User manual MEDION EXTERNAL S-ATA HARDDISK MD 90097

[. . . ] Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Please read this chapter carefully and observe all listed notes. This will ensure reliable operation and long life expectancy of your product. Keep these instructions with your product at all times. [. . . ] connect the hard drive to an external SATA connection , if your PC has such a connection. This connection offers a faster transmission speed than through USB. Start your computer and wait until Windows® has been fully loaded. 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® 2000/XP/Vista the hard disk is now automatically recognised and connected. It will not be necessary to reformat or repartition it. We assume no responsibility for lost data. 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. 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. Look under help in Windows for detailed information on using this program. 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. 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). Read which formatting options you have in the next section. When you use Windows XP and Windows 2000 you can choose between three file systems for disk partitions: NTFS, FAT, and FAT32. [. . . ] ⷠIf you have already been given a customer number, please have this available. 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. [. . . ]