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SabrentSBT‐UFDB1.44MBEXTERNALUSBFLOPPYDISKDRIVE

DeviceSetup

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1.InserttheUSBCablefromyourSBT‐UFDBintoanavailableUSBportonyourcomputer.Makecertainthereisno

floppydiskinthediskdriveduringinstallation.

1. YouwillreceiveapromptinformingyouthatWindowsis“Installingdevicedriversoftware”:

FigureA:

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2. YoucanproceeddirectlytoStep6tobeginusingtheSabrentUSBFloppyDrive.However,ifyouwishtofirst

confirmthattheinstallationis fullycomplete,presstheStartButtonandright‐click

onComputerandclickon

Manage:

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3. Select“DeviceManager”:

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4. LocatetheFloppydiskdrivesandclickonthesmallblackArrowtotheleft.Youshouldsee“TEACUSBUF00Cx

USBDevice”.Right‐click

onitandchooseProperties:

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5. Youcanverifythedeviceisproperlyinstalled.

FigureA:

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FigureB:

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6. ClickontheStartButton,thenclickonComputer:

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7. YoushouldseeFloppyDiskDrive(A:)appearunderDevicewithRemovableStorage:

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8. Inserta1.44MBFloppyDiskintotheSBT‐UFDB(Thesediskdrivesdonotsupport720KBdisks).

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9. Afterinsertingthefloppydiskintothedrive,waitonefullminuteforthefloppydisktoproperlymount.Double‐

clickonFloppyDiskDrive(A:):

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10. Thecontentsofthefloppydiskwill bedisplayed.Beforeaccessinganyofthefiles,highlight(select)allofthe

fileslisted.Thiswillcachethefilesandmaketransferringandopeningthefilesmuchfaster:

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Agreenprogressbarshouldfillupintheexplorerba r.Allowthebartofillcompletelybeforetryingtoaccess

yourfiles:

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11. Youshouldnowbeabletoaccessthefilesonyour1.44MBfloppydisks.

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FrequentlyAskedQuestions

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1. Ineedthedriverforthisdevice,wherecanIfindit?ArethereanyMacOSXdriversavailableforthisdevice?

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Thisdeviceis“Plugandplay;”thedriversareinstalledautomaticallybyWindowsitself.

“Plugandplay”functionalityalsoappliestoMacOSX.

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2. Ifollowedtheinstructions,andthe“FloppyDiskDrive(A:)”appearsunder“DevicewithRemovableStorage”,

butwhenIinsertafloppydiskintothedriveitdoesn’tread/tellsmethereisnofloppy/tellsmeIneedtoformat

thedisk.

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Afterpluggingthedriveintoyourcomputer,makesureyouallowafullminuteorsobeforeinsertingafloppy

diskintothedrive.Also,ensurethatthefloppydiskyouareusingis1.44MBdensity,asanyotherdensitywill

notworkwiththisdrive.Lastly, makesurethatthesafetylockonthefloppydiskisnoton.

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3. Ipluggedinthedrive,butnothingishappening.Thedriverisn’tinstalling/itisn’tshowingupunderComputer.

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TryconnectingthedrivedirectlyintoaUSBport,andNOTthroughaUSBhuborextension.WhiletheFloppy

DriveiscompletelypoweredthroughtheUSBport,onsomeComputers,theUSBportmaynotbeproviding

enoughpowertodaisychainthrougha2

device.

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4. ThelightonthefrontofthedriveflickeredonwhenIpluggeditin,butthenturnedoffrightaway,isthatnormal?

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Yes.Thedrivelightinthefrontonlygoesonwhenitisactivelyspinningorcommunicatingwithyour

computer.Whenyouplugitinitquicklycommunicateswithyoucomputerandbeginstoproperlymount,so

thelightwillflickeronforasecond,andthengoout.Onceyouinsertadiskandcacheoropenthefiles,you

willseethelightflickeronandoffmorefrequently.

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