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Freecom Technologies XS 3.0 manual

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    USER MANUAL Rev. 942 HAR D DRIVE X S 3.0 EX TER NAL HAR D DRIV E / 3.5" / USB 3.0[...]

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    2 EN Fr eecom Hard Driv e XS 3.0 Dea r user! Thank you for cho osing the exte rnal Freec om Har d Dr ive XS 3.0 . For optimal use and per for mance we advise you to rea d this manual care fully be fore using this p roduc t. Freec om T echnologies • Germany ww w .freecom.com Cont ent s of the b ox Please che ck the contents of the b ox; the foll o[...]

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    3 EN User manual Gen eral Infor mation .................................................................................................... page 4 Precau tionar y measures ............................................................................................ page 5 Freecom Har d Drive XS 3.0 ...................................................[...]

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    4 EN Fr eecom Hard Driv e XS 3.0 * T o a chieve opt imal per for mance fro m th e Fre ecom Hard Dri ve XS 3.0 your PC shou ld b e e quipp ed with an USB 3.0 p or t. Gene r al Information The followi ng hardware and sof tware requir ements must be fulf ille d to ensure trouble - fre e operatio n. Syste m req uire men ts In orde r to use the Freecom [...]

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    5 EN General Inf ormation Prec aut ionar y meas ures T o ensure that your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 func tions prop erly , please take note of the f ollowing prec autions. If th ese are not f ollowed, you may void your warr anty and damage th e F reecom H ard Drive XS 3.0. • Saf e ly remo ve t he F ree com Hard D rive XS 3.0 via yo ur o per atin [...]

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    6 EN Fr eecom Hard Driv e XS 3.0 F ree com Ha rd Drive XS 3 .0 The hi -spee d dat a trans fer through the USB 3.0 inter face makes it i deally suita ble f or data -storag e, f ile shari ng, b ackup, archiving , aud io p layback and all app lications that nee d fast f ile access. For your convenience, the Freecom H ard Drive XS 3.0 has bee n par tit[...]

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    7 EN 1 Hardware Installation Chapter 1 : Hardware Instal lation 1 . Connec t the inter face c able to the Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0. 2. Connect the cabl e of the power supply to the Freecom Hard Drive X S 3.0 and the power su pply its elf to the so cket. 3. Connec t th e inter face c able to the inter face por t of your computer. Saf ely re mov e t[...]

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    8 EN 3 Fr eecom Hard Driv e XS 3.0 Chapter 3: Parti tioning your F reecom H ard Driv e XS 3.0 3. 1 G enera l inform atio n Y o ur F r eecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 was par titione d and format ted to provide you with the maxi mum availabl e c apacit y and com patibilit y . F A T32 was ch osen as f ile sys tem to assure that you w ill be ab le to read you[...]

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    9 EN 3 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 Ex ampl e for di ff ere nt par tit ion s wit h dif fer ent f ile sys tem s on one Fre eco m Ha rd Dri ve XS 3.0 Fil e syst em T ot al siz e of Free com Ha rd Dri ve XS 3.0 NTFS FA T32 1 TB 97 0 GB 30 GB Not e: On NTFS form att ed hard dis ks ca n onl y be writ te n und er Wind ows XP / Vi sta / 7 .[...]

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    1 0 EN 3 Fr eecom Hard Driv e XS 3.0 5. Click with the right mo use butto n o n th e "u nallocated " a rea and selec t the option "New Par titio n " . T he "New Par titio n Wizard " opens. Cli ck on "Ne xt " .[...]

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    11 EN 3 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 6. Sel ect " Primar y par tition" and click on "N ex t" . 7 . Now you c an adju st th e size of yo ur pa rtiti on. Click on " Nex t" i f on ly o ne p artiti on is to be created . See nex t chapter ( Creating t wo or more par titions on the Freecom Hard Drive X S 3.0 u[...]

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    1 2 EN 3 Fr eecom Hard Driv e XS 3.0 9. Se le ct th e fo rm at tin g op ti o n " Format this par tition with the foll owing set tings" . Ch o os e ei th er "F AT 32 " or "N TF S" , t he "Al lo cat io n uni t siz e " sh ou ld re ma in on "D e fa ul t ". Fin a ll y se le ct "P er for m a qui c k [...]

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    13 EN 3 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 3. 3. 3 Creat ing t wo or mo re par ti tio ns on th e Freec om Ha rd Dri ve XS 3.0 u nder Win dows XP/V ista /7 1 . Rep eat the steps f rom the previ ous chapter (Creating a par titio n o n the Freecom Hard Dr ive XS 3.0 under W indows XP / V ista/ 7) for creating th e fir st par tition. 2. Click [...]

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    1 4 EN 3 Fr eecom Hard Driv e XS 3.0 8. Click o n " Finish" to create the "Ex tende d p arti tion" . T he unallo cated spa ce n ow change d to "Free space" .[...]

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    15 EN 3 Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 9. Right- click o n "Free Sp ace" and se lec t "N ew Log ical Drive" . The " New Par tition Wiz ard" ope ns. Click on "N ex t" . 1 0. "Lo gical dri ve " is alread y selec ted. Click o n "Nex t " . 1 1 . Spe cif y the par tition size a nd [...]

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    W ARR ANTY (valid in E urope/T urk ey only) W e thank you f or purchasing this F reecom pr oduct and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessar y inconvenience on your part, w e suggest reading the quick ins ta ll gui de , ins tru cti on man ua l and an y add iti on al ele ctr on ic and or prin te d manu al s. Whe n pro blems occur [...]