Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User Guide

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I
ntro
d
uctio
n
Y
our portable hard drive comes pre-
f
ormatted
f
or immediate use with
A
pp
le Macintosh com
p
uters runnin
g
Mac OS. (It is formatted as HFS+.) If
y
ou
pl
an to use
y
our
p
orta
bl
e
h
ar
d
d
rive on
ly
wit
h
com
p
uters runnin
g
Mac
OS, you can leave it
f
ormatted as it comes
f
rom the
f
actory, and
f
ollow the
sim
p
le ste
p
s in
U
sin
g
the Portable Hard Drive with Mac OS to connect and
use
y
our
h
ar
d
d
rive.
I
f
you plan to use your portable hard drive with computers running
Windows, or with both Mac OS and Windows com
p
uters,
y
ou should
reformat
y
our
p
ortable hard drive so it can be reco
g
nized b
y
Windows
be
f
ore saving data to it. (Mac OS can recognize hard drives
f
ormatted
f
or
Windows.) If this is
y
our situation,
p
roceed fi rst to
U
sin
g
the Portable Hard
D
riv
e
wit
h
Win
do
w
s
to prepare your hard drive. Then you can
f
ollow the
guidelines in
U
sing the Portable Hard Drive with Mac OS i
f
you also wish to
use
y
our
p
ortable hard drive with a com
p
uter runnin
g
Mac OS.
Y
our
p
ro
d
uct’s
h
ar
d
d
rive is a com
pl
ex e
l
ectronic stora
g
e s
y
stem an
d
should be handled with care, as you might treat a sensitive portable
com
p
uter or other state-of-the-art consumer electronics
p
roduct. Do not
sub
j
ect it to shock, hi
g
h tem
p
eratures, or stron
g
ma
g
netic fi elds.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. Your operating system ma
y
r
e
p
ort ca
p
acit
y
as fewer
g
i
g
ab
y
tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b
y
tes.

Verbatim Portable Hard Drive Specifications

General

Brand	Verbatim
Model	Portable Hard Drive
Category	Storage
Language	English