User manual SIMPLETECH 60000-00160-001

[. . . ] does not warrant that the software will work in all environments and applications, and makes no warranty or representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Information in this User’s Guide is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of SimpleTech. SimpleTech assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User’s Guide. PROVIDES NO WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING. [. . . ] SimpleDrive is ready to use. Using SimpleDrive 3 Formatting SimpleDrive SimpleDrive is preformatted as an NTFS volume. If you plan to use SimpleDrive in Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP and Vista environments, consider creating two partitions on the drive—a FAT 32 volume to support Windows 98SE and Me, and a second larger NTFS partition for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. For instructions on formatting disk drives, refer to your Windows operating system documentation. Formatting a disk deletes all existing data on the drive. If you have important data that you want to keep, back it up onto another drive before formatting SimpleDrive. Viewing Files on SimpleDrive You can save, copy, move and delete files on SimpleDrive just as you would on any other drive on your computer. SimpleDrive appears as “SimpleDrive” mapped to a drive letter in Windows Explorer. To view the files on the drive, open My Computer, and then click the SimpleDrive drive icon (the drive letter assigned to SimpleDrive depends on your computer’s storage configuration). 4 Using SimpleDrive Reading the Capacity Meter Checking the capacity meter is a quick way to see how much storage space is available on your SimpleDrive drive. When power is applied to SimpleDrive, the capacity meter illuminates giving you a visual indication of the amount of available storage on the drive. The capacity meter contains four sections, which illuminate to indicate the remaining amount of space on the drive. Each section represents approximately 25 percent of SimpleDrive’s total storage capacity. When available storage space falls below 10 percent, the capacity meter flashes red for 10 seconds, and then goes off. The capacity meter remains off until you press the One-Click backup button to back up the data on the drive. Whenever SimpleDrive is turned on and available storage is below 10 percent, the capacity meter flashes red for 10 seconds, and then goes off. Capacity Meter Using the One-Click™ Backup Button With the push of a button, you can instantly back up selected files and folders on your computer. Just setup the TotalMedia Backup & Record application to perform a scheduled backup. Then, simply press the One-Click button anytime you want to back up your computer’s hard drive. Using SimpleDrive 5 Disconnecting SimpleDrive One of the great features of USB and FireWire is that you can disconnect SimpleDrive while your computer is turned on. However, to avoid damaging the files on the drive and other USB or FireWire devices, you should shut SimpleDrive down before disconnecting it. Before disconnecting SimpleDrive, close any open files and exit any applications running on the drive. 1 Click (Safely Remove Hardware) icon in the System Tray. USB or FireWire port. Safely Remove Hardware 2 Click the Safely remove USB Mass 3 When Windows notifies you that it is safe to do so, unplug SimpleDrive from the computer’s 6 Using SimpleDrive USING ARCSOFT® TOTALMEDIA BACKUP & RECORD™ Installing TotalMedia Backup & Record 1 Go to the root directory on your SimpleDrive external disk drive, and then double-click Setup. exe to launch the TotalMedia Backup & Record installation wizard. your preferred interface language, and then click OK. 2 Open the drop-down box, select Language options 3 Click Next to begin the installation process. 3 Select the type of backup you want to schedule, and then click Next. 4 In the window that appears, select the files and folders you want to backup, then click Next. Using ArcSoft® TotalMedia Backup & Record™ 15 5 Specify the backup destination. • To backup to a CD/DVD, select your CD/DVD drive. • To backup to SimpleDrive, select Hard Drive, and then click Browse to locate the drive. 6 Set the backup schedule. • How Often • When • What Time 7 Click Schedule It. 16 Using ArcSoft® TotalMedia Backup & Record™ Restoring Your Data Restoring Data From a CD/DVD 1 Place the cursor over the Restore option. 2 Click Restore From CD/DVD. 3 Insert your backup CD/DVD into the computer’s CD/DVD drive. 4 Click OK. Using ArcSoft® TotalMedia Backup & Record™ 17 5 Click Next to start the start the TotalMedia Backup & Record Restore Utility. 6 Follow the on screen instructions to restore the backup files to your computer. 18 Using ArcSoft® TotalMedia Backup & Record™ Restoring Data From a Hard Drive 1 Place the cursor over the Restore option. 2 Click Restore From Hard Drive. 3 Select the backup containing the files you want to restore. 4 Click Open. Using ArcSoft® TotalMedia Backup & Record™ 19 5 Click Next to start the start the TotalMedia Backup & Record Restore Utility. 6 Follow the on screen instructions to restore the backup files to your computer. 20 Using ArcSoft® TotalMedia Backup & Record™ TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM SIMPLETECH SimpleTech Technical Support provides customer support for the duration of the warranty period on this product, Monday through Friday from 6:30 am until 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time. [. . . ] Return policy about hard drives whose seal has been broken When shipping the defective hard drive, the disk enclosure seal must be intact (not broken). If the drive enclosure seal has been broken, the warranty will be voided and any warranty claims for such drive will not be accepted by SimpleTech and the product will be returned to the customer. The only exception to this rule is that a hard drive under warranty may be returned with a broken seal, if the seal was broken by a commercial data recovery company for the sole purpose of retrieving critical data. In this case, If the drive is still under warranty period as specified by SimpleTech, SimpleTech will exchange the defective product, provided the customer ships the following items and documents with the RMA approval number. [. . . ]