User guide

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Intr
od
u
c
ti
o
n English
Your Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go hard drive is a versatile external hard drive
f
eaturing high-per
f
ormance storage. Your model will come with either
1 x FireWire 800 and 1 x USB 3.0 interface, or 1 x USB 3.0 interface. Once
y
our drive is connected
p
ro
p
erl
y
to
y
our com
p
uter,
y
ou will be able
to use it as you would any hard drive for storing your data and for performing data back-up functions. Before you begin to use the drive there
are a few important things to learn about your new product.
S
tore ‘n’
G
o Hard Drive: Rear Panel Are
a
Along the rear panel you will
fi
nd the data and power connectors. Re
f
er to the picture below
.
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1. USB 3.0 Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e Store ‘n’ Go
h
ar
d
d
rive to your computer via USB
.
Activity LED. The LED will come on to indicate the power-on state. The LED will
fl
ash during data access
.
Store ‘n’ Go Har
d
Drive: Fi
l
e System Forma
t
The Store ‘n’ Go hard drive
f
eaturing FW800 and USB 3.0 inter
f
aces comes pre-
f
ormatted HFS+
f
or use on computers running Mac OS
X
The Store ‘n’ Go hard drive
f
eaturing USB 3.0 inter
f
ace only comes pre-
f
ormatted FAT32
f
or use on both Mac OS X and PC Windows
e
nvir
o
nm
e
nt
s.
I
f
you plan to use your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive only with computers running Mac OS, you can leave it
f
ormatted as HFS+. I
f
you plan to use your
hard drive with computers running Windows, or with both Mac OS and Windows computers, you should re
f
ormat the drive. Enclosed on the
hard drive is the Verbatim HD Formatter Tool which will enable you to re-
f
ormat the Store ‘n’ Go hard drive to FAT32
.
FAT32 lets you use the Store ‘n’ Go hard drive with both Mac OS and Windows but has a single
fi
le size limit o
f
4GB.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes/1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes/1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity used
f
or pre-loaded so
f
tware,
f
ormatting
and other
f
unctions, and thus is not available
f
or data storage. As a result, and due to di
ff
ering calculation methods, your operating systems may report as
f
ewer megabytes/gigabytes/
t
era
by
tes.
Connecting Store ‘n’ Go Har
d
Driv
e
You can connect your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive to a computer with either FireWire or USB, but not both at the same time. Please use the inter
f
ace
cables that come with
y
our device (i.e. USB / FireWire) for connectin
g
the device to
y
our com
p
uter
.
Connect the USB 3.0 cable from the USB port on the drive to an available USB port on your computer.
On computers running Windows a new icon will appear in my computer representing your hard drive. On computers running Mac OS your
hard drive will mount automaticall
y
and a new icon will a
pp
ear on the deskto
p.
Note: USB 3.0: Since USB 3.0 is
b
ac
k
war
d
s compati
bl
e wit
h
USB 2.0, t
h
e Store ‘n’ Go
h
ar
d
d
rive can
b
e connecte
d
to a
ll
USB ports. W
h
en connecte
d
to a USB 2.0 port,
h
owever, t
h
e
p
er
f
ormance (data trans
f
er rate) o
f
the Store ‘n’ Go hard drive will be much lower than when connected to a USB 3.0 port.
Storing and Trans
f
erring Data
Once your Store ‘n’ Go hard drive is connected to a computer, it can be accessed and used like any other removable disk drive. You can
dra
g
fi les to
y
our drive icon to co
py
them, navi
g
ate to
y
our drive in O
p
en or Save dialo
g
boxes, or delete fi les stored on
y
our drive. For more
in
f
ormation on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or deletin
g
fi
les, consult
y
our com
p
uter’s documentation
.