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    1.8” P or table Har d Disk User’ s Manual[...]

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    T able of Contents Introduction Pac ka ge Con tents ................................................................. 1 F eature s ................................................................................ 1 System Requi rement s........................................................... 2 Har dwar e Setup ....................................[...]

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    Intr oduction Thank you v ery much for purchasing the Tra nscend 1.8” Portable Hard Disk . This dev ice is desig ned to expedit e exchang ing huge amounts o f data b etween the 1.8” Portable Har d Disk a nd any deskto p or note book co mputers. W ith th e astonishing storag e capacity and stro ng dat a retentio n ability av ailable on a 1.8” [...]

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    System Requirements Desktop or notebook computer with U SB por t and one of foll owing operati ng systems: W indows ® 98/98SE (D river need ed) W indows 2000 • • • • • ® W indows ® Me W indows ® XP Mac™ OS 9.1 or later Har d ware Setup Please see the fig ure. 2[...]

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    Driv er Installation Driver Installation for Wind ows 98/98SE 1. Power on the com puter where you will connect the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk and make sur e the USB port is e nabled and work ing proper ly. * Note: If you are us ing W indow s 98/98SE, please don’t con nect your 1.8” Port able Hard Disk to the c omputer un til th e driver is insta[...]

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    6. The 1.8” Portable Ha rd Disk is now ready for use . You c an find a new USB devi ce in the Dev ice Manag er on Sy stem Proper ties wi ndow. Remove 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Wind ows 98/98SE 1. Locat e the gr een arrow icon on the system tray. C lick left button of the mouse o n the ico n. 2. The Stop USB M ass Storage Dev ice pop-up menu wi[...]

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    Uninstall Driv er The driv er o f the 1.8” Port able Hard Disk can be uni nstalled by runni ng A dd/Remove Programs in Settings/Control Panel. Please follow the on-screen i nstructions to complete t he proces s. Using in Wind ows Me/2000/XP 1. Pow er on the comput er where y ou will connect 1.8” Port able Hard Disk and mak e sure th e USB port [...]

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    Remove 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Wind ows Me/2000/XP 1. Locate the g reen arr ow ic on on the sy stem tray . Click left butto n of the mouse o n the ico n. 2. The Stop USB Mass Storage Dev ice pop-up menu will appear. Click to remo ve the hard ware. 3. The Sa fe To Remove Hardware window will appear . Click OK . 4. Y our 1.8” Portable Ha rd Di[...]

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    Using the 1.8 ” Portable Hard Disk in Ma c OS 1. Complete hardw are setup. Y ou don’t n eed an y adv ance driv er for Mac. 2. Connec t t he 1.8” Portable Ha rd Disk to your Mac. A disk icon will appea r on the deskt op. You may use this devic e as if it w ere a Mac Hard D isk. 3. If you w ant to r emove the 1. 8” Portable Hard Disk , you m [...]

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    ExBoot Express Backup Softw are ExBoot Express all ow s you to backu p your co mputer ’s hard driv e to 1.8” Portable Hard Disk . Upon hard dri ve failur e, y ou can rapidly boot y our system from the external USB dri ve and restor e the e ntire dri ve to the n ew har d driv e. Features of ExBoot Express Full backup a nd restor e of C dr ive Sy[...]

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    To back up y our hard driv e: 1. Highl ight your har d driv e and click th e Backup Sy stem Driv e button. 2. Select the external USB dri ve that is the des tination for the backup. If this is the firs t time t hat the dri ve has bee n used for backup, y ou w ill be led thr ough a w iz ard to prep are it for backup. 3. (Fir st time dri ve use) Sele[...]

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    is new or has prev iously been con figured w ith one larg e parti tion, you can select Use Ex isting Partition Table. If y our disk has pr eviousl y bee n configur ed with mult iple small partiti ons, you shoul d select Re- arrang e Partition Tabl e. 4. (First time driv e use) If y ou chose to re-arran ge the partiti on table, specify the size an d[...]

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    6. Click Start to begin th e backup. Rescan disks Click the R escan Disk s butto n any ti me you w ant to rescan y our comp uter to discover new disks or remove disks th at are n o longer a ttached to you r computer. Restore a drive The ab ility to quickly restore a drive af ter is crucial. With ExBoot, instea d of needing to instal l the oper atin[...]

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    Note Book Co mpatibility Te st Matrix NO TEBOOK VENDER MODEL NUMBER X31 2672I4V IBM 1QET63WW (2.01A) 2003/8/22 XP HOME P ASS BIOS OS BOOT FROM U SB Aspire T100 Acer Thinkpad R32 IBM 2000 Pro P ASS IBM XP Home P ASS T ra velMate 240 Phoenix T ech. L TD V1.12 2003/9/5 Thinkpad T30 IBM XP Home P ASS 2000 Pro PAS S T ra velMate 800 ACER 4A11 2003/7/22 [...]

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    Wa r n i n g Never disconnect the US B cable while dat a is being transmi tted. To avoid impr oper shutdown, open the transmit ted file from its new locati on to ensure transmi ssion has been completed. Any unauthor ized att empt to disassemble the 1. 8” Portable H ard Disk will void the limi ted warrant y. Specifica tions T rans fer Rate Up to 4[...]

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    1.8” P or table Har d Disk Limited W ar r anty “Above and bey ond” is the st andard we set ourselv es for customer s ervice at T ranscend. We cons istently position our selves to be signifi cantly above the industry norm. It’ s all p art of our commitment to Customer Sati sfaction. All T ranscend Inf ormation, Inc. (T ranscend) products are[...]