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    Rev. 901 USER MANUAL T O U G H D R I V E S P O R T E X T E RN A L MO B I LE H A R D DR I VE / 2 . 5" / U S B 2 .0[...]

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    2 EN Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport Dea r user! Thank you for choosin g the Freec om T ou ghD rive Spor t as an exte rnal hard drive. For optimal u se and per forman ce we advise you to rea d this manual care fully be fore using this pro duct. Freec om T echnologies • Germany ww w .freecom.c om Cont ents o f the b ox Please che ck the contents of the[...]

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    3 EN User manual Gen eral Inform ation ........................................................................................................... page 4 Precau tionar y measures .................................................................................................... p a ge 5 Freecom T ou ghDrive Spo rt .................................[...]

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    4 EN Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport * T o achie ve opt imal p er forma nce fr om the Freeco m T o ughD rive S por t you r PC sh ould be e quipp ed wi th an USB 2. 0 por t. Gene r a l Information The followi ng har dware and sof tware require ments must be fulf illed to ensure trouble - fre e operatio n. Syste m requ ire ment s In orde r to use the Free[...]

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    5 EN General Inf ormat ion Prec auti onar y measu res T o ensure that your Free c om T ou ghDrive Spor t func tions proper ly , please take note of the fo llowing p recautions . If thes e are not followe d, you may voi d your warr anty an d damage th e F re ecom T ough Drive Spor t. • S af ely remo ve t he F re ecom T oug hDrive Spor t via your o[...]

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    6 EN Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport Freec om T ou ghDri v e Spo rt The hi -spee d data trans fer thro ugh the USB 2 .0 inter face m akes it ideall y suitab le for data -storag e, f ile sha ring, b ackup, arch iving, audio p la yback an d all app lications that nee d fast f ile access. For your convenie nce, the Freecom T ou ghDrive Spor t has bee n par[...]

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    7 EN 1 Hardware Installation Chapter 1 : Hardware In stallation Conn ect the inte rf ace cab le to th e Freecom T ou ghDrive Spo rt. Si nce USB 2. 0 i s b ack ward s co mpat ible wi th US B 1. 1, th e Fre ecom T ou gh - Dri ve S por t c an be conn ect ed to all USB por ts . W hen con nec ted to a USB 1 . 1 p ort , however, the p erf orman ce (data [...]

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    8 EN 3 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport Chapter 3: I nstallation of t he applicat ion software 3. 1 In stall atio n soft ware PC 1 . Click on " StartPC .exe" in the main dir ector y of the hard dr ive. The Freecom s tart menu ope ns. 2. C lick on "Sof tw are Inst allation" - > "N TI Shadow" , "N TI Ripp er" or o[...]

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    9 EN 3 Installation of the application s oft ware 3. 2 Inst allat ion sof twa re Mac 1 . Click on "Start MA C" in the main dire ctor y of the hard drive. T he Freecom star t men u ope ns. 2. C lick on "I nstall NTI Shad ow" . The ins tallation st arts now. Follow the instru ctions on the scre en, conf irm with "N ext "[...]

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    1 0 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport C hap te r 4: F re eco m Har d Dri v e Pr ote cti on T oo l 4. 1 Usin g the Fre eco m Hard D ri ve P rot ection T o ol (PC ) Y our Freeco m T oughD rive Spor t is equippe d with a password prote ction featur e. T his provid es the best possible protec tion. Y ou r data is alw a y s protec ted, even if the i n ter[...]

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    11 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Prot e ction T ool 3. Dou ble -click on the „Passwo rd.exe“ sy mbol to run the Free c om Hard Dri v e Protecti on sof tw are. The Hard D rive Protectio n Wizard w ill open. Cli ck “Nex t ” to proceed . 4. Enter a password . This p assword w ill be required to access the protec ted par tition . Conf irm the passwo [...]

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    1 2 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport Acce ssin g the p asswor d- enc ry pted h ard dri ve 1 . Ope n th e v irtual CD -ROM Dr ive an d d ouble -cli ck on “ P asswor d.exe” . The Freecom Hard Dr ive Protectio n tool opens . 2. Enter you r pa ssword and click “Finis h ” . Y o ur p assword- protec ted hard drive will now be accessibl e in “My [...]

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    13 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Prot e ction T ool 2. Click on “ Lost you r passwor d ?” and conf irm that you want to sta rt the “ Erase and Format Har d Disk Wiza rd” . 3 . T o c ontinue, you have to con firm that all data o n your hard disk will be deleted . Click on “N ext ” to continue. 4 . In a f inal s tep, you have to conf irm once a[...]

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    1 4 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport Re moving t he pas sword e ncr ypt ion It is p ossible to re move the passwo rd protec tion featur e, meaning that the data o n the drive will a lways be visibl e when you conne ct the drive. 1 . Make sur e y ou al ready run the “Passw ord.exe” to have acce ss t o your prot e cted data. 2. Once you have acc e[...]

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    15 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Prot e ction T ool 4. 2 Usi ng the Fre ecom Ha rd Drive Prot ect ion T o ol (Mac) Y our Freeco m T oughD rive Spor t is equippe d with a password prote ction featur e. T his provid es the best possible protec tion. Y ou r data is always protec ted, even if the intern al hard drive is t aken out of the enclosure and conne [...]

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    1 6 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport 3. Enter a password . This p assword w ill be required to access the protec ted par tition . Conf irm the passwo rd in the second f ield a nd click on “OK” . Acce ssin g the p asswor d- enc ry pted h ard di sk 1 . Connec t your F re ecom T ou ghDrive Sp ort to your Mac . A win dow will o pen, s tating that th[...]

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    17 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Prot e ction T ool I los t my passwo rd, wh at can I d o now? If you lose yo ur passwo rd, you wil l not be ab le to access you r data anymo re. The o nly way to continue using yo ur T oug hDrive Spor t is to erase a nd format the hard d rive. Attent ion! Whe n erasing and format ting the hard drive, all data previo usly [...]

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    1 8 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport Re moving t he pas sword e ncr ypt ion It is p ossible to re move the passwo rd protec tion featur e, meaning that the data o n the drive will a lways be visibl e when you conne ct the drive. 1 . Make sure you alr eady run “Pass word” to have access to your protec ted data. 2. Once you h a ve access to your p[...]

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    19 EN 5 Using F re ecom T urbo USB 2.0 ( o nly PC) C hap te r 5 : Us in g F ree co m T u r bo U SB 2.0 ( on ly PC ) By installi ng the T urbo USB 2. 0 dri v er for your T o ughDrive Spor t, the dat a trans fer r at e can b e signif icantly incr eased (up to 40% f aster trans fer spee d compared to s tandard High -Speed USB). En abli ng the Turbo US[...]

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    2 0 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport Chapter 6: Par titioning your Freecom T oughD r ive Sport 6. 1 G enera l informa tion Y our F ree com T ou ghDrive Spor t was part itioned and f ormatte d to provid e you with th e maxi mum available ca pacity a nd compatibilit y . FA T32 was chose n as file s ystem to assure that you w ill be ab le to read you r[...]

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    21 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDrive Spor t Ex ampl e for di ffe rent p art iti ons wit h di ffe rent f ile sys tems o n one Fre ecom T ou ghD rive Spor t Fil e syst em T ot al s iz e of Free com T ou ghDr ive Sp ort NTFS FA T32 1 6 0 GB 1 30 GB 30 GB Not e: On NTFS form atte d h ard dis ks can onl y b e w rit ten unde r Win dows 20 00 / X[...]

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    2 2 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport 5. Click with the right mouse bu tton on the "unalloc at ed" area and sel ect the optio n "New Partition" ( Windows 2 0 00: "Crea te P ar tition Wizard"). The " New Par tition Wiz ard" ope ns. Click on "N ext " .[...]

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    23 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDrive Spor t 6. Sel ect " Primar y partiti on " and click o n "Nex t". 7 . Now you can adjus t the size of your par tition. Click on " Nex t" if onl y o ne parti tion is to b e created. See ne xt chapter (Creating t wo or m ore par titions on the Free c om T ough Drive Spor t und[...]

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    2 4 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport 9. Se lec t t he for mat tin g opt ion " Format this par tition wi th the followin g settin gs " . C hoo se ei the r "FA T32 " or "N TFS ", th e "Al loc ati on uni t siz e" sh oul d rem ain on "De fau lt" . Fin all y se lec t " Per for m a quic k form at &quo[...]

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    25 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDrive Spor t 6. 3. 3 Creat ing t wo or mor e part it ions o n the Fre ecom T oug hDri ve Spor t un - de r Window s 200 0 / XP / Vist a 1 . Rep eat the s teps f rom th e prev ious ch apter (Creating a pa rtitio n on th e Freecom T ough Drive Spor t under W indows 200 0 / XP / Vista) for creatin g the fir st pa[...]

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    2 6 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport 8. Click on "Finish" to create th e " Ex tended pa rtitio n ". T he unalloc at ed sp ace now change d to "F ree sp ace " .[...]

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    27 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDrive Spor t 9. Rig h t-click on "Free Spa c e" a nd sel ect "New Logical Drive" (Wind ows 200 0: "Create Logic al D rive"). T he " New Partiti on W izard" ( Windows 2000 : "Create Par tition Wiz ard") ope ns. Click on "N ext " . 1 0. "Logica l [...]

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    2 8 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive Sport 6. 4 Par tit ioni ng your Free com T o ughD rive Spor t under M ac OS X 1 . Ope n the "Disk Utili ty". This can be f ound in " App lications" — > "Uti lities" . 2. Click on th e tab "Par tition" . Here yo u can setup th e part ition set tings and pa rtitio n the drive [...]

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    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 inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruction manual and an y additional electronic and or printed manuals. When problems occur we have a database with Fr[...]