Verbatim GT PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USB 2.0 Owner's manual

Store ‘n’ Go

Portable Hard Drive

User Guide

English

Intr

oduc

ti

on

3

Connecting Portable Hard Drive 3

Storin

g

and Transferrin

g

Data

4

Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials So

f

tware

4

Disconnectin

g

Porta

bl

e Har

d

Drive

5

Technical Su

pp

ort 6

Limite

d

Warranty Terms 7

Ri

gh

ts 8

FCC Compliance 8

WEEE N

o

ti

ce

9

C

E Declaration 1

0

RoHS Compliance 1

0

C

ontents

3

I

ntro

d

uctio

n

C

onnecting Porta

bl

e

H

ar

d

Driv

e

Installin

g

y

our Portable Hard Drive is extremel

y

sim

p

le –

j

ust use the

included mini-USB cable to connect

y

our Portable Hard Drive to an

y

free

U

SB port on your computer. On Windows computers, a new icon will

a

pp

ear in M

y

Com

p

uter re

p

resentin

g

y

our Portable Hard Drive. On Mac OS

s

y

stems,

y

our Porta

bl

e Har

d

Drive wi

ll

a

pp

ear on t

h

e

d

es

k

to

p

as a new

d

is

k

.

I

f

you are using a USB 1.1 port on your Windows computer, the

f

ollowing

cautionar

y

note ma

y

a

pp

ear on

y

our

d

is

pl

a

y

:

H

i-S

p

ee

d

USB Device

pl

ugge

d

into non-Hi-Spee

d

USB

h

u

b

. T

h

is

d

oes not in

d

icate a pro

bl

em

because the drive is compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports.

Sim

ply

c

l

ose t

h

e messa

g

e an

d

p

rocee

d

. However, in t

h

is case t

h

e

d

rive wi

ll

operate on

l

y at USB 1.1 spee

d

s.

I

f

you connect your portable hard drive and it doesn’t appear to power up

y

ou ma

y

re

q

uire an additional

p

ower source. This is available via an o

p

tional

U

SB-Y cable from our Technical Su

pp

ort team. Details for Technical Su

pp

ort

are included later in the manual.

N

ote: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes/1

G

B = 1,000,000,000 b

y

tes

/

1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 b

y

tes.

Some capacity used

f

or pre-loaded so

f

tware,

f

ormatting and other

functions, and thus is not available for data stora

g

e. As a result, and

d

ue to di

ff

ering calculation methods, your operating systems may

r

eport as fewer megabytes/gigabytes/terabytes.

4

S

toring and Trans

f

erring Dat

a

Once your Portable Hard Drive is connected to a computer, it can be

accessed and used like an

y

other removable disk. You can dra

g

ﬁ les to

y

our

p

orta

bl

e

h

ar

d

rive’s icon to co

py

t

h

em, navi

g

ate to

y

our

h

ar

d

rive

in

O

pen

or

S

av

e

dialog boxes, or delete

ﬁ

les stored on your portable hard

drive. For information on co

py

in

g

, o

p

enin

g

, or deletin

g

ﬁ les, consult

y

our

com

p

uter’s

d

ocumentation.

N

ero BackItU

p

& Burn

E

ssentials

S

oftwar

e

Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials so

f

tware is included on the hard drive.

Double click the Nero

f

older on the drive and then double click the setupx

ﬁ le to start installation. The Nero installation window will a

pp

ear. Follow u

p

the set u

p

wizard to install the so

f

tware. Note: nero BackItU

p

so

f

tware is

only compatible with Windows XP / Vista, and Windows 7

.

5

D

isconnectin

g

Portable

H

ard Driv

e

Y

our Portable Hard drive is hot-pluggable; it can be connected and

disconnected without restartin

g

y

our com

p

uter. To disconnect

y

our

p

ortable hard drive at an

y

time, sim

p

l

y

p

erform the followin

g

ste

p

s.

Y

ou can also disconnect your hard drive at any time while your computer

is

p

owered off.

F

or Windows

U

sers

:

1

I

f

you have

ﬁ

les located on your drive open in any applications,

c

l

ose

th

e

m

.

2

C

l

ic

k

t

h

e Un

pl

u

g

or E

j

ect Har

d

war

e

b

utton in t

h

e S

y

stem Tra

y

.

3

Select your drive

f

rom the menu that appears

.

4

After a moment, Windows will dis

p

la

y

a messa

g

e that

y

our hardware

can be safel

y

removed

.

F

or Mac

OS

U

sers

:

1

If

y

ou have ﬁ les located on

y

our drive o

p

en in an

y

a

pp

lications,

close

t

he

m

.

2

Locate the icon for

y

our drive on the deskto

p

, and dra

g

it to the trash.

N

ote: Please be care

f

ul to

f

ollow the correct procedure when

disconnectin

g

y

our unit. Sim

p

l

y

un

p

lu

gg

in

g

the unit without ﬁ rst

f

ollowing the instructions below may result in damage to your unit and/

or loss of data

.

6

T

echnical Suppor

t

I

f

you are experiencing di

fﬁ

culty installing or using your Verbatim product,

p

lease visit the main Verbatim Technical Su

pp

ort website at

www.ver

b

atim-euro

p

e.com

.

From t

h

is

p

a

g

e

y

ou can access our

l

i

b

rar

y

o

f

user documentation, read answers to

f

requently asked questions, and

download available software u

p

dates. Althou

g

h most of our customers ﬁ nd

this content sufﬁ cient to

p

ut them back on the ri

g

ht track, this

p

a

g

e

also lists ways in which you can contact the Verbatim Technical Support

Team directl

y

.

Europe: For tec

h

nica

l

support in Europe e-mai

l

d

rivesupport@ver

b

atim-

europe.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the

f

ollowing countries: Austria,

Bel

g

ium, Denmark, Finland, France, German

y

, Hun

g

ar

y

, Ital

y

, Luxembur

g

,

Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic o

f

Ireland, Spain,

Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. All other countries call

+353

6

1

226586

.

7

NOTE

:

Verbatim Limited ma

y

at an

y

time revise the content of this user

g

uide without

f

urther notice

.

L

imite

d

Warranty Term

s

Verbatim Limited warrants this product to be

f

ree

f

rom de

f

ects in material

and workmanshi

p

for a

p

eriod of 2

y

ears from date of

p

urchase. This warrant

y

excludes batteries. If this

p

roduct is found to be defective within the warrant

y

p

eriod, it will be replaced at no cost to you. You may return it with your original

cash re

g

ister recei

p

t to the

p

lace of

p

urchase or contact Verbatim

.

In the followin

g

Euro

p

ean countries, Austria, Bel

g

ium, Denmark, Finland, France,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,

Poland, Portu

g

al, Re

p

ublic of Ireland, S

p

ain, Sweden, Switzerland and United

Kin

gd

om ca

ll

00 800 3883 2222. A

ll

ot

h

er Euro

p

ean countries ca

ll

+353 61

2

26586. You can email [email protected].

Pro

d

uct re

pl

acement is

y

our so

l

e reme

dy

un

d

er t

h

is warrant

y

, an

d

t

h

is warrant

y

does not apply to normal wear or to damage resulting

f

rom abnormal

use, misuse, abuse, neglect or accident, or to any incompatibility or poor

p

erformance due to the s

p

eciﬁ c com

p

uter software or hardware used.

V

ERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS OR ANY INCIDENTAL,

CO

N

S

E

Q

UENTIAL

O

R

S

PE

C

IAL DAMA

G

E

S,

H

O

WEVER

C

AU

S

ED

,

F

O

R

B

REA

C

H

O

F WARRANTIE

S

O

R

O

THERWI

SE

. This warrant

y

g

ives

y

ou s

p

eciﬁ c

legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary

f

rom state to state or

coun

t

ry

t

o coun

t

ry

.

8

R

ight

s

f

this document may be

re

p

roduced in an

y

form or b

y

an

y

means, for an

y

p

ur

p

ose, without the

ex

p

ress written

p

ermission of Verbatim Cor

p

oration. All ri

g

hts reserved.

All other brands and product names re

f

erenced herein are property o

f

their

res

p

ective owners.

F

CC Com

p

lianc

e

This equipment has been tested and

f

ound to comply with the limits

for a Class B di

g

ital device,

p

ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These

limits are desi

g

ned to

p

rovide reasonable

p

rotection a

g

ainst harmful

inter

f

erence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses

and can radiate radio fre

q

uenc

y

ener

gy

and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instructions, ma

y

cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no guarantee that inter

f

erence will

not occur in a

p

articular installation. If this e

q

ui

p

ment does cause harmful

interference to radio or television rece

p

tion, which can be determined b

y

turning the equipment o

ff

and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct

the interference b

y

one or more of the followin

g

measures:

• Reorient or re

l

ocate t

h

e receiving antenna

.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the e

q

ui

p

ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which

th

e

r

ece

iv

e

r i

s

co

nn

ec

t

ed

.

• Consult the dealer or an ex

p

erienced radio/TV technician for hel

p

9

W

EEE N

o

ti

ce

The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which

entered into force as Euro

p

ean law on 13th Februar

y

2003, resulted in a ma

j

or

chan

g

e in the treatment of electrical e

q

ui

p

ment at end-of-life

.

T

he WEEE logo (shown at the le

f

t) on the product or on

i

ts box indicates that this

p

roduct must not be dis

p

osed

of or dum

p

ed with

y

our other household waste. For more

i

n

f

ormation about electronic and electrical waste equipment

dis

p

osal, recover

y

, and collection

p

oints,

p

lease contact

y

our

l

oca

l

munici

p

a

l

h

ouse

h

o

ld

waste

d

is

p

osa

l

service or

shop

f

rom where you purchased the equipment

.

10

C

E Declaratio

n

E

C Declaration of Conformit

y

It is

h

ere

b

y

d

ec

l

are

d

t

h

at t

h

is pro

d

uct comp

l

ie

d

wit

h

t

h

e essentia

l

p

rotection requirements o

f

Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its

amendments on the a

pp

roximation of the laws of the Member States

re

l

ating to e

l

ectromagnetic compati

b

i

l

ity.

This declaration applies to all specimens manu

f

actured identical to the

model submitted for testin

g

/evaluation

.

EN 55022: 1998 + A1: 2000 +A2: 200

3

EN

6

1

000

-

3

-

3

:1

995

+ A1:

200

1

EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 200

3

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-2: 199

5

+ A1: 199

8

+ A2: 2

000

IE

C

61

000

-4-

3

:

2002

+ A1:

2002

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-4: 199

5

+ A1: 2

000

+ A2: 2

001

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-

5

: 1

995

+ A1:

2000

IEC 61000-4-6: 1996 + A1: 200

0

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-

8

: 1

993

+ A1:

2000

IE

C

61

000

-4-11: 1

99

4 + A1:

2000

R

oHS Com

p

liance

This product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC o

f

the European

Parliament and o

f

the Council o

f

27 January 2003, on the restriction o

f

the

use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e

q

ui

p

ment

(RoHS) an

d

its amen

d

ments

.

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