User guide

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you can press the ON/OFF switch to the ON position to power on the drive. To turn off the drive, press
t
h
e ON/OFF switc
h
to t
h
e OFF position
.
e
SATA Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e
d
rive to your computer via eSATA.
3
.
U
SB Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e
d
rive to
y
our com
p
uter via USB
.
4
.
FireWire 400 Connector: Use this connector to attach the drive to
y
our com
p
uter via FireWire 400.
5
.
FireWire 800 Connectors (two
p
rovided). Use either of these two connectors to attach the drive to
y
our
6
.
c
omputer via FireWire 800. One o
f
the two connectors may be used to daisy-chain to another FireWire
d
evice.
Ab
out t
h
e Har
d
Drive
Y
our hard drive comes
p
re-formatted in either FAT32 format or in HFS+ format
.
If
y
our drive is the Mac OS version the drive will be
p
re-formatted HFS+ for immediate use with A
pp
le
Macintosh com
p
uters runnin
g
Mac OS. If
y
our drive is the PC version the drive will be
p
reformatted FAT32
fo
r
use
with Win
do
w
s.
N
ote: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes/1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes/1 TB =
1
,000,000,000,000 b
y
tes. Some ca
p
acit
y
used
f
or
p
re-loaded so
f
tware,
f
ormattin
g
and other
f
unctions, and
thus is not available for data stora
g
e. As a result, and due to differin
g
calculation methods,
y
our o
p
eratin
g
systems may report as
f
ewer megabytes / gigabytes / terabytes
.
L
ocatin
g
the Drive on
y
our desk
Place the drive on a sturdy desk or table that is
f
ree
f
rom clutter that could block air
fl
ow around the unit. The
drive is designed to stand upright (with the AC Power Connector closest to the desk sur
f
ace) supported by
t
h
e supp
l
ie
d
stan
d.
n
ero BackItUp 4 Essentials so
f
twar
e
Nero BackItU
p
4 Essentials software is included on the hard drive. Double click the nero folder on the drive