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G2 Portable External Hard Drive
User’s manual
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User’s Manual Read Me First About this Manual Your product comes with a quick start guide and a user’s manual. Following the instructions and precautions of this manual will ensure easier and more enjoyable use of your G2 Portable External Hard Drive. Quick Start Guide A start guide is provided with the purchase of G2 Portable External Hard Drive. The quick start guide explains product components and provides simple instructions on how to install the product. User’s Manual The User’s Manual con
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User’s Manual Handling Precautions The following information serves to ensure user’s safety and prevent damage to user’s properties. Carefully read the information provided and use your product correctly. Supplied with the rated USB BUS Power G2 Portable must use the USB Bus Power. Please connect to the USB Port supplied with the rated USB BUS Power. Installation Related Do not sit on the product and do not place a heavy object over Use the product on a flat surface. the product. Product cas
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♪ User’s Manual Magnets Magnetic objects can cause various types of damage to the External Hard Drive, including data damage. Keep magnets and magnetic objects away from the external drive. Disassembly and Label Removal For repair, please visit the designated (samsung) customer service center. Unauthorized disassembly, repair, or reform of the product and unauthorized removal of the labeling will void your warranty. Always Backup your Important Data The external drive manufacturer does
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User’s Manual Table of Contents 2 About this Manual Read Me First 2 Quick Installation Guide 2 User’s Manual 2 Using this Manual 2 Icon Guide 3 Supplied with the rated USB BUS Power Handling Precautionst 3 Installation Related 3 Data Cable Usage 3 Shock 3 Humidity 4 Magnets 4 Disassembly and Label Removal 4 Always Backup your Important Data 4 Regular Virus Scanning 4 Cleaning the product 4 Custody Related
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User’s Manual Introduction The G2 Portable External Hard Drive is a high-performance external hard drive that supports USB. Unlike conventional desktop disk drives, the G2 Portable External Hard Drive makes it possible for you to instantaneously add greater storage capacity to your system without having to take the computer apart. This means that your G2 Portable External Hard Drive comes fully partitioned and formatted for your use and you can instantly access to the drive by simply plugging
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User’s Manual Specifications Category Specification Interface High Speed USB 480 Mbps Max. Transfer Rate Power USB Host Power Windows XP / Vista / 7 Operating System Mac OS X 10.4.8 or Later Hard Disk Capacity 250GB / 320GB / 400GB / 500GB / 640GB (82mm x 17mm x 111mm) Dimensions (W x H x L) Color Cobalt Black / Coral Blue / Olive Green / Silver White Format System NTFS System Requirements PC : Windows XP / Vista / 7 Macintosh : Mac OS X 10.4.8 or Later Upgrade your operating system
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User’s Manual Connecting your G2 Portable Installation Verify that the computer meets the minimum system requirements as outlined in #System Requirements. Insert the USB cable to the desktop/laptop computer as shown in Figures 1 and 2: Figure 1. Connecting to a Desktop Computer Figure 2. Connecting to a Laptop Computer Your G2 Portable External Hard Drive will automatically activate once connected to the computer. G2 Portable External Hard Drive 8
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User’s Manual Windows When you connect the G2 Portable External Hard Drive to the computer a device icon will appear in the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen. Figure 3. System Tray indicating an external device The operating system will recognize and display "Samsung” drive under “My Computer.” Figure 4. In the Windows Explorer, you will see a new Samsung drive You are now ready to use the Samsung G2 Portable External Hard Drive. G2 Portable External Hard Drive 9
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User’s Manual Macintosh Connect your G2 Portable External Hard Drive to the computer. Your Macintosh operating system will then generate a SAMSUNG. Figure 5. Macintosh External Hard Drive connection icon After clicking the SAMSUNG icon, the following folder will appear. Figure 6. Macintosh Folders You are now ready to use the Samsung G2 Portable External Hard Drive. Samsung provides Samsung NTFS 3G driver which can be used to write data on NTFS-format External Hard Drives on Mac OS. Sams
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User’s Manual Using your G2 Portable Copying / Moving Files Now that you h ave successfully installed your new G2 Portable External Hard Drive, you copy or move files or whole folders from your new G2 to your computer and vice-versa. It is important to understand the difference between Copy and Move. Copy : is to make a duplicate folder or file and store it so that you have two copies. Move : is to take a folder or file from one location and put it into another. WHEN YOU MOVE A FOLDER OR FILE,
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User’s Manual From the Windows Explorer screen: Click Local Disk C From the right-hand pane: Right-click the Temp folder Click Copy Figure 8. When you Right-Click on a file or folder, you get another menu. 2) From this side, right click on the Temp folder and choose Copy. 1) From this side, click the Local C drive. Now, we will copy the Temp folder from the Local C drive, to the Samsung E drive. From the left pane in the Windows Explorer : Right Click Samsung E Click Past
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User’s Manual Safely Removing your G2 Portable For Windows Right-click the device icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of your screen. Figure 10. The taskbar is located at the bottom-right of the screen. Click “Safely Remove Hardware.” Figure 11. The 'Safely Remove Hardware' prompt will list every device that is attached to your system. Click “Samsung S-line G2 Portable USB device”. Figure 12. This prompt will list all of the Mass Storage Devices lik
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User’s Manual For Macintosh Click the external hard drive icon and select [ Eject “SAMSUNG.” ] Figure 13. For the Macintosh click the USB icon and choose Eject “SAMSUNG” This safely disconnects the drive. It is now safe to detach the drive from the computer. Do not disconnect G2 Portable External Hard Drive’s USB cable from the computer while file transfer is in progress. Interrupting the file transfer could lead to data corruption and/or damage to your G2 Portable External Hard Drive. G2 Po
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User’s Manual G2 Portable Software G2 Portable External Hard Drive Software Samsung G2 Portable External Hard Drive comes with Samsung Auto Backup and Samsung SecretZone™. These applications support the Windows only. Connecting your G2 Portable External Hard Drive to the computer will automatically activate the installation wizard. Select “Install Samsung Tools” to install the applications. Samsung Auto Backup and Samsung SecretZone™ will only be available when G2 Portable External Hard Drive i
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User’s Manual 5. Click “Next.” 6. The dialog will display the end user license agreement. Carefully read the agreement. Select “yes”. 7. Select the destination for Samsung Auto Backup installation and then click “Next.” 8. Select the folder under which you wish the Samsung Auto Backup icon to be registered. Then, click “Next.” G2 Portable External Hard Drive 16
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User’s Manual 9. The dialog will then display the installation progress. 10. Once the installation process is complete, a dialog requesting your decision on whether to reboot now or later will prompt. Click “Finish” to exit the installation wizard. Select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” and then exit the installation wizard in order to finalize Samsung Auto Backup installation. Data Backup using Samsung Auto Backup There are two ways to backup
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User’s Manual Figure 14. Samsung Auto Back Screen Figure 15. Backup Destination Selection Dialog Designate the path to the backup device and then click “Next.” G2 Portable External Hard Drive 18
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User’s Manual Figure 16. Optional Settings Dialog Configure the various backup options. Figure 17. File Filter Configuration Dialog From the File Filter Configuration dialog, you will be able to select types of files you wish to backup and you wish to be excluded from the backup process.You can define these files by grouping or by specific file extensions. For file groups, the application provides preconfigured groups and the ability to add user-defined groups. Clicking “Next” without maki
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User’s Manual Figure 18. Backup Scheduling Dialog It’s even possible for the user to schedule automatic backups. Click “Add” to configure and add a new Auto Backup schedule. Clicking the “Add” button will prompt the New Schedule dialog. Figure 19. New Schedule Dialog Select how often and when you wish Auto Backup to be performed and then click “OK.” From the Backup Scheduling dialog, click “Finish” to exit the backup configuration wizard. You are now ready to backup your data. Samsung Auto B
