User`s guide

Installing Your Drive 18
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Connecting with the FireWire Cable
Do not plug a FireWire cable into the drive when a USB
cable is already connected to the drive. The drive only
operates with one interface at a time. For more information
about the FireWire interface, go to: http://www.1394ta.org.
If you are using Windows ME, please move on to the next
section: ‘To Connect the FireWire Cable’
Windows 98SE Only:
Make sure you have first installed the Windows 98SE 1394
Storage Supplement. This Microsoft supplement installs a
Safe Removal utility that allows you to safely stop a Plug and
Play storage device prior to physically unplugging the
device. This supplement also includes an update for the
FireWire/1394 drivers.
Once your drive is installed, look in the System Tray, located
at the bottom right of your desktop, for the icon shown in
the following figure.
a. While connected to the internet, go to the Microsoft
Support web site at http://support.microsoft.com.
b. In the upper left corner, select Windows 98 from the
Search the Knowledge Base drop-down menu and click
the Show options item.
c. Select the option to search Article ID and enter “242975”
in the field labeled For solutions containing...
d. The search should return an item called: Update for 1394
Storage Peripherals in Windows 98 Second Edition
(242975). Click this link and go to the article.
e. Inside this article, click on the link: http://
www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/
WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/1394/Default.asp.
f. Download and install this Windows update as instructed.
g. Later, when you connect the drive to your computer, a
window will appear three (3) times called “Version Conflict.”
Click Ye s each time to keep the existing files.
To Connect the FireWire Ca ble
1. Plug one end of the FireWire cable into any available FireWire
port on your computer.
Laptop Users – Many laptop computers, have a smaller 4-
pin FireWire port requiring a special 4-pin to 6-pin FireWire
cable (not included).
2. Plug the other end of the FireWire cable into an
available FireWire port on the back of the drive.
Unplug or Eject
Hardware icon
If the icon is not displayed, you need to
install the 1394 Storage Supplement:
If your computer has a 4-pin
FireWire connection, you can pur-
chase a 6-pin to 4-pin cable from
http://www.maxstore.com or your
local computer store.
4-pin connector