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Freecom Technologies FHD-3 manual Recommended sequence of installation, General Information

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Recommended sequence of installation

General Information

Footstand

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The FHD-3 can be positioned both horizontally and verti- cally. If you want to position the drive vertically you have to use the supplied footstand.

Please note that the footstand can only be attached in one way to the drive. The hooks on the footstand and the correspondingslotsintheFHD-3aredesignedinsuchaway that the footstand will only fit easlily when attached in the right orientation.

Kensington Lock

The FHD-3 has a Kensington Lock slot at the rear of the drive, to secure the drive to a fixed object (your desk for instance).TheKensingtonsystemisoneoftheworld’smost used anti-theft hardware-lock systems.

Options:

•FireWire Cable for FHD-3

•Additional Cable USB

•Additional Power Adapter

See www.freecom.com for these and other Freecom products, or contact your local Freecom reseller/dealer.

Recommended sequence of installation

1.Install Freecom Personal Media Suite software.

2.Connect the interface cable and the power cable to the drive and plug the power supply unit into the socket. Plug the interface Cable into the appro- priate slot of your computer.

3.(Only Windows 98 SE:) Install all necessary drivers.

Please refer to chapters 1-3 for a detailed description of the hardware and software installation.

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Freecom Technologies FHD-3 manual Recommended sequence of installation, General Information

Contents

USB 2.0 / USB 2.0 & FireWire version Dear user Freecom FHD-3Chapter Table of ContentsUser manual ChapterFreecom FHD-3 General InformationPrecautionary measures General InformationFreecom FHD-3 external hard drive Freecom FHD-3General Information Recommended sequence of installation1.1 Installation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite Chapter 1 Installation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite softwareFreecom FHD-3 Installation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite software GB Freecom FHD-3 can configure the software for your FHD-3. Please click on Finish1.2 Deinstallation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite Installation of the Freecom Personal Media Suite softwareFHD-3 Chapter 2 Hardware InstallationFreecom FHD-3 1. ConnecttheinterfacecabletotheFreecomHardware Installation GB Freecom FHD-3 Recommended after Hardware installationNote Your Freecom FHD-3 is fully backwards compatible with USB Chapter 3 Driver installationDriver installation 3.1 FHD-3 USB 2.0 versionContinue by clicking on Next Freecom FHD-36. The Hardware Wizard finds a Freecom Freecom FHD-3 Driver InstallationFreecom FHD-3 3.2 FHD-3 USB 2.0 & FireWire versionNote Your Freecom FHD-3 is fully backwards compatible with USB Driver Installation Freecom FHD-3 7. Click on Finish in the next window Driver Installation4.2 The SYNC button and status of LEDs 4.1 Creating a SYNC folderFreecom FHD-3 Status of LEDs Daily use of the FHD-3 with Freecom Personal Media Suite softwareLED button LED ring Chapter 5 The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 5.1 ConfigurationFreecom FHD-3 5.2 Autorun The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite5.2.1 Adding files / folders Freecom FHD-3 5.2.2 Removing files / folders from the Autorun list5.3 Secure&Compress 5.3.1 Add / Select FoldersThe User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 5.3.2 Opening the Secure&Compress folder5.3.3 Encrypting files and folders 5.3.4 Decrypting files and foldersATTENTION All files in the folder are irrevocably deleted 5.3.6 Changing the password5.3.5 Deleting the Secure&Compress folder Freecom FHD-3The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite 5.4 Freecom SYNC 5.4.1 What is Freecom SYNC?Freecom FHD-3 5.4.2 Creating a new SYNC folder5.4.3 Opening the SYNC folder 5.4.4 Adding files into the SYNC folderThis function is activated as standard when a SYNC folder is created 5.4.5 Synchronisation of files and foldersThe User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite Freecom FHD-3 5.4.6 Changing the SYNC folder5.4.7 Deleting the SYNC folder 5.4.8 Every day useSynchronization of new or changed files The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite5.5.1 Handling deleted files 5.5 Skip files during synchronizationFreecom FHD-3 1. Select the file or folder you want to delete The User Interface of the Freecom Personal Media Suite5.5.3 Office use 5.5.2 What do I need the SYNC-button for?Freecom FHD-3 5.5.4 Home use Daily use of the FHD-3 with Freecom SYNC softwareFreecom FHD-3 6.1 General information 6.2 File System featuresChapter 6 Partitioning your FHD-3 Partitioning your FHD-3Total size of FHD-3 6.3 Partitioning your FHD-3 under Windows 98SE / Windows MEFreecom FHD-3 File systemPartitioning your FHD-3 6.3.1 Deleting a partition on the FHD-3 under Windows 98SE / MEFreecom FHD-3 6.3.2 Creating a partition on the FHD-3 under Windows 98 SE / MEPartitioning your FHD-3 GB Freecom FHD-3 Partitioning your FHD-3 6.3.4 Formatting partitions on the FHD-3 under Windows 98SE / MEFreecom FHD-3 6.4 Partitioning your FHD-3 under Windows XP6.4.1 Deleting a partition on the FHD-3 under Windows XP 6.4.2 Creating a partition on the FHD-3 under Windows XP6. Select Primary partition and click on Next Partitioning your FHD-3Freecom FHD-3 8. Assign a drive letter to your hard disk. Normally you can use the default options. Click on NextPartitioning your FHD-3 GB 6.4.3 Creating two or more partitions on the FHD-3 under Windows XPFreecom FHD-3 7. Now you can adjust the size of your partition. Enter the size and click on NextPartitioning your FHD-3 GB 10. Logical drive is already selected. Click on Next Freecom FHD-3Troubleshooting Chapter 7 Troubleshootingprogram. Please close all applications WARRANTY valid in Europe/Turkey only