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Rev. 620 MANU AL H A R D DR I V E P R O EXT ER NA L HARD DR IVE / 3. 5 " / USB 2 .0 / ESA T A WIN & MA c.
2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB Dear user! Thank you for choosing the Freecom Hard Driv e Pro external hard drive. For optimal use and per formance w e advise you to read this manual carefully bef ore using this product. Freec om T echnologies • Germany ww w .
3 GB User manual General Information ............................................................................................................ page 4 Precautionary measures ...........................................................................
4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB General Informa tion The following hardware and sof tware requirements must be fullled to ensure trouble - free operation.
5 GB General Information Precautionary measures T o ensure that your Freec om Hard Dr ive Pro functions properly , please take note of the following precautions. If these are not followed, you may void your warranty and damage the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o.
6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o external hard driv e F or your convenience , the Fr eecom Har d Drive Pro has been par titioned (1 partition) and pre-formatted (F A T32 le system). The F A T32 format ensures maximum interchangeability of the Freecom Hard Drive Pr o between dierent computers.
7 GB 1 Installation of the Fr eecom soft war e Chapter 1: Installation of the F reecom software (PC) Before y ou can use the Sync button on your Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o, you need to install the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite software rst.
8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 1 3. Please read the license agreement carefully . T o accept the license agreement, conrm with "Y es" . Note: Click ing on "No" ends the installation. Selec t the target folder and program folder in the star t menu in which the Freec om P ersonal Media Suit e symbol is to appear .
9 GB 1 Installation of the Fr eecom soft war e 5. In the dialogue "Options" you can select whether to create a link to the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite Software on the desktop and whether the program should be started automatically when star ting Windows.
1 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 1 1.3 Installation of the F reecom Backup Software 1. Inser t the Software & Manual CD into y our CD drive. The F reecom start menu opens. In case the sof tware does not open automatically , please click on "Star t.
11 GB 1 6. Click on "Next" to star t the installation. All necessar y program les are now writt en to the hard disk of your comput er . 7. In the last window , you ar e asked if you want to start Fr eecom Backup Sof tware now . If you want to create a backup of your data right away , click on "Finish " .
1 2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 2 Chapter 2: Hardwar e Installation Before connecting the cables make sur e the F reecom Hard Drive Pr o is switched o (See Chapter 2.2). 1. Connect the inter face cable (USB or eSA T A) to the F reecom Hard Drive P ro.
13 GB 2 For optimal per formance , the Freecom Hard drive pro should be connected to an eSA T A p ort. 2.1 Sync Button The front panel of the F reecom Hard Driv e Pro contains the S ync button. 2.2 Po wer Button T o turn on the Fr eecom Hard Dr ive Pro , push the power button located on the front panel of the device.
1 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 3 Chapter 3: Driver installa tion Under Windo ws 2000 / XP and Mac OS X a separate Freecom driver is not requir ed. The drivers will be installed automatically by the operating system after plugging in the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o into the USB/eSA T A port of the computer .
15 GB 5 Chapter 5: The U ser Interface of the Freec om P ersonal Media Suite (PC) 1 T abs for conguration of the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite components - Secure & Compress - Fr eecom SYNC - .
1 6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 Impo r tan t: W e reco mmend to lea ve th e functio n "Sta r t pr ogr am on W indo ws start" ac tivat ed under all circumstances in order to be able to use all the functions of the Freecom Personal Media Suite (e.
17 GB 5 5.2.2 Removing les / folders from the A utorun list 1. Open the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite and select the " Autorun" tab . 2. Select the le or the folder to be removed in the A utorun list eld. 3. Click on "Remove" .
1 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.3.2 Opening the Secure&Compress f older 1. Open the Fr eecom Personal Media Suite and select the tab "Secure&Compr ess" . 2. Click on "Open folder" in order t o open the Secure&Compress folder .
19 GB 5 5.3.5 Deleting the Secure&Compr ess folder Click on "Delete folder" in order t o delete the selected Secure&Compress folder . A T TENTION: All les in the folder ar e irrevocably deleted! Before the deletion, a securit y request is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder: 5.
2 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 Please note: Y our changed password applies to all les and folders encrypted from the time of the change. For les and folders which were encrypted before , the password which was used for encryption remains. Changes of the password do not apply to files and folders already encrypted! 5.
21 GB 5 5.4.2 Creating a ne w SYNC folder 1. Open the F reecom P ersonal Media Suite and select the tab "F reecom SY NC" . Click on "Select folder" and select a folder on your F reecom Hard Drive P ro.
2 2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 Before the deletion, a securit y request is carried out whether you really want to delete the folder: 5.4.7 Synchronisa tion of les and folders There are thr ee possibilities for the synchronization of your les: 1.
23 GB 5 3. Starting the synchronization manually a) Open the Freecom P ersonal Media Suite and click on the tab "Fr eecom SYNC" . b) Select a SYNC folder if you hav e not yet done so. c) Click on "Sync now!" to start the data synchronization.
2 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. A status window appears. Please selec t "Update" if you wish t o synchr onize the le or otherwise select "Cancel" . If you choose not to synchronize the le (Cancel) you will be able to synchronize this le during the next synchronization.
25 GB 5 5.4.11 Handling deleted les Deleting les on either the primar y computer or the SYNC folder on the Freec om Hard Drive Pr o results in a red X next to the le during the next synchronization. This indicat es that the le has been delet ed and that its counterpart will be deleted, too .
2 6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 3. Select "Update" and "Split From Orig inal" . 4. Select "Y es" . The User Interface of the Freec om Personal Media Suite.
27 GB 5 5.4.12 Oce use The Freec om Hard Drive Pro is ideal for mak ing a local backup, which stores your data independently from your network or local computer . Simply ‘ send to’ your impor tant les and direc tories to the SYNC folder on the Freecom Hard Drive Pro and update your backup from time to time click "Sync now" .
2 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 5 5.4.13 Home use At the oce, there is always a backup of your important business data. But how about your data at home? All the memories stored in digital photo’ .
29 GB 6 Chapter 6: U sing the Freec om Backup Sof tware (PC) The "F reec om Backup Software" serves t o back up persona l and business da ta from int ernal le media (e.
3 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.1 Selection of the les to back up F or selec ting the les to be backed up , there are three di erent options available: 1. My documents and settings contains the "My Documents" folder , Internet F avourit es, as well as the desktop of the logged-in user .
31 GB 6 6.1.2 Predened backup Select either My documents and Settings or All documents and settings on this com- puter and then click on "Next" . A list of available F reecom drives is display ed then: Select the drive to which you want to back up your data.
3 2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 The modes F ull backup (complete data backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) are available . 1. F ull backup means that at ever y backup a new director y is created with all data to be backed up.
33 GB 6 6.1.5 Summary of the settings made A summary of the settings you made is displayed then. Click on "Back" to make changes or click on "Complete" to ac cept the settings and to start the back up . 6.1.6 Backup While the backup is in progress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup.
3 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.7 User-dened backup Select “Let me choose what to backup ” if you would rather determine yourself which les should be backed up. 6.1.8 Select drives This window lists the drives fr om which a backup can be made.
35 GB 6 6.1.9 File types to back up In the following window you can selec t which types of les should be backed up. This prevents un wanted les (such as temporary les) from being backed up. A list of the most common les types is pr esented.
3 6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.1.10 Add e x tensions When you click on " Add" a list of all k nown le t ypes is displayed. Select the le t ypes you need. In case the le name extension you are look ing for is not on the list, then you can dene it yourself.
37 GB 6 6.1.12 Summary of the settings made The settings you have made ar e no w listed for review . Click on "Back" if you want to make changes or click on "Complete" to start the backup. 6.1.13 Backup While the backup is in progress a window is displayed showing the status of the backup.
3 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.2 Advanc ed Mode 6.2.1 Select source In Source the source drives or folders can be specied from which a backup should be made. 6.2.2 File types to back up (e x tensions) File types can be selected in the F iles window that should be included in the backup.
39 GB 6 6.2.3 Selecting the target drive In this window you can select the target drive for the backup . 6.2.4 Select backup mode In the Destination wind ow under Options the modes F ull backup (complete da ta backup) and Incremental backup (appending data backup) are a vailable.
4 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 6 6.2.5 Options Under Options in the main window the splash screen can be activated or deactivated that appears when the software is started. F ur thermore folders can be selected that should not be included in the backup .
41 GB 7 Chapter 7: Partitioning your F reecom Hard Driv e Pro 7.1 General informa tion Y our Fr eecom Hard Drive Pro was par titioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility. F A T32 was chosen as le system to assure that you will be able to read your les on any PC.
4 2 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 7 Example for dieren t par titions with dieren t le systems on one Fr eecom Hard Drive P ro File syst em T otal size of Freec om Hard Drive Pro NTFS F A T32 500 GB 200 GB 300 GB Note: Writing to hard disks with NTFS formatting is only p ossible under W indows 2000/XP .
43 GB 7 5. Click with the r ight mouse button on the "unallocated" area and select the option "New Partition" ( Windows 2000: "Create Partition Wizard"). The "New Partition Wizard" opens. Click on "Next" .
4 4 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 7 6. Select "Primar y partition" and click on "Next" . 7. Now you can adjust the size of your par tition.
45 GB 7 9. Select the formatting option. Choose either "F A T32" or "NTFS" , the " Allocation Unit Size" should remain on "Default" . Finally select "Perform Quick F ormat" and click on "Next" .
4 6 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 7 7.3.3 Creating two or mor e par titions on the F reecom Hard Drive P ro under Windo ws XP / 2000 1. Repeat the steps from the previous chapter (Creating a par tition on the Fr eecom Hard Drive Pr o under W indows XP/2000) for crea ting the rst par tition.
47 GB 7 8. Click on "Fini sh" to cr eate the "Extended partition " . The unal located sp ace now ch anged to "F ree space" .
4 8 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 7 9. Right-click on "Free Space" and select "New Logical Drive" ( Windows 2000: "Create Logical Drive"). The "New Partition Wizard" ( Windows 2000: "Cr eate Partition Wizard") opens.
49 GB 7 7.4 Par titioning y our Freec om Hard Drive Pro under Mac OS X 1. Open the “Disk U tility” . This can be found in “ Applications” —> “U tilities ” . 2. Click on the tab “Partition” . Here you can setup the par tition settings and partition the drive accor ding to your settings .
5 0 Fr eecom Hard Driv e Pro GB 8 Chapter 8: T roubleshooting Issue Solution After I connected the F reecom Hard Drive Pro to my computer for the rst time no Fr eecom SYNC folder has been cr eated automatically .
W ARRANTY (valid in E urope/T urk ey only) W e thank you for purchasing this F reecom product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconv enience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruc tion manual and any additional elec tronic and or printed manuals.
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