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    M O B I L E D R I V E S E C U R E E X TE R NA L M O B I LE DR I V E / 2 . 5 " / U S B 2 . 0 / R F I D Rev. 91 2 USER MANUAL[...]

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    2 EN Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure Dea r use r! Thank you for selecting the Freecom Mobile D rive Secure a s your ex ternal hard drive. The F reecom Mobile Driv e Secure provide s a new definition of data sec urity . Y o ur data is prot ected by using a key card (in credit card format) to unlock the drive. For optim al use and performance we a dvis[...]

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    3 EN User manual Gen eral In form ation ........................................................................................................... pag e 4 Precau tionar y measures .................................................................................................... pag e 5 Freecom Mo bile D rive Se cure .............................[...]

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    4 EN Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure * T o achiev e optim al per f or ma nce fro m the Freeco m Mobi le Dr ive Sec ure you r compu ter sho ul d be equip p ed wit h an USB 2 .0 p or t . Gene ral Information The followi ng hardware and sof tware require ment s must be fulf il led to ensure troubl e - fre e ope ratio n. Syste m re qu ir e me nt s In ord[...]

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    5 EN General Inf ormation Prec au ti ona r y me asu res T o e nsure that your Free com Mo bile D rive Se cure f unc tio ns pro per ly, plea se take n ote of the followin g precaut ions . If these are not followed, you may v oid your warra nt y and damage th e Freecom Mo bil e Drive S ecure. • Saf ely remo ve the Freeco m Mob ile Dr ive Se cure vi[...]

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    6 EN Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure F ree co m Mob il e Dri ve Secu re The hi -sp ee d data tr ansf er throu gh the USB 2.0 inter f ace makes it id eally sui tab le for data -s torag e, f ile sh aring , backu p, archivi ng, aud io pl ayback an d all ap plic ations that nee d fas t f ile access . Fo r yo ur c on v eni enc e, the Fr eec om Mobil e Dri[...]

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    7 EN 1 Hardware Installation Chapter 1 : H ardware Instal lation Befo re con nec tin g the cables make su re th e Freecom Mobil e Dr ive S ecure is s witche d of f. 1 . Co nn e c t t he inte r face ca b le (USB ) to t he Free co m M o bi l e Dr iv e S e cu re . 2. Conne c t the inter f ace cabl e (USB) t o the inter f ace po r t (USB) of your comp [...]

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    8 EN 1 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 1 . 1 Dat a pr ote c ti on by keycard (us ing R FI D te ch no log y) The data on t he M obil e D rive S ecur e can be prote c ted f rom unwanted access by using a keycar d to unlo ck t he d rive. This keycard is p laced over a se nsor inside the Mob ile Drive Se cure, when the Mo bil e Drive Secu re recogn izes [...]

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    9 EN 1 Hardware Installation 1 . 2 RF ID s ens or a nd LE Ds 1 . RF ID se ns or This is the p ositio n whe re the keycard n ee ds to be he ld to unlo ck the dr ive. 2. LE D (gre en /red) LED of f : keyc ard prote c tion not co nf igur ed LED red, f l ashing qu ickl y: w a i t in g f o r i n i t i al re co gn i t io n of t h e f i rs t Keycard LED g[...]

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    1 0 EN 1 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 4. Aco ust ic s ign als Red LED: Mob ile Dr ive Secu re is locke d, one sh or t b eep when dr ive is conne c ted to PC /Mac Gre e n LED: Mobile Drive Secure is unlock ed, two short beeps when keycard is moved over s ensor to unlo ck or to lock th e drive Whil e con f igu rin g th e keycard s: No ca r d: LED is[...]

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    11 EN 3 Installation of the application s of t ware Chapter 3: Inst allat ion of the a pplic ation sof tware 3. 1 I nst al lat i on so ft wa re PC 1 . Click o n " Star tPC . exe" in the main dire c tor y of the hard drive. The Freecom s tar t men u ope ns. 2. Click o n " S of t wa re I ns t al la ti on" - > "N T I Sha d [...]

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    1 2 EN 3 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 3. 2 I nst al lat io n sof t wa re Ma c 1 . Click on "Start MAC" in the m ain dire c tor y of the hard drive. Th e Freecom st ar t menu ope ns. 2. C lick on "Sof tware In stallat ion " - > "In stall NTI Shado w" or "RF ID HD Pro tection " . The install ation star ts n[...]

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    13 EN 4 Enabling data protectio n by key card C h ap t er 4: Ena b li ng da ta pro tec ti on b y k e y car d – u si n g th e F ree c om Ha r d Dri v e K e y car d P ro t ect io n s oftw ar e to ol 4. 1 Freeco m Ha rd D rive Keycard Pro tec t io n (Wi nd ows) Y o u c an protec t your Mo bil e D rive Sec ure fro m unwa nted access by enab ling the [...]

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    1 4 EN 4 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 4. 1. 1 In it i al se t up o f RF ID p ro te c t ion In MyCom puter, selec t the Free com Mo bile D rive Se cure. Cli ck "Star tP C. exe" . A menu screen will ap pear. S ele c t "S of t wa re Ins tallati on" and the n se lec t "R FID H D Pro te c ti o n" . Please make sure to have[...]

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    15 EN 4 Enabling data protectio n by key card Move the f ir st keycard over th e se nsor on the drive, which is loc ated at the fr ont o f th e drive (see p age 9). If it was su ccessful ly re cognize d, the LED w ill s tar t b link ing gr een . Move the second keycar d over the sensor. If it was successfully re cogniz ed, the LED will be cons tant[...]

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    1 6 EN 4 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 4. 1.2 Us in g you r Fre ec om M ob il e Dr ive Se cu re w it h R FI D pr ot ec t io n Af ter confi gurin g the t wo keycards, every time you c onne c t your Freecom Mobi le Drive Secu re to your c ompu ter or switch it on, the l ef t LED will be r ed in dicati ng the drive is locke d and can not b e use d. Th[...]

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    17 EN 4 Enabling data protectio n by key card 2. Ad d ne w keyca rd In case yo u have lost on e or both of the keycards , you can a lways conf ig ure 2 new keycar ds for use w ith your Mo bil e Drive S ecure . A T TE NT IO N: Y ou have to c on fi gu re ag ai n wi th 2 ke yca rd s. M ake s ur e t o have 2 keycar ds a t ha nd . This se tup pro cedure[...]

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    1 8 EN 4 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 4. 1.3 I have l ost my keyc ar ds – wh at c an I d o now? If you have lost both your keyca rds, you wi ll not be able to g et access to yo ur data on th e Freecom Mo bile D rive Se cure anym ore. T o use your Freecom Mobile Drive Secu re again , the RFID pr otec tio n has to be removed. When removi ng the R [...]

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    19 EN 4 Enabling data protectio n by key card 4. 2 F ree co m Har d Dri ve Key car d Prot ec t io n (Mac) Y o u c an protec t your Mo bil e D rive Sec ure fro m unwa nted access by enab ling the RFID protec ti on. R FID stan ds for R adio Frequ enc y I dentif ication, and t his techno lo gy is use d in the 2 keycards sh ipp ed with th e drive an d [...]

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    2 0 EN 4 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 4. 2. 1 Ini t ia l set u p of R FI D p rot ec t io n Click on " Star t MAC" in the main di rec tor y of the hard drive. A me nu scre en will ap pea r . Sel ec t "S of t wa re Inst allatio n" and then se lec t " R FI D H D Pro te c ti o n" . Please make sure to have the two suppli [...]

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    21 EN 4 Enabling data protectio n by key card Conf irm o nce again that yo u really w ant to format th e hard dri ve. After t hat, a win dow with a progr ess bar wi ll be shown and the devic e LE D wi ll bli nk r ed. Move the f ir st keycard over th e se nsor on the drive, which is loc ated at the fr ont o f th e drive (see p age 9). If it was su c[...]

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    2 2 EN 4 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 4. 2. 2 Us in g you r Fre ec om M ob il e Dri ve Se cu re w it h R FI D pr ot ec t io n Af ter confi gurin g the t wo keycards, every time you c onne c t your Freecom Mobi le Drive Secu re to your Mac or s witch it on, the l ef t LED wil l be red i ndicati ng the dri ve is locked and can not be used. The drive[...]

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    23 EN 4 Enabling data protectio n by key card 2. Ad d a ne w keyca rd In case yo u have lost on e or both of the keycards , you can a lways conf ig ure 2 new keycar ds for use w ith your Mo bil e Drive S ecure . A T TE NT IO N: Y ou have to c on fi gu re ag ai n wi th 2 ke yca rd s. M ake s ur e t o have 2 keycar ds a t ha nd . This se tup pro cedu[...]

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    2 4 EN 4 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 4. 2. 3 I have lo st my keyca rd s – wh at c an I d o now? If you have lost both your keyca rds, you wi ll not be able to g et access to yo ur data on th e Freecom Mo bile D rive Se cure anym ore. T o use your Freecom Mobile Drive Secu re again , the RFID pr otec tio n has to be removed. When removi ng the R[...]

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    25 EN 5 Using F reecom T urbo USB 2.0 (only PC) C h ap t er 5 : Us in g F ree co m T ur bo U SB 2. 0 ( on ly P C) By installing the T urb o USB 2.0 drive r for your M obi le Drive Secure, the data trans fer rate can be signif ic antly increase d ( up to 40 % faster transf er spee d compared to s tan dard High -Spe ed USB). En ab li ng t he Turbo US[...]

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    2 6 EN 6 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure Chapter 6: Part itio ning your F reecom M obile Drive Secure 6. 1 Gen era l inf orma ti on Y o ur Free com Mob ile Dri ve Se cure was par titioned and for mat ted to p rovide you with the ma xim um avail able cap acit y and compatib ilit y. F A T32 was chose n as f il e s ystem to assure that you wi ll b e ab [...]

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    27 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom Mobile D rive Secure Ex am pl e for d i f fe re nt pa r t it io ns w it h d if f er en t fi le s ys te ms o n one Fr ee co m Mo bi le D rive S ec ur e Fil e sy st em T ot al si ze o f Fre ec om Mo bi le D ri ve Se c ur e NTFS FA T 32 500 GB 4 70 GB 30 GB Not e: On N TFS f orm at te d har d d rive s c an onl y b e w[...]

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    2 8 EN 6 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 5. Click w ith th e ri ght m ouse button on the "unalloc ated" area and selec t the optio n "New Par tition" . T he "N ew Par titio n Wiz ard " ope ns. Click o n "N ex t ".[...]

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    29 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom Mobile D rive Secure 6. Sel ec t "Pr imar y p ar titio n" and click on " Ne x t " . 7 . Now you c an adjus t the size of your par titio n. Cli ck on " Ne x t " if o nly o ne p ar titio n is to be create d. Se e n ex t cha pter (Creating t wo o r more p ar titio ns on the Freecom M obil[...]

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    3 0 EN 6 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 9. Se le c t the fo rma tt in g op ti on " Format this p ar titio n wi th the fo llowin g se t tings" . Ch oo se ei th e r " FA T 32 " o r "N TF S ", th e "A ll o ca ti on uni t siz e" s ho ul d re ma i n o n "De fa u lt ". F in al ly se le c t "P er fo r [...]

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    31 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom Mobile D rive Secure 6. 3 . 3 Cre at i ng t wo or m or e pa rt i t ion s on t h e Free co m Mo bi l e Dri ve Se cu re und e r Win dow s XP / Vi st a 1 . Rep eat the steps f rom the prev ious chapter (Creating a par ti tion on the Freecom Mob ile Dr ive Sec ure und er Win dows XP / Vis ta) for creatin g the f ir st [...]

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    3 2 EN 6 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 8. Click on " Finish" to create the "E x tend ed partiti on" . Th e unallo cated space now change d to "Free spa ce" .[...]

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    33 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom Mobile D rive Secure 9. Right- click on " Free Space" and s ele c t "N ew Logi cal Dr ive" . The " New Par titi on Wi zar d" ope ns. Click o n "N ex t ". 1 0. " Logi cal dr ive" is alread y sel ec ted . Click on " Ne x t " . 1 1 . Speci f y th e par titi o[...]

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    3 4 EN 6 Fr eecom Mobile Driv e Secure 6. 4 Part it i oni ng you r Free com M ob ile D rive Se cu re un de r Mac OS X 1 . Ope n the " Disk Utili t y". This can be f ound in "Applicatio ns" — > "U tilities". 2. Click on the t ab " Par tition" . Here you ca n s etup the p ar titio n set tings an d par titi[...]

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    W ARR ANTY (valid in E urope/T urke y only) W e thank you for pur chasing this F reecom product and hope you will enjoy using it . In order to avoid unnecessar y inconvenience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick ins ta ll gui de , ins tru ctio n manu al and any add it ion al ele ctr oni c and or prin t ed man ual s. When pro blems occur we [...]