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Search for the best driver for your deviceThe wizard displays four Win98directory. wizard installs the appropriate Restart your computer. Your new drive is ready to use. How to reformat and/or Your drive is factory-formatted for a FAT32 file system and no Windows operating systems.However, if you are using Windows2000 Pro or Windows XP and you prefer to use an NTFS file system,you can reformat with either application provided by Microsoft,DiscWizardWindowsthe files directory of the SeagateExtra Value CDReformatting destroys all data onto keep before you reformat the drive.To use the Disk In the console tree, click Your discs and volumes are displayed. to reformat (or partition) and use the options provided to reformat Portable External Hard Drive tray that represents the external drive. The system tray is the area in theWindows OS displays a messageYour new Seagate external hardFAT32 file format. Although yourrecognize and mount your newdrive with this format, FAT32 is not recommended for use with You must of the Mac OS format typesbefore you use it with yourMacintosh operating system.seconds using Apples Utility,Formatting destroys all data onkeep, back up the data before formattingthe drive. Seagate is not responsible for How to reformat and/or Disk Utility,Drive Setupto reformat and/or partition in the left column. Be sure to data, because reformatting Portable External Hard Drive What is partitioning?increase the capacity of the drive. Creating morehelpful in organizingyourvolume (partition) to storevolume receives its owndrive letter, so each Windows Explorer. your Windows system to read from and write to a drive that is pre-formatted FAT32, single partition between Mac and Windows systems.Doing so will result in data loss. USB interface. You dont need toinstall any drivers if you are using Dismount the drive before disconnecting the USB cable from thedismount the drive. You can then discon-all running applications that arestored on the drive or that areusing data that is stored on external-drive icon to the trashicon in your Dock area. In MacOS 9, drag the Seagate external-You can safely disconnect your hard drive when the driveicon disappears from your Portable External Hard Drive Portable External Hard DriveFollow the on-screen instructionsto install the software. Severalapplications are installed.Once the InstallShield Wizard hasstarted the installation process,several screens will be displayedOn the License Agreementscreen, click of the license agreementindicate that you agree to theLocation screen, click BrowseYesto create the defaultLocation screen, click continue. This displays a screenshowing the installations SetupRegistering your product enablesCMS to provide you with moreeffective technical support.CMS web site and provides software.CMS web site to register yourAfter returning from the CMSProducts registration website,installation process.A splash screen will be displayedBounceBack Control Center Portable External Hard Drive Progress screens display theprogress of the initial backup.An option exists on this screen toprogress as the backup process is running.If the View Detailed Progress option isclicked, the speed of the backup processwill be slowed down substantially. as associating a password witha backup device or creatingTo run a manual backup using the ControlCenter BounceBack Control Centernect a configured and supportedexternal backup device to your computer, this feature scans yourTo temporarily turn off the AutoLaunch feature, click on theicon in the system tray,function from theBounceBack ControlCentercreate or modify Backup Sets Portable External Hard DriveRestore Path€Select Restore to originalRestoreRestore Option€Overwrite Existing Files without€Prompt before Overwriting€Do Not Overwrite Existing Filesand verifies that the hard driverestore. Click Statistics screen.restores the file(s)and reports under Restore Totals.to return to users manual is included on theControlCenter menuYou can also find it online atwww.cmsproducts.com/support.software.Want advanced features? user,advanced features that provide anall-inclusive disaster-recovery and TroubleshootingProblem:reports the capacity as much lessdrive I purchased. manufacturers consider 1Gbyte to equal 1,000,000,000 bytes.However, your computer operates1Gbyte to equal 2which equals1,073,741,824 bytes. So, for drive stores 40 Gbytes of datawhen you think in terms of 1Gbytesystem will report a lower capacitydue to the operating systemsyour operating system may reporta capacity of approximately Windows-specific problems First, make sure you have the latest Microsoft operating systemservice packs and other Windowsbefore you spend time looking for a drive problem. These servicepacks are issued to fix bugs, security features of your system. See http://support.microsoft.com service packs and WindowsMicrosoft Customer Service forsystem enhancements if you donthave Internet access. Problem: does not recognize the drive. Resolution:Check Power.off when you plug in the drive. Portable External Hard Drive you still have a problem, contactProblem:This error commonlyinto a un-powered USB hub. TheUSB cord that allows the drive topull additional power from anotherUSB connector. If your drive clicksIf you are using the drive with a Powered hub or with a USB 2.0necessary.Problem:The drive doesnt operateWindows XP addedPack, visit Microsofts support Windows 2000 Propatch through the Windows Updatefeature in the operating system.Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000Pro also addresses several issuesmaximum performance from yourUSB 2.0 drive. Microsoft document(http://support.microsoft.com)updates. Also see Microsoft Portable External Hard Drive A DC receptacle isportable hard drive toexternal DC power sup-ply. This power supplymay be used to provideportable hard drive in theUSB port(s) dont provideenough power. See page Portable External Hard DriveProblem:mount at all, and no error messageappears on my screen when I Use Apples Problem:my system: Unable to read volume„must initialize.Ž Your Mac OS does not recognize the drive format. Use Apples Portable External Hard Drive