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IEEE-1394 ( FireWire ) TO IDE/ATAPI Installation instruction
Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows 2000.
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** Installation instruction for Windows98 Second Edition
IEEE-1394 / FireWire Windows driver update
1. Insert the "USB OR IEEE 1394 driver update disk" to your CD or floppy disk drive.
2. Click and Run " 242975_up.exe " ( it is update only for Windows 98SE ).
(Please download 1394 fix bug program ( 242975usa8.exe,584k for windows98SE)
from Microsoft website. http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/
contents/wurecommended/s_wufeatured/1394/license.asp)
3. Follow the instructions.
4. After re-start your computer, plug the 1394 cable ( Storage Device ) into the computer.
turn on the power switch on the rear of the enclosure.
5. Check Windows/System Properties/ Device Manager to see if the "SBP2"and "Storage device"
were successfully installed. If everything is okay, The " My computer" will append a new drive
6. If there is no icon on " MY COMPUTER ", please right click
on " My Computer and check the " Control panel\Device Manager\System properties
\USB Port Driver is working properly, and go to
" Control panel\system properties\Device manager select the Setting tab,
place a check beside " Removable " and the assing it a drive letter.
( Last Drive setting is requested ) and disable the option of " Disconnected ".
7. After completing there steps, you will have to reboot your computer,
Once your computer has booted up you should see an additional green arrow icon
on your Task Bar. Double click " My Computer. Your new drive
" Hard Disk " or " Removable disk " should now be lised.
8. If it is a new drive or drive with an incompatible format,
you need to format it. Click yes. A new window will apper.
At the top the capacity of your drive will be listed, directly below that
will select Full and select Start. Read and follow the instruction
to finish setting up your drive.
* See following " Formatting & Partition Notice !!
( Remember. formating your drive will result in loss of data )
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Installation instruction for Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP
1. Plug the 1394 ( FireWire ) cable into the Device and Computer, turn on the power switch on the rear of the enclosure,
a Removable Disk will appear automaticly. Double click " My Computer. Your new drive
" Hard Disk " or " Removable disk " should now be lised.
a additional green arrow icon appears at the right side of your Sysem treay ( Task bar ).
2. If it is a new drive or drive with an incompatible format,
or a Factory new drives without " Partitioning & Formatting "
. Right click on " My computer " and choose " Manage "
. Select " Disk Managemen "
. Choose the drive you want to format and right click
on it for further commabds ( Choose New Partition )
. follow the Partition Wizard
. See following " Formatting & Partition Notice !!
( Remember. formating your drive will result in loss of data )
** How to Remove the device from Computer **
1. Right-click the green arrow icon on the right side of system tray.
2. Select Remove/Reject
3. Highlight the USB Mass Storage Device in the dialog box, then click on Stop
4. Wait until the " You may safely remove this device " message appears.
5. Unplug the USB cable from the computer and turn off the power switch on the
rear of the enclosure.
Warning !!
If your computer reports that the drive is busy, you must shut down
your computer and then remove the drive.
Failure to do so many result in data loss or corruption.
Be certain to follow the above procedure to remove device from the computer;
otherwise, the computer could crash and jeopardize valuable data permanently.
** Formatting & Partition Notice !!
. If you use Win2000 or WinXP and FAT32. The biggest single partition
you can creat will be 32GB. To create larger partitions, you need
to use the DOS command under Win98SE or WinME or change to NTFS format.
. If you can not see the drive, make sure the jumper setting of your Device
are correct on " Master " , the drivers are installed and the power
is turned on !
. If you need to create several partitions, you need to use the DOS command
under 98SE or WinME, it's required to format the drive again.
. Win98SE and WinME do not recongnize NTFS formatted drives, so if you want
to use your drive on those platforms, we recommend you to use FAT32 instead.
. Mac OS does not recognize NTFS formatted drives. To yse your device on both
platforms, we recommend you using FAT32.
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End of Installation.
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