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Micronet Gforce3 MegaDisk manual

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    07-27-2011 GFMD3MM R ev A The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonab le efforts ha v e been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy , F antom Drives and F antom Drives assume no lia bility resulting from err ors or omissions in this document, or from the use [...]

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    Contents IParts & Accessories List ......................................... 3 System Requirements ............................................. 3 Precautions ............................................................. 4 Connecting the Drive to Y our Computer ..................... 5 Fantom Drives External Hard Drive at a Glance .......... 6 S[...]

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    18 3 Parts & Accessories List The package contains the following items: • Fantom Drives GForce3 Mega External Disk Drive • USB 3.0 Cable • AC Adapter • Quick Star t Installation Guide • Drive Stand If you are missing any items listed above, please fill out the customer suppor t form at: http://micronet.com/suppor t/missingpar t.htm Pl[...]

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    4 17 Precautions Please follow the precautions described below to avoid damage to your GForce3 Mega and void the warranty . • DO NOT open the case. Doing so will void the warranty . • DO NOT use a third-par ty AC adapter or power cord. Doing so may damage the Drive and void the warranty . • DO NOT bump, jar or drop the Drive as this may damag[...]

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    16 5 Connecting the drive to your computer 1. Plug the AC adapter cord into the power por t on the back of the drive. The plug should not require much ef for t to inser t. If the plug will not go in, do not force it; the plug is probably upside down. Rotate the plug and try again. Incorrectly inser ting the plug could damage the drive and void the [...]

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    6 15 Q: Is my external hard drive bootable? A: Y e s! As lo ng as yo ur hos t h ar dwa re an d o per ati ng system suppor t booting from USB. Refer to your computer’s documentation for more information FAQs for Mac Users: Q: Why is my Drive asking me to format it? It was already formatted and it contains data. A1: Run a disk repair utility on the[...]

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    14 7 T r oubleshooting General Questions Q: I bought a 500GB drive, but my computer is showing 465GB. Where is the missing capacity? A: Hard drive manufacturers market drives in terms of decimal (base 10) capacity . In decimal notation, one megabyte (MB) is equal to 1,000,000 bytes, and one Gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes. Many operat[...]

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    Span Th e BI G st or age pol ic y c on c at e n at e s t he tw o ph ysi cal h ard dr iv es as a si ng le lar ge vo lu me , res ult ing in a se amle ss expansion. Hard drive A and B are concatenated into a single vir tual volume in the Figure below with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives A and B: Dir ect [...]

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    12 9 Optimizing W indows Caching Algorithm By default, W indows XP optimizes caching for performance on external drives. Windows Vista and 7 optimize caching for quick removal. As a result, W indows XP appears to have faster access to external disks but at a greater risk of data corruption and loss. T o change Windows' caching algorithm, open [...]

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    10 11 Formatting Y our Drive Th e GF or ce 3 Me ga co me s pr efo rm att ed at th e fac to ry wit h th e NT FS fi le sy st em , th e na tiv e fi le sy st em for Wi ndo ws . Li nu x and Ma c OS X ho st s re qu ir e a t hir d- pa rty dr iv er su ch a s NT FS- 3G t o a chi ev e fu ll re ad /w ri te ca pa bil it y wi th NT FS vo lu me s. If you in te n[...]