User manual MEDION EXTERNAL HARDDISK MD 90071

[. . . ] Contents: Safety instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Safety and installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Electromagnetic compatibility/ Conformity with norms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Safety when Making Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] This connection offers a faster transmission speed than through USB. (Back view) Electrical connection USB SATA connection connection 1. Start your computer and wait until Windows® has been fully loaded. Connect the USB connection cable to the USB connection on your external hard disk. Or Use a SATA cable (not in the scope of supply) if your PC has a SATA interface. Connect the other end of the connection cable to your computer. Now connect the power adaptor to a socket that can easily be reached. Plug the power adaptor plug into the corresponding socket in the hard disk. The operating indicator (blue diode) will light up as soon as the hard drive is connected to a source of electricity. With Windows® ME/2000/XP the hard disk is now automatically recognized and connected. 6 ENGLISH Installing the hard disk Note Your drive has already been set up in the delivery status. It will not be necessary to reformat or repartition it. Partitioning or formatting a disk drive deletes data. We assume no responsibility for lost data. Before you install your hard disk . . . We would like to remind you once again that when installing the new hard disk some programs are used that could cause your data to be irreversibly lost if used incorrectly. Make a backup of all your data and check that the recovery procedure works. Partitioning programs With Windows® 2000/XP use the data media management help program in order to install the hard disk. You can find the program in the computer management. With some operating systems you must have administration rights to install a hard disk. With Windows® ME the hard disk is installed with the DOS program FDISK. Look under help in Windows for detailed information on using this program. Partitioning the drive Partitioning a drive divides the space into different areas which can be accessed as separate logic drives (with letters C:, D:, E: etc. ). Read the operating system manual to find out to partition hard drives. SETTING UP 7 Formatting the drive In order to remove data from the hard disk, the partitions must be formatted. You must be totally sure about which drive letter to enter so that you don't format a drive that contains data you wish to keep. You can carry out the partitioning using Windows® Explorer (right click on the drive and select format). The two exceptions are Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4. 0 with Service Pack 4 or later. Windows NT 4. 0 with Service Pack 4 or later has access to partitions with the latest version of NTFS, but with some limitations: It cannot access files that have been stored using NTFS features that did not exist when Windows NT 4. 0 was released. [. . . ] What steps have you already undertaken to solve the problem?If you have already been given a customer number, please have this available. 12 ENGLISH Warranty The sales receipt serves as proof of first purchase and should be kept in a safe place. It is required should you need to make use of the guarantee. If the product is passed onto another user, then they shall be entitled to guarantee services for the remaining period of the guarantee. [. . . ]