Freecom Technologies Hard Drive Dock manual

USER MANU AL Rev. 902 H A R D DR I V E D O CK EX TE RNA L DOC KI NG ST A TIO N / 2 .5 " & 3. 5" SA T A / USB 2 . 0 / eSA T A[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 2 EN Dea r use r , welcome to the inst allation of your Fre eco m H D D oc k . Be fore inst alling the drive, pl ease read thro ugh the fo llowing p oints re garding i ts compatib ilit y with your s ystem . Freec om T echnologies • German y ww w .freec om.com Cont ent s of t he box Please che ck the contents of th e box; th e fol[...]

3 EN User manual Gen eral info rmation ........................................................................................................... Page 4 Chapter 1 : Star t Up the HD Do ck ......................................................................................................... Page 6 Chapter 2: Ejec ting the HD f rom the D ock ....[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 4 EN Gene ral information The followi ng hardw are and sof t ware require ments must be ful fi lled to ensure trouble - fre e oper ation. Syste m re qui rem en ts In orde r to use the Freecom H D Dock , foll owing comp onent s are nee ded: PC : • Intel Pentium III / A MD Duro n 90 0 MHz or high er • 256 MB R AM ( Vist a: 5 1 2 [...]

5 EN Pre cau ti ona ry M ea sur es an d Ge nera l Not es • Make su re the labe l side of the har d drive is ah ead, a nd the hard drive con nec tor is downward b efore i t is inser ted. O ther wis e, the hard dri ve can not be i nser ted. • D o not ej ec t the hard dri ve while it is wor king . • H ol d the hard dri ve with its f ront edg e i[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 6 EN 1 Chapter 1 : Start Up t he HD Doc k 1 . 1 H DD in sta llat io n for 2 .5 " or 3. 5" 1 . Connec t the c able of th e power supp ly to the Freecom HD Do ck and the powe r supply i tsel f to the socket . 2a. USB : Conn ec t the USB cab le to the USB po rt on the HD Dock (for d ata trans fer with USB). or 2b. eSA T A: C[...]

7 EN 2 Ejecting the HD f rom the Dock 1 . 2 LED Chapter 2: Ejecting t he HD from t he Dock 5. Par tition and format your hard dr ive (if req uired). Se e chapter 3 fo r fur ther de tails . PC: Y our hard dr ive appea rs in "My Compu ter" and ca n be use d now. Mac : Y our hard drive appear s o n th e des kto p and can be used n ow . LE D [...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 8 EN 3 Chapter 3: Partit ioning your HD 3. 1 G ene ral in forma tio n Y o ur hard dri ve must be p ar titione d and for matte d befo re it can b e used. This chapte r describ es curre nt limitatio ns of most comm on f ile s ystems and ins truc- tions to ena ble you to adap t your hard dri ve to your nee ds. 3. 2 File Syste m feat u[...]

9 EN 3 Partitioning your HD Ex amp le fo r di ff ere nt pa rt it io ns wi th d if fe ren t fil e sys tem s on on e HD Fil e sys te m T ot al si ze of H D NTFS FA T32 80 GB 60 GB 20 GB Not e: On NTFS form at ted hard dis ks dat a can only be writ te n un der Win - dows X P / Vis ta. U nde r Ma c OS X dat a ca n onl y be re ad. The examp le above is [...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 1 0 EN 3 5. Click with the rig ht mouse b utto n on the "un alloc ated" area a nd sel ec t the opti on "New Par tit ion" . T he "N ew Part ition Wi zard" o pens . Click on "N ex t " .[...]

11 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 6. Sel ec t "Primar y pa rti tion" and click on " Nex t " . 7 . Now you can adjust the size of your p art ition. Click on " Nex t " if only on e par tition is to be c reated. S ee ne x t chapter (Creating t wo o r more par titions on the HD und er Wind ows XP / Vist a ) how to create mo re [...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 1 2 EN 3 9. Se le ct th e fo rm at ti ng op ti o n "Fo rmat this par ti tion w ith th e fol lowing set tings" . Cho os e ei th er "F A T3 2" or "N TF S" , the "Al lo ca ti on uni t size " sh ou ld re ma in on "D ef au l t" . Fin al ly se le ct " P er fo rm a qu ic k for ma t&qu[...]

13 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 3. 3. 3 Cre at ing t wo or m ore pa rt it io ns on t he H D un der W ind ows XP / Vi st a 1 . Rep eat the steps fr om the previ ous chapter (Creating a par titio n on the hard dri ve under W indows XP / V ista) for creatin g the f irst p ar tition . 2. Click with th e right mous e but ton on the "My Com puter"[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 1 4 EN 3 8. Click o n "Fin ish" to create the "Ex tend ed p art ition" . The unallocate d spa ce now change d to "Free space" .[...]

15 EN 3 Partitioning your HD 9. Right- click on "Free Space" an d se lec t "New Logi cal Drive" (W indows 200 0: "Create Logic al Drive" ). Th e "New Par tition W izar d" (W indows 20 00 : " Create Par titi on Wiz ard" ) ope ns. Click on " Nex t " . 1 0. " Logica l drive" is alre[...]

Fr eecom HD Dock 1 6 EN 3 3. 4 Par ti tio nin g your HD u nde r Mac OS X 1 . Ope n the "D isk Utilit y". This can be f ound in " Appl ications" — > "Utiliti es" . 2. Click on the t ab "Par titio n" . Here yo u can se tup the pa rti tion set tin gs and par titi on the dr ive according to yo ur set- tings [...]

17 EN 4 T rouble sh ooting - F AQ Chapter 4: T roub le shooting - FA Q If you s till have p robl ems get ting your Free com HD Dock to f unc tion pro perl y despite having ins talle d it correc tly, then plea se check the f ollowin g items: • W hat can I do when the hard drive does not work and there is cklickin g noise arising from i t ? It m ea[...]

W ARR ANTY (valid in E urope/T urke y only) W e thank you for pur chasing this Fr eecom product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconv enience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick ins tal l guid e, ins tru ctio n manu al and an y addit io nal ele ctro ni c and or print ed man ual s. Wh en pro blems occur we ha[...]