User manual SIMPLETECH 61600-00072-001

[. . . ] SIMPLESHARE USER'S GUIDE Copyright ©2005 by SimpleTechTM, Inc. This guide is copyrighted by SimpleTechTM with all rights reserved. Information contained in this document, including but not limited to any instructions, descriptions and product specifications, is company private to SimpleTech and shall not be modified, used, copied, reproduced or disclosed in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the written consent of SimpleTech. Export Administration Regulation This document may contain technical data controlled by the U. S. Export Administration Regulations, and may be subject to the approval of the U. S. [. . . ] Do not use this function unless you wish to destroy the data on a disk. Exercise extreme caution when using this function, as the data on disks that are erased using this function may not be recoverable. Quick erase only takes a few minutes to complete. However, portions of the data may be recoverable using data recovery tools. If you are concerned about erased data becoming available to others, perform a full erase. Keep in mind that a full erase takes several days to complete. If the data on SimpleShare is encrypted, it may not be necessary to perform a full erase. Since the data is encrypted, any data recovered will be encrypted. To decrypt the data requires knowledge of the encryption password. 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic. 2 Select Show Disk Details. The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the scroll bar to see the checkbox. 3 Click Erase Disk . Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk 44 4 In Disks Available, select each disk you want to erase. 5 In Safety Confirmation, type Yes, destroy everything on this disk. 6 Click Quick Erase or Full Erase , depending on the type of erase process you want to perform. Quick Erase performs a simple erase of the primary file system structures but does not erase all locations on the disk that contained user data. Full Erase performs multiple erasure passes on the entire disk. 7 In the confirmation dialog, click OK . Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk 45 ENABLING DISK POWER MANAGEMENT Disk power management allows the internal SimpleShare disk drive to be automatically powered off during periods when it is not being accessed. 1 On the Disk Management menu, click Disk Power Management. 2 Choose Specify Timeout to enable automatic power management. 3 Enter the time-out period in the Minutes and Seconds text boxes. The time-out period can range from 0 (zero) minutes and 0 seconds, up to 21 minutes and 15 seconds. Seconds can only be set in increments of 5. Seconds values not in increments of 5 (five) are rounded to the closest multiple of 5. 4 Click Apply . OK 5 In the confirmation dialog, click . Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk 46 VIEWING DISK DRIVE HEALTH INFORMATION SimpleShare's internal disk drive supports SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) for monitoring drive health. SMART monitors the operation of the disk drive for signs of impending failure. Health is information is reported to SimpleShare and can be viewed on the Health Report page. 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic. [. . . ] 2 Right-click on the printer icon, and then click Connect to start the Add Printer Wizard. Managing SimpleShare Printer 101 3 If you are running Windows XP, the Connect to Printer dialog appears. Click OK to start the Add Printer Wizard. 4 Select the manufacturer and model of your printer from those listed or if you have the printer installation disk, click Have Disk and follow the onscreen instructions. 5 Click OK . Managing SimpleShare Printer 102 SPECIFICATIONS Network Standards File System Support USB Standards Internal Storage Operating Temperature Humidity (relative) Power Power Consumption Dimensions Weight IEEE 802. 3 100 BASE-TX; IEEE 802. 3u 10 BASE-T (RJ-45 network interface) NFS, SMB/CIFS USB 2. 0/1. 1 (two USB A host connectors for external USB disk drives and printers) 1 IDE disk drive, conforming to ATA-6 up to 133MB/s; 160 and 250 Gigabyte disk sizes available (depending on model) 41° to 95° F (5° to 35° C) 20 to 80%, non-condensing External Power Adapter: 100/240V, 50/60Hz AC input; 12V DC, 3A output 36W (maximum) Length: 8. 06 in (204. 72 mm)Width: 1. 62 in (41. 15 mm)Height: 5. 13 in (130. 3 mm) 2. 75 lbs (1. 03 kg) Specifications 103 PRODUCT SUPPORT SIMPLETECH TECHNICAL SUPPORT The SimpleTech Technical Support center provides customer support Monday through Friday from 6:30 am until 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time, for the duration of the warranty period on this product. Customers can contact SimpleTech Technical Support through our Web site, by email or by phone. [. . . ]