Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User Guide

6
Connectin
g
the Portable Hard Drive to
a Windows Computer
Connect
y
our Verbatim hard drive to a Windows com
p
uter b
y
p
lu
gg
in
g
one end of the FireWire cable to an o
p
en FireWire
p
ort on
y
our PC, and
the other end o
f
the cable to either one o
f
the FireWire ports on your hard
drive. (If
y
ou are usin
g
an A/C ada
p
ter,
p
lu
g
it in as well.
)
Y
our
h
ar
d
d
rive wi
ll
appear in My Computer as a new
d
is
k.
Storin
g
and Transferrin
g
Dat
a
Once your properly
f
ormatted Verbatim hard drive is connected to a
Win
d
ows com
p
uter, it can
b
e accesse
d
an
d
use
d
l
i
k
e an
y
ot
h
er remova
bl
e
disk. You can drag
fi
les to your hard drive’s icon to copy them, navigate to
y
our hard drive in Open
or
S
ave dialog boxes, or delete
fi
les stored on your
Verbaitm hard drive. For information on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or deletin
g
fi les,
consu
l
t your computer’s
d
ocumentation
.
D
isconnectin
g
the Portable Hard Drive from
a Windows Computer
Y
our Ver
b
tim
h
ar
d
d
rive is
h
ot-
pl
u
gg
a
bl
e; it can
b
e connecte
d
an
d
d
isconnecte
d
wit
h
out restarting your computer. To
d
isconnect your
h
ar
d
drive at any time, per
f
orm the
f
ollowing steps. You can also disconnect your
hard drive at an
y
time while
y
our com
p
uter is
p
owered off.
If
y
ou are usin
g
Windows 98 SE, and
y
our com
p
uter
p
rom
p
ts
y
ou to
i
nsert the Windows 98 SE Installation CD a
f
ter connecting your hard
drive, it means
y
ou need to install additional FireWire (1394) su
pp
ort
so
f
tware
f
rom Microso
f
t. You should disconnect your hard drive, then
l
ocate, download, and install the latest FireWire (1394) drivers for
Windows 98 SE
f
rom the Microso
f
t website http://windowsupdate.
m
i
c
r
oso
ft.
com
.
Note: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when
d
isconnectin
g
y
our Verbatim hard drive. Sim
p
l
y
un
p
lu
gg
in
g
the hard
d
rive without
fi
rst
f
ollowing the instructions below may result in
d
ama
g
e to
y
our hard drive and/or loss of data.

Verbatim Portable Hard Drive Specifications

General

Brand	Verbatim
Model	Portable Hard Drive
Category	Storage
Language	English