User manual SONY VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W

[. . . ] The products named in this manual are only used for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies. This device was designed for home or office use. Freecom cannot be made liable for any damages, loss of data or damage following thereof -whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use this Freecom product, even if Freecom has been advised of the possibility of such damages. We reserve the right to upgrade our products in keeping with technological advances. 2 Table of Contents USER MANUAL GB 4 5 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page Precautionary measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If the search in the CD-ROM drive has not yet been activated, you should dial this point. The next window shows the driver file found on the CD-ROM. Click on "Finish" in the next window. In order for the changes to take effect, you must restart your computer. Note: You can plug the drive in and unplug it at the FireWire port while the PC is running. The drive will be recognized automatically under "My Computer" when it is reconnected ("hot plug & play"). 14 Daily use of the VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W CHAPTER 4: Daily use of the VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W The hi-speed data transfer through the USB 2. 0 and/or FireWire interface makes it ideally suitable for data-storage, file sharing, backup, archiving, digital video editing, audio playback and all applications that need fast file access. GB 4 1. LED 2. "ON" / "OFF" 1. The status of LEDs Die Freecom VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W has two LEDs to indicate its status LED: blue (left) "Harddisk Access" red (right) "Power On" 2. Button for switching the VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W on and off 15 SONY VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W GB 5 CHAPTER 5: Partitioning your VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W 5. 1 General information Your VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W was partitioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility. FAT32 was chosen as file system to assure that you will be able to read your files on any PC. It is recommended not to change the current configuration of your VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W. Wait until the drive integrity check is completed. Press the 'ESC' key to return to the fdisk options. Now press the 'ESC' key to close the "fdisk window". Your hard disk is now partitioned. 20 Partitioning your VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W 12. Stop your hard disk by using the hot unplug icon in the lower right corner of your screen and remove the FireWire cable from your hard disk. Afterwards connect your hard disk again with your computer. The hard disk will now be recognized by Windows. As Windows tries to access your hard disk an error message will appear. This happens, because your hard disk is not yet formatted. GB 5 5. 3. 3 Creating two or more partitions on the VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W under Windows 98SE / ME 1. Repeat steps 1 to 7 from the previous chapter (Create one partition on the VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W under Windows 98SE/Windows ME). Answer the question "Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a primary DOS partition?" with "N". [. . . ] See next chapter (Creating two or more partitions on the VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W under Windows XP/2000) how to create more than one partition. 24 Partitioning your VAIO VPC-CA25FX/W GB 5 8. Assign a drive letter to your hard disk. Normally you can use the default options. Choose either "FAT32" or "NTFS", the "Allocation Unit Size" should remain on "Default". [. . . ]