Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User Guide

5
2
Locate the icon for
y
our Verbatim hard drive on the deskto
p
, and dra
g
it
t
o
t
he
tr
ash.
3
A
f
ter the drive icon disappears
f
rom the desktop, you can sa
f
ely unplug
t
h
e
d
rive. Note t
h
at t
h
e
d
rive’s
g
reen LED wi
ll
remain ON unti
l
t
h
e
d
rive
h
as
b
een unp
l
ugge
d.
Y
ou ma
y
also sim
p
l
y
shut down
y
our com
p
uter with
y
our Verbatim hard
d
rive connecte
d,
an
d
t
h
en
d
isconnect it
.
U
sin
g
the Portable Hard
D
riv
e
with Wind
o
w
s
Y
our Verbatim hard drive comes pre-
f
ormatted as HFS+, the pre
f
erred
f
ormat when used exclusively with Apple Macintosh computers running Mac
OS. To use the hard drive on a Windows s
y
stem
y
ou will need to reformat
y
our
h
ar
d
d
rive once so it can
b
e recognize
d
b
y Win
d
ows computers. (It
w
ill still be recognized by Apple Macintosh computers, too.)
Fo
ll
ow t
h
e ste
p
s in t
h
e se
p
arate section
F
ormattin
g
t
h
e Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive
fo
r Win
do
w
s
if
you ever intend to use your hard drive with a Windows
computer. I
f
you primarily use a Mac OS computer and wish to share it with
a Windows com
p
uter,
y
ou ma
y
fi nd the ste
p
s outlined in
F
ormattin
g
for
W
in
d
ows Un
d
er Mac O
S
a more convenient procedure
f
or preparing your
Verbatim hard drive
f
or Windows use.
Before
p
roceedin
g
, be sure that
y
our Windows com
p
uter has a 6-
p
in
FireWire (1394a) port avai
l
a
bl
e. For convenience, your Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
d
rive
draws its power
f
rom this cable. Some computers provide 4-pin FireWire
p
orts on
ly
. Since 4-
p
in
p
orts
d
o not su
pply
p
ower,
y
ou wi
ll
nee
d
to o
b
tain a
6
-4 pin FireWire ca
bl
e an
d
separate A/C a
d
apter to use your Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
drive with this computer
.

Verbatim Portable Hard Drive Specifications

General

Brand	Verbatim
Model	Portable Hard Drive
Category	Storage
Language	English