure&Compress folder . A T TENTION: All les in the folder ar e irrevocably deleted! Before the deletion, a securit y request is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder: 5.3.6 Changing the passwor d 1. [...]

2 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 Please note: Y our changed password applies to all les and folders encrypted from the time of the change. For les and folders which were encrypted before , the password which was used for encryption remains. Changes of the password do not apply to files and folders already encrypted! 5.4 Fr eecom SYNC 5.4.1 W[...]

21 GB 5 5.4.2 Creating a ne w SYNC folder 1. Open the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite and select the tab "F reecom SY NC" . Click on "Select folder" and select a folder on your F reecom Hard Drive P ro. 2. Alternatively , you can create a new SYNC folder on your Freecom Hard Dr ive Pro using the "Select folder" function[...]

2 2 Fr eecom Hard 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 Synchronisa tion of les and folders There are thr ee possibilities for the synchronization of your les: 1. P re ss th e SY NC bu tt on o f y our F re ec om Ha rd D riv e P ro . Y ou r da ta is n ow sy n[...]

23 GB 5 3. Starting the synchronization manually a) Open the Freecom P ersonal Media Suite and click on the tab "Fr eecom SYNC" . b) Select a SYNC folder if you hav e 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 Fr eecom Personal M edia [...]

2 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. A status window appears. Please selec t "Update" if you wish t o synchr onize the le or otherwise select "Cancel" . If you choose not to synchronize the le (Cancel) you will be able to synchronize this le during the next synchronization. 5.4.10 Skip les during synchronization If y[...]

25 GB 5 5.4.11 Handling deleted les Deleting les on either the primar y computer or the SYNC folder on the Freec om Hard Drive Pr o results in a red X next to the le during the next synchronization. This indicat es that the le has been delet ed and that its counterpart will be deleted, too . Please select "Update" to proceed .[...]

2 6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. Select "Update" and "Split From Orig inal" . 4. Select "Y es" . The User Interface of the Freec om Personal Media Suite[...]

27 GB 5 5.4.12 Oce use The Freec om Hard Drive Pro is ideal for mak ing a local backup, which stores your data independently from your network or local computer . Simply ‘ send to’ your impor tant les and direc tories to the SYNC folder on the Freecom Hard Drive Pro and update your backup from time to time click "Sync now" . Thi[...]

2 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.4.13 Home use At the oce, there is always a backup of your important 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 pictures and movies of your children! Y ou do not want to loose those! T he Fr eecom Hard Drive P ro is[...]

29 GB 6 Chapter 6: U sing the Freec om Backup Sof tware (PC) The "F reec om Backup Software" serves t o back up persona l and business da ta from int ernal le media (e.g. hard disk) onto external Freec om drives. It makes it possible to back up all data from individual hard disks , as well as data or data types individually specied [...]

3 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.1 Selection of the les to back up F or selec ting the les to be backed up , there are three di erent options available: 1. My documents and settings contains the "My Documents" folder , Internet F avourit es, as well as the desktop of the logged-in user . 2. All documents and settings on this[...]

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 display ed 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 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 The modes F ull backup (complete data backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) are available . 1. F ull backup means that at ever y 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 u[...]

33 GB 6 6.1.5 Summary of the settings made A summary of the settings you made is displayed then. Click on "Back" to make changes or click on "Complete" to ac cept the settings and to start the back up . 6.1.6 Backup While the backup is in progress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup. A bar indicates the progre[...]

3 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.7 User-dened backup Select “Let me choose what to backup ” if you would rather determine yourself which les should be backed up. 6.1.8 Select drives This window lists the drives fr om which a backup can be made. By clicking on " Add" you can select fur ther folders . W ith "Remove"[...]

35 GB 6 6.1.9 File types to back up In the following window you can selec t which types of les should be backed up. This prevents un wanted les (such as temporary les) from being backed up. A list of the most common les types is pr esented. Click the " Add" button t o add a fur ther le types. Click on "Next" to co[...]

3 6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.10 Add e x tensions When you click on " Add" a list of all k nown le t ypes is displayed. Select the le t ypes 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. F or this go to the end of the list and select "Click here to [...]

37 GB 6 6.1.12 Summary of the settings made The settings you have made ar e no w listed for review . Click on "Back" if you want to make changes or click on "Complete" to start the backup. 6.1.13 Backup While the backup is in progress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup. A bar indicates the progress of the bac[...]

3 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.2 Advanc ed Mode 6.2.1 Select source In Source the source drives or folders can be specied from which a backup should be made. 6.2.2 File types to back up (e x tensions) File types can be selected in the F iles window that should be included in the backup.[...]

39 GB 6 6.2.3 Selecting the target drive In this window you can select the target drive for the backup . 6.2.4 Select backup mode In the Destination wind ow under Options the modes F ull backup (complete da ta backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) are a vailable. 1. F ull backup means that at ever y backup a new director y is creat[...]

4 0 Fr eecom Hard 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 started. 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 progr[...]

41 GB 7 Chapter 7: Partitioning your F reecom Hard Driv e Pro 7.1 General informa tion Y our Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro 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. It is recommended not to change th[...]

4 2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 7 Example for dieren t par titions with dieren t le systems on one Fr eecom Hard Drive P ro File syst em T otal size of Freec om Hard Drive Pro NTFS F A T32 500 GB 200 GB 300 GB Note: Writing to hard disks with NTFS formatting is only p ossible under W indows 2000/XP . The example above is a good solution fo[...]

43 GB 7 5. Click with the r ight mouse button on the "unallocated" area and select the option "New Partition" ( Windows 2000: "Create Partition Wizard"). The "New Partition Wizard" opens. Click on "Next" . P ar titioning your F reecom Hard Drive P ro[...]

4 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 7 6. Select "Primar y partition" 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 next chapter (Cr eating two or more partitions on the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o under W indows XP/2000) how to crea te mor[...]

45 GB 7 9. Select the formatting option. Choose either "F A T32" or "NTFS" , the " Allocation Unit Size" should remain on "Default" . Finally select "Perform Quick F ormat" and click on "Next" . 10. Click on "Finish " to complete the partitioning of your Freecom Hard Drive Pro . [...]

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

47 GB 7 8. Click on "Fini sh" to cr eate the "Extended partition " . The unal located sp ace now ch anged to "F ree space" . P ar titioning your F reecom Hard Drive P ro[...]

4 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 7 9. Right-click on "Free Space" and select "New Logical Drive" ( Windows 2000: "Create Logical Drive"). The "New Partition Wizard" ( Windows 2000: "Cr eate Partition Wizard") opens. Click on "Next" . 10. "Logical drive" is already selected. Click [...]

49 GB 7 7.4 Par titioning y our Freec om Hard Drive Pro under Mac OS X 1. Open the “Disk U tility” . This can be found in “ Applications” —> “U tilities ” . 2. Click on the tab “Partition” . Here you can setup the par tition settings and partition the drive accor ding to your settings . Detailed information how to use the Disk [...]

5 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 8 Chapter 8: T roubleshooting Issue Solution After I connected the F reecom Hard Drive Pro to my computer for the rst time no Fr eecom SYNC folder has been cr eated automatically . • Ins tal l t he Fr eec om Pe rso nal Me dia Su ite softw are and safe ly rem ove and r econ - nect the Fr eec om Ha rd D rive Pr o [...]

W ARRANTY (valid in E urope/T urk ey only) W e thank you for purchasing this F reecom product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconv enience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruc tion manual and any additional elec tronic and or printed manuals. When problems occur we have a database with[...]