Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MegaDisck Black Fantom Drives
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QuickStar t Installation Guide 12-13-2012 PN MAN-GFU3EK Rev A The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice.
Contents Parts & Accessories List ......................................... 2 System Requirements ............................................. 2 Precautions ............................................................. 3 Fantom Drives GreenDrive at a Glance .
13 2 Package Contents The package should contain the following items: • Fantom Drives G-Force Megadisk Black • Drive Stand • USB 3.0 Cable • AC Adapter • Quick Star t Installation Guide If you are missing any items listed above, please fill out the customer suppor t form at: http://www .
3 12 Precautions Failure to follow the precautions described below may cause damage to your Fantom Drives External Hard drive and void the warranty . • DO NOT open the case. Doing so will void the warranty . • DO NOT use a third-par ty AC adapter or power cord.
11 4 Q: Can I leave my G-Force Megadisk Black on all the time, or should I turn it off when not in use? A: The G-Force Megadisk Black is meant to be left on, but does not add any limitations on being turned off. Drive reliability is af fected by repeated power cycles, and the G-Force Megadisk Black cannot alleviate this.
5 10 T roubleshooting/ Frequently Asked Questions (F AQs) General Questions Q: I bought a 500GB drive, but my computer is showing 465GB. Where is the missing capacity? A: Hard drive manufacturers market drives in terms of decimal (base 10) capacity .
9 6 Formatting Y our Drive The G-Force Megadisk Black comes preformatted at the factor y with the NTFS file system, the native file system for Windows . Linux and MacOSX hosts require a third-par ty driver such as NTFS-3G to achieve full read/write capability with NTFS volumes.
7 8 Formatting the drive in W indows Hosts 1. Open the disk management console. A list of the attached drives and their respective volumes will appear .
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