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TO U G H D R I V E E XT ER NA L MO BI LE HAR D D RI VE / 2 .5" / U SB 2 .0 WI N & M Ac USER MANUAL Rev. 8 48[...]
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2 EN Fr eecom T oughDrive Dea r use r! Thank yo u for cho osing th e Free co m T o ug hD ri ve as a n ex ter nal hard d rive. For op ti- mal use an d per forma nce we advis e you to read this m anual ca refu lly b efore us ing this prod uc t. Freec om T echnologies • German y ww w .freecom.c om Cont en ts o f t he box Please che ck the content s [...]
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3 EN User manual Gen eral In formati on ........................................................................................................... page 4 Precau tionar y measure s .................................................................................................... pa ge 5 Freecom T o ughD rive ......................................[...]
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4 EN Fr eecom T oughDrive * T o achieve opt ima l per fo rm an ce from the Freeco m T o ug hD rive you r PC sho ul d be eq uip pe d with an USB 2.0 po r t. Gene ral Information The followi ng hardware and sof t w are requirem ents must be fulf ille d to ensur e trouble - fre e ope ratio n. Syste m re qu ir em e nt s In orde r to use the Free com T [...]
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5 EN General I nformation Prec au ti ona r y mea sur es T o ensure that your F reecom T ough Dri ve func tio ns properl y , plea se take n ote of the fo l - lowing pr ecau tions . If these are not fol lowed , you may v oid your war rant y and damag e the Freecom T oughD rive. • Sa fel y remov e the Freecom T oughD rive via your opera tin g syste [...]
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6 EN Fr eecom T oughDrive Freec om T o ugh Dr ive The hi -spe ed dat a tr ansf er through the USB 2. 0 i nter face makes it ideall y sui tab le for data -s torage, f il e sharing , backup, archiv ing, aud io playba ck a nd all appli catio ns t hat nee d fas t f ile access . For your convenience, the Free com T o ughD rive h as be en par titi one d [...]
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7 EN 1 Hardware Installation Chapter 1 : Hardware Inst allatio n Conn ec t the inte r f ace c ab le to th e Freecom T o ughD rive. Si nce USB 2. 0 is bac k wa rd s co mp at ib le wi th US B 1. 1, th e Fre ec om T ou gh - Dri ve ca n b e co nn ec te d t o a ll USB p or t s. When conn ec te d to a US B 1. 1 p or t , however, the per fo rma nce ( dat [...]
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8 EN 3 Fr eecom T oughDrive Chapter 3: Instal lation of t he app licat ion soft ware 3. 1 In st al lat io n sof t war e PC 1 . Click on " Star tPC . exe" in the main dire c tor y of the ha rd drive. The F ree com star t menu ope ns. 2. Click on "Sof t ware Inst allation" - > "NTI Shadow " , "N TI Ripp er "[...]
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9 EN 3 Installation of the application s of t ware 3. 2 I nst al lat io n sof t war e Mac 1 . Click on "Star t MAC" in the main direc tor y of th e hard drive. The Free com st ar t menu ope ns. 2. Click on " Inst all NTI Sha dow". The ins tallati on st ar ts now. Follow the instruc ti ons on the scre en, conf irm with " Ne [...]
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1 0 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive C h ap ter 4: F re ec om H ard D ri v e P ro tec ti on T o ol 4. 1 U sin g the F ree com Har d Dr iv e P rotecti on T ool (P C) Y ou r Freecom T o ughD rive is equi ppe d with a pass word pr otec tio n feature. Th is provid es the bes t possib le prote cti on. Y our data is always pr otec ted, even if the inter nal har[...]
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11 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Pro tec tion T ool 3. Dou ble - click o n the „Password .e xe“ s ymb ol to run the F ree com Har d Dr ive Protec tio n sof t wa re. The H ard Dr ive Protec tio n Wiz ard wi ll ope n. Click “ Ne x t ” to p rocee d. 4. Enter a pass word. T his p asswor d wi ll b e r equi red to access the protec te d p ar titio n. C[...]
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1 2 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Acce ss in g t he pa ss wor d - e nc r yp te d ha rd d rive 1 . Ope n th e vi r tual CD - ROM Dri ve and dou ble - click o n “ Passwor d.e xe” . The Freecom Hard Dr ive Protec tio n tool o pens . 2. Enter yo ur passwor d a nd click “Finish” . Y o ur passwor d- prote cte d hard drive will now be accessibl e in ?[...]
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13 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Pro tec tion T ool 2. Click on “ Lost your passwo rd?” and conf irm that yo u want to s tar t the “Eras e an d Format Har d Disk Wi za rd” . 3. T o continue, you have to c onf ir m that all data o n your hard dis k will be d ele ted. Click on “N ex t ” to continue. 4. In a f i nal s tep, you have to conf irm o[...]
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1 4 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Re movi ng t he p as swo rd e nc r yp t ion It is p ossibl e to re move the p asswo rd pr otec tion feature, meanin g that th e dat a on t he drive will a lways be v isibl e when you co nnec t th e drive. 1 . Make sur e y ou al ready run the “P assw ord.exe” to ha ve acc ess to you r pro tected d ata. 2. Once you h[...]
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15 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Pro tec tion T ool 4. 2 Usi ng t he Free co m Har d Dri ve Prote c ti on T o ol (Mac) Y ou r Freecom T o ughD rive is equi ppe d with a pass word pr otec tio n feature. Th is provid es the bes t possib le prote cti on. Y our data is always pr otec ted, even if the inter nal hard dri ve is t aken out of the encl osure and [...]
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1 6 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive 3. Enter a pass word. T his p asswor d wi ll b e r equi red to access the protec te d p ar titio n. Conf irm th e passwo rd in the se cond f i eld an d click on “O K” . Acce ss in g t he pa ss wor d - e nc r yp te d ha rd d is k 1 . Connec t your Freeco m T o ughD rive to yo ur Ma c. A window will o pen , st ating [...]
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17 EN 4 Freecom Hard Drive Pro tec tion T ool I los t my pas swo rd , wh at c an I d o now? If you l ose your passwor d, you w ill not b e abl e to access your dat a anymo re. Th e onl y way to continue using yo ur T ou ghDr ive is to erase a nd for mat the hard d rive. Attent ion! Whe n erasing and form att ing the ha rd drive, all data pr eviousl[...]
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1 8 EN 4 Fr eecom T oughDrive Re movi ng t he p as swo rd e nc r yp t ion It is p ossibl e to re move the p asswo rd pr otec tion feature, meanin g that th e data on th e drive will a lways be v isibl e when you co nnec t th e drive. 1 . Make sure you alr eady r un “Pass word ” to have access to your protec ted dat a. 2. Once you h ave access t[...]
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19 EN 5 Using F reecom T urbo USB 2.0 ( only PC) C h ap ter 5 : U si ng F re ec om T u rb o U SB 2 .0 ( o nl y PC ) By inst allin g the T ur bo USB 2.0 drive r for your T oughD rive, the dat a trans fer rate can b e signif icantly incre ased (up to 4 0% faste r tra nsfer sp eed compa red to st andar d Hi gh - Spee d USB) . En ab li ng t he Turbo US[...]
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2 0 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive Chapter 6: Partit ioning your Freecom T oughDrive 6. 1 G e nera l inf orm at ion Y ou r Freecom T oughDr ive was partiti one d and format ted t o provid e you with the ma xi - mum availabl e c apaci t y a nd compatibi lit y. F A T32 was chose n as f i le sys tem to assure that you w ill b e abl e to rea d your f iles o[...]
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21 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDri ve Ex am pl e for d i f fe re nt pa r ti t io ns wi t h di f fe re nt f il e sy ste m s on on e Fre ec om T o ug hD rive Fil e sy st em T ot al si ze o f Fre ec om T ou gh Dr ive NTFS F A T 32 80 GB 60 GB 20 GB Not e: On NTFS forma t te d hard di sk s ca n only be writ t en un de r Wind ows 20 00 / X P / [...]
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2 2 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive 5. Click with the r ight m ouse but ton on the "unallo cated " area and se lec t the optio n "New Par tition" ( Windows 200 0: "Create Par tition Wiz ard"). The " New Partitio n Wiz ard" ope ns. Click o n "N ex t ".[...]
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23 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDri ve 6. Sel ec t " Primar y p ar titio n" and click on " Ne x t " . 7 . Now you can adjus t the size of your par tition . Cl ick on "N ex t " if onl y one par t ition is to b e cr eated. Se e ne x t ch apter (Creating t wo o r mo re p ar titio ns o n the Freecom T ou ghDri ve u[...]
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2 4 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive 9. Se le ct the f or ma tti ng o pt ion " Form at this par ti tion with the f ollow ing set tings" . Cho ose ei th er "FA T3 2" or "NT FS" , the "A ll oc ati on uni t siz e" sh ou ld re ma in on "D ef au lt" . Fin al ly se le ct "P erf or m a qu ic k f or ma t"[...]
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25 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDri ve 6. 3 . 3 Cre at in g t wo or m ore p ar t it i on s on t he Fre e co m T o ug hD rive u nd er W in - dows 20 0 0 / XP / V is ta 1 . Rep eat the steps f rom the p revio us chapter (Creating a par t ition o n the Freecom T ou ghDri ve under W ind ows 200 0 / XP / Vis ta) for creatin g the f ir st pa r ti[...]
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2 6 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive 8. Click o n " Finish" to create the "Ex te nded par tition" . The unallocate d spa ce now change d to "Free spa ce" .[...]
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27 EN 6 Partitioning your Freecom T oughDri ve 9. Rig ht-click on " Free Space" and se lec t " New Lo gical D rive" ( Wind ows 200 0: "Create Logic al Dr ive"). Th e "N ew Par titi on W iz ard" ( W indows 2000 : "Create Par ti tion Wizar d") ope ns. Click o n "N ex t ". 1 0. "Logic al[...]
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2 8 EN 6 Fr eecom T oughDrive 6. 4 Part it i oni ng you r Freec om T o ugh Dr ive und er M ac OS X 1 . Ope n the " Disk Utili t y". This can be fo und in "Applicatio ns" — > "Util ities" . 2. Click on th e tab " Par titio n" . Here yo u can s etup th e par ti tion s et tings a nd par tition t he dri ve a[...]
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W ARR ANTY (valid in E urope/T urke y only) W e thank you f or purchasing this F reecom pr oduct and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruc tion manual and any additional electronic and or printed manuals. When problems occur we have a database with[...]