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User’s Manual Read Me First About this Manual Your product comes with a quick installation guide and a user’s manual. Following the instructions and precautions of this manual will ensure easier and more enjoyable use of your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive. Quick Installation Guide An installation guide is provided with the purchase of STORY Station Series External Hard Drive. The Quick Installation Guide explains product components and provides simple instructions on how to install the product.
User’s Manual Handling Precautions The following information serves to ensure user’s safety and prevent damage to user’s properties. Carefully read the information provided and use your product correctly. Use the rated Power adapter Use only the power adapter supplied with the product or approved by Samsung Electronics. Installation Related Use the product on a flat surface. Do not sit on the product and do not place a heavy object over the product.
User’s Manual Shock The external drive is very portable and you may easily drop it. Take care not to drop and tip the product while carrying the external drive. If you make an impact on the external drive, it may cause bad sectors on the disk. Bad sectors can cause various and potentially read/write errors. Humidity If you use the product in places exposed to humidity, it may danger of electric shock. In addition, prolonged exposure to moisture can corrode various parts and components.
User’s Manual Table of Contents Read Me First 2 2 2 2 2 About this Manual Quick Installation Guide User’s Manual Using this Manual Icon Guide Handling Precautionst 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Use the reted Power adapter Installation Related Power Related Data Cable Usage Shock Humidity Magnets Disassembly and Label Removal Always Backup your Important Data Regular Virus Scanning Cleaning the product Custody Related Safely Remove Hardware Specifications 6 7 7 System Requirements Components Overview C
User’s Manual Introduction The STORY Station Series External Hard Drive is a high-performance external hard drive that supports eSATA/USB Unlike conventional desktop disk drives, the STORY Station Series External Hard Drive makes it possible for you to instantaneously add greater storage capacity to your system without having to take the computer apart.
User’s Manual Components USB Cable eSATA Cable (Optional) Power Adapter SAMSUNG STORY Station Series External Hard Drive Quick Start Guide When you purchase a STORY Station Series External Hard Drive, make sure that all components have been included in your product package. Only STORY Station Plus model is provided with the eSATA Cable. Overview There are ports to connect various cables including USB on the backside of STORY Station Series Power Dial LED USB 3.0 Power eSATA (Optional) USB 2.
User’s Manual Connecting your STORY Station Series Installation Verify that the computer meets the minimum system requirements as outlined in #System Requirements. Connect the Data cable to your desktop/laptop computer as shown in the figure below. USB Figure 1. Connecting a STORY Station Series 3 STORY Station Series will not power on when the USB Cable disconnected. 2 1 Plug in the power adapter and connect the USB cable to the corresponding port on your desktop PC or notebook PC. Figure 2.
User’s Manual eSATA (Optional) Figure 3. Connecting a STORY Station Plus 3 STORY Station Plus will not power on when the eSATA Cable disconnected. 2 1 Plug in the power adapter and connect the eSATA cable to the corresponding port on your desktop PC or notebook PC. Figure 4. Power on a STORY Station Plus 4 LED Color - eSATA : white 5 Turn the power on your drive with power dial. Now you can enjoy your drive. To use the eSATA interface, you need an eSATA port on your computer.
User’s Manual Windows When you connect the STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer a device icon will appear in the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen. Figure 5. System Tray indicating an external device If the external drive is connected by the eSATA interface, the device icon may not appear in the system tray. The operating system will recognize and display "Samsung” drive under “My Computer.” Figure 6.
User’s Manual Macintosh Connect your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer. Your Macintosh operating system will then generate a SAMSUNG. Reformatting for Mac OS may be required (Refer to the 32, 33 page). Figure 7. Macintosh External Hard Drive connection icon After clicking the SAMSUNG icon, the following folder will appear. Figure 8. Macintosh Folders You are now ready to use the Samsung STORY Station Series External Hard Drive.
User’s Manual Using your STORY Station Series Copying / Moving Files Now that you have successfully installed your new STORY Station Series External Hard Drive, you copy or move files or whole folders from your new STORY Station Series to your computer and vice-versa. It is important to understand the difference between Copy and Move. Copy : is to make a duplicate folder or file and store it so that you have two copies. Move : is to take a folder or file from one location and put it into another.
User’s Manual From the Windows Explorer screen: Click Local Disk C From the right-hand pane: Right-click the Temp folder Click Copy Figure 10. When you Right-Click on a file or folder, you get another menu. 1) From this side, click the Local C drive. 2) From this side, right click on the Temp folder and choose Copy. Now, we will copy the Temp folder from the Local C drive, to the Samsung E drive. From the left pane in the Windows Explorer : Right Click Samsung E Click Paste Figure 11.
User’s Manual Safely Removing your STORY Station Series USB For Windows Right-click the device icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of your screen. Figure 12. The taskbar is located at the bottom-right of the screen. Click “Safely Remove Hardware.” Figure 13. The 'Safely Remove Hardware' prompt will list every device that is attached to your system. Click ‘Samsung STORY Station Series USB Device’ Figure 14.
User’s Manual For Macintosh Click the external hard disk drive icon and select “Eject “SAMSUNG.”” Figure 15. For the Macintosh click the USB icon and choose Eject "SAMSUNG" This safely disconnects the drive. It is now safe to detach the drive from the computer. eSATA (Optional) If the external drive is connected by the eSATA interface, the ‘remove’ menu may be inactive. Shut down the computer before turning off the external drive or disconnecting the eSATA cable. Otherwise, It may cause data corruption.
User’s Manual STORY Station Series Software STORY Station Series External Hard Drive Software Samsung STORY Station Series External Hard Drive comes with Samsung Auto Backup and Samsung SecretZone™. These applications support the Windows and the USB interface only. Connecting your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer will automatically activate the installation wizard. Select “Run Program” to install the applications.
User’s Manual 5. Click “Next.” 6. The dialog will display the end user license agreement. Carefully read the agreement. Select “Yes”. 7. Select the destination for Samsung Auto Backup installation and then click “Next.” 8. Select the folder under which you wish the Samsung Auto Backup icon to be registered. Then, click “Next.
User’s Manual 9. The dialog will then display the installation progress. 10. Once the installation process is complete, a dialog requesting your decision on whether to reboot now or later will prompt. Click “Finish” to exit the installation wizard. Select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” and then exit the installation wizard in order to finalize Samsung Auto Backup installation.
User’s Manual Figure 16. Samsung Auto Back Screen Figure 17. Backup Destination Selection Dialog Designate the path to the backup device and then click “Next.
User’s Manual Figure 18. Optional Settings Dialog Configure the various backup options. Figure 19. File Filter Configuration Dialog From the File Filter Configuration dialog, you will be able to select types of files you wish to backup and you wish to be excluded from the backup process. You can define these files by grouping or by specific file extensions. For file groups, the application provides preconfigured groups and the ability to add user-defined groups.
User’s Manual Figure 20. Backup Scheduling Dialog It’s even possible for the user to schedule automatic backups. Click “Add” to configure and add a new Auto Backup schedule. Clicking the “Add” button will prompt the New Schedule dialog. Figure 21. New Schedule Dialog Select how often and when you wish Auto Backup to be performed and click “OK.” From the Backup Scheduling dialog, click “Finish” to exit the backup configuration wizard. You are now ready to backup your data.
User’s Manual Figure 22. Initial Application Screen Once you have successfully configured Auto Backup, a new icon will appear on your system tray. In this icon, the red section of the bar indicates the amount of storage device space used and the green section indicates the amount of space available. Figure 23. System Tray Double-click the icon to view detailed information about the device’s space use. Figure 24.
User’s Manual Figure 25. Original File Selection Screen – Manual Backup Select “Backup” from the “Task” menu or click “Backup” from the toolbar. Figure 26.
User’s Manual Quick Backup Select file(s) and/or folder(s) you wish to back up. Right-click on your selection and then select “Quick Backup” from the context menu. Figure 27. Original File Selection Screen – Quick Backup Figure 28. Backup Completion Dialog Quick Backup will only function with the backup device properly configured. Files and folder that have been backed up with Quick Backup are automatically stored as backups of originals.
User’s Manual Restoring Backup Data You can restore your backup data using Samsung Auto Backup. To restore your backup data using Samsung Auto Backup, you will need to launch the restore wizard. There are three ways of doing this. First, select the file(s) and/or folder(s) you with to restore and: Right-click on selected files and select “Restore.” Select “Restore” from the "Task" menu. Click on “Restore” from the toolbar. Figure 29.
User’s Manual Figure 30. Restore Destination Selection Screen Restore wizard’s first screen will prompt you to select the restore backup file destination. There are two options available to you, which are: Restore backup files to their original folder or Designate a new destination folder to restore backup files to. Figure 31. Restore Options Screen Restore wizard will then present restore time and duplicate file restoring options.
User’s Manual Figure 32. File Filter Screen Restore file filter wizard lets you designate the types of files you wish to restore. Designate the types of file extensions and/or file groups you wish to restore or exclude from restoring and then click “Finish.” Clicking “Finish” without making any change in this dialog sets the application to restore all file types. After configuring the options, click "Finish" to start restoring backup files.
User’s Manual Samsung SecretZone™ Samsung SecretZone™ is an information privacy software application operating in the Windows environment. Samsung SecretZone™ enables you to save and protect important and private data from others with ease. Samsung SecretZone™ Installation 1.You will see the following dialog the first time you connect your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer. 2. Select “Install Samsung Tools” and then click “OK.” 3.Select “Install Samsung SecretZone™”. 4.
User’s Manual 6. You will then be asked to enter an administrator password. Enter the password and then click “Next” to continue. Samsung SecretZone™ is a security software and will not allow you access to protected data without a proper ID and password. Be careful not to lose your ID and password. 7. Click “Finish” to complete the installation process. Virtual Drive with Samsung SecretZone™ 1.
User’s Manual 3. Designate the size of the volume image you wish to create. Software limitations require that when using a FAT32 file system the maximum volume image size is 2 gigabytes. Using the NTFS file system allows for a volume image size of up to 2 terabytes 4. Designate the drive to connect with, the file system, label, accessibility, and idle session limit. 5. Designate the volume’s password and algorithm. 6. Verify your virtual image settings. 7.
User’s Manual Troubleshooting Check the Data cable connection. Check the LED light on the HDD. Check the power supply to STORY Station Series External Hard Drive. Ticking noise is an indication of insufficient power. If the drive is not being recognized, try plugging it into a different USB port. FAQ Q1. File transfer takes too long. A1. You will experience slow file transfer speeds if your computer does not support USB 2.0 or if you do not connect STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to a USB 2.
User’s Manual Appendix WARNING – PARTITONING AND FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WILL PERMANENTLY ERASE ALL THE FILES ON THE DRIVE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS UNLESS ALL OF YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN BACKED UP AND CHECKED FOR RELIABILITY AND READABILITY. Partitioning and Changing File System Type It’s possible to partition your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive and change the file system type.
User’s Manual Reformat to NTFS Following describes formatting to NTFS in Windows XP: - Connect STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer. - Click “Start” from the lower left corner of your screen. - Right-click “My Computer” and then select “Manage.” - From the “Computer Management” tool, select “Disk Management.” - Right-click the drive you wish to format and then select “Delete Partition.
User’s Manual Product Certifications CE (European Union/Community) VCCI (Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information) FCC (Federal Communications Commission) C-TICK KCC (Korea Communications Commission) BSMI (Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection) cUL (C- Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc) TUV (Technischer Uberwachungs Verein) CB This marking on the product, accessories or literature indicates that the product and its electronic accessories (e.g.
User’s Manual Warranty Information The following limited warranty applies to the Samsung external hard disk drive but does not supersede regional and national laws and regulations.
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