User manual ACOMDATA M-2163-V1E

[. . . ] Hard Drive For 3. 5" IDE hard drives Contents Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AcomData Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Product Registration for Warranty Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] (Journaling is a feature that helps protect the file system against power outages or hardware failures, reducing the need for repairs. We recommend using journaling, if available. ) 6. In the Name field, type in a name for the Drive. You should give the drive a unique name that will allow you to easily distinguish it from other hard drives or storage devices. You should see an alert pop up with the message: "Erasing a disk will destroy all information on all of the volumes of the disk. . . " Click Erase. Once initializing is complete, you should see the Drive listed in the left window of the Disk Utility screen with whatever name you assigned. You should now see the Drive icon on the Desktop. ­ 32 ­ Formatting the Drive in Mac OS 9 Before you can re-format the Drive you will need to restart your computer from the Mac OS 9 System Software CD that came with your computer or which you purchased as an upgrade. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running in the background. Insert the System Software CD into your CD drive. With your AcomData Drive connected and powered on, restart the computer and hold down the C key while the computer is starting up. You will see the alert message: "This disk is unreadable by this computer. Do you want to initialize this disk?" Click OK. In the Name field, type in a name for your Drive. You should give the drive a unique name that will allow you to easily distinguish it from other hard drives or storage devices. From the Format menu, select Mac OS Extended. You should then get the alert message: "Initializing will erase all information on this disk. " Click Continue. Once initializing is complete, you should see the Drive mounted on your Desktop with the name you assigned. Restart your computer and eject the Mac OS 9 CD, or go to Control Panels--> Startup Disk and select the computer's startup disk. Restart the computer. ­ 33 ­ Using Your Drive for Routine Tasks Opening files and folders (All Users) 1. A window showing the files and folders stored on the Drive will appear. Double-click on the file or folder that you want to open. Copying files and folders to your Drive PC Users 1. Highlight the file or folder that you want to copy by clicking on it. [. . . ] Be sure to remove all features, parts, options, alterations, and attachments not under warranty prior to returning the Product to AcomData. AcomData is not liable for any loss or damage to these items. Except to the extend prohibited by applicable law, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose on this product is limited in duration of this warranty. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or allow limitations on how long on implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation or exclusions may not apply to you. [. . . ]