Verbatim Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 Manual

A SERVICE OF

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I

ntro

d

uctio

n

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our product’s hard drive is a complex electronic storage system and

should be handled with care, as

y

ou mi

g

ht treat a sensitive

p

ortable

com

p

uter or other state-of-the-art consumer electronics

p

roduct. Do not

subject it to shock, high temperatures, or strong magnetic

ﬁ

elds.

C

onnecting Porta

bl

e

H

ar

d

Driv

e

Installin

g

y

our Portable Hard Drive is extremel

y

sim

p

le –

j

ust use the

included mini-USB cable to connect

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our Portable Hard Drive to an

y

free

U

SB port on your computer. On Windows computers, a new icon will

a

pp

ear in M

y

Com

p

uter re

p

resentin

g

y

our Portable Hard Drive. On Mac OS

s

y

stems,

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our Porta

bl

e Har

d

Drive wi

ll

a

pp

ear on t

h

e

d

es

k

to

p

as a new

d

is

k

.

I

f

your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you will need

some additional software that

y

ou can download from the Verbatim web

site. Re

f

er to the Technical Support section

.

I

f

you are using a USB 1.1 port on your Windows computer, the

f

ollowing

cautionar

y

note ma

y

a

pp

ear on

y

our

d

is

pl

a

y

:

H

i-S

p

ee

d

USB Device

pl

ugge

d

into non-Hi-Spee

d

USB

h

u

b

. T

h

is

d

oes not in

d

icate a pro

bl

em

because the drive is compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports.

Sim

ply

c

l

ose t

h

e messa

g

e an

d

p

rocee

d

. However, in t

h

is case t

h

e

d

rive wi

ll

operate on

l

y at USB 1.1 spee

d

s.

I

f

you connect your Portable Hard Drive and it doesn’t appear to power up,

y

ou ma

y

need to check the

p

ower settin

g

s. See the next section for

m

o

r

e

de

t

a

i

ls

.

No

t

e

: Capacity dependent on model. Your operating system ma

y

r

e

p

ort ca

p

acit

y

as fewer

g

i

g

ab

y

tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b

y

tes.