Toshiba PH3100U-1EXB Support Question
Toshiba PH3100U-1EXB Support Question
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Question posted by DebAbmaue on August 1st, 2014
Ph3100u-1exb How To Open
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User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 2
... 8 Quick Tour 9
Status indications 10 Setting up the Toshiba drive 10 Connecting the drive via eSATA 13 Drive partitions 14 Saving files to your external hard drive 15 Viewing folders and files on your external hard drive 15 Copying folders and files to your external hard drive 15 Turning off/disconnecting the drive 16
If you are using a USB connection 16 If you...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 5
... this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can damage the drive or cause it from that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this product...damage from severe shocks, which the receiver is flashing). Protect the drive from external shocks.
❖ Do not move the drive while it is in operation.
❖ Do not turn off and...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 8
... sure you have all of the following items: ❖ Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive ❖ Stand ❖ AC power adaptor ❖ USB cable ❖ Quick Start Guide... ❖ Standard limited warranty booklet
Computer requirements
To operate the hard drive, you for drive software installation.
The software cannot be installed via an eSATA connection. 8
...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 9
... your computer.
Quick Tour
9
Quick Tour
This section identifies the various components of the Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive
Never connect the drive to an eSATA port on or off.
Use to change without prior notice.
Power/drive in -use indicator light
Power button eSATA port
USB port DC-IN
Stand
(Sample Illustration) Components of...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 10
... an unstable or makeshift base, such as a stack of books, which may be prone to your computer. Disconnect and then re-connect the drive to collapse or toppling.
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Setting up the Toshiba drive
1 Attach the stand
Carefully seat the hard drive into the stand in the vertical position. An error has occurred. The...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 13
...the Virtual CD ( ) icon, and select Open from the shortcut menu.
3. Double-click the Launch Setup ( ) icon. Doing so could damage the drive and/or the computer and may cause data...initial drive setup and software installation, the drive must be connected via an eSATA connection. Once you can connect the external hard drive to install one or more information about the Virtual CD, see "Drive ...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 14
... has established a communications link with two partitions: a Virtual CD partition and a Toshiba HDD partition. 14
Drive partitions
eSATA port (Sample Illustration) Connecting an eSATA cable (sold separately)
Drive partitions
The external hard drive ships with the drive.
When the drive is mounted, two icons appear in a compressed format. When you install the software, it is connected via...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 15
... to save a file to the external hard drive:
1 Select File, and then Save As in the application you used to create the file.
2 Select the external hard drive from the Save in drop-down list.
3 Enter a name for saving files to the external hard drive may vary depending on the application you want to open. A window displays, showing the folders...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 16
... in -use light will stop flashing).
2 Close all drive-related applications (for turning off the drive or disconnect it is connected to turn off or disconnecting the drive.
b Right-click each window. If you are using a USB connection:
1 Wait until all read /write.
If the external hard drive is writing or reading media. ❖ Never turn...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 17
Simply wait until all open applications.
3 Shut down before disconnecting the cable.
If you are using an eSATA connection
To turn off/disconnect the drive if you shut down your computer, the drive unmounts from your system by pressing the power button on the back of your Windows® desktop and selecting Eject.
NOTE...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 18
...-click the Virtual CD ( ) icon and select Open.
3.
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Checking used/free disk space and drive properties
Checking used/free disk space and drive properties
Use the Drive Monitor to view the following information about the external hard drive: ❖ Amount of your Windows® desktop.
(Sample Image) The Drive Monitor icon in the Notification Area/System tray...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 19
...® desktop. A pop-up data to a different device other than the Toshiba external hard drive, the Toshiba drive must still be connected to . The software also enables you connect the drive to the computer because the Backup software runs from the Toshiba drive. NOTE
If you can choose to back up , or make copies of your...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 20
... cable).
2. In My Computer or Computer, right-click the Virtual CD ( ) icon and select Open.
3. Make sure the drive is not displayed, do the following:
1. Using the Backup Software Control Pad
To use the Toshiba Backup software, open the Backup Software Control Pad: ❖ Click the Backup Software icon in the Notification
Area...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 21
The following options are available on any two storage drives
connected to :
View the status of the Toshiba Backup software
The Backup...Click this option to open the corresponding menu. Click Tasks or Tools to :
Back up: ❖ your entire computer (backs up your computer's
startup disk and all attached internal and external storage devices except the destination drive), or ❖ all...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 24
... it as the source or destination device. External storage drive
Toshiba drive
Thumb drive
(Sample Image) Backing up data from one of the data on the Toshiba external drive, that drive must be connected to the computer even if... any storage device connected to your computer (including hard drives, solid state drives, and flash media) as either the source or the destination device.
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 25
... invisible to the operating system, but the data can :
❖ Physically destroy the hard disk drive
❖ Use a proven specialized utility to a professional deletion service
All data deletion costs...To ensure your hard disk or other storage media contains sensitive data, you . If you dispose of the hard drive, first delete all data
❖ Take the hard disk drive to overwrite all...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 26
... upgrade your operating system to the external drive. Check with the card's manufacturer ...000,000 bytes and One Terabyte (TB) means 1012 = 1,000,000...drive as shown in Windows® lower than the drive's actual stated capacity? Available storage capacity will also be less if the computer includes one computer to a USB expansion card? Q: Can I connect the drive to another computer or hard drive...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 27
...your cable connections are the specific file formats that the cable is connected to the computer and the drive.
If you have the latest updates for the file type categories are using a USB hub, check...The Virtual CD icon does not Make sure the external drive is firmly connected to the computer with an eSATA cable.
Check to make sure that the drive will back up when I turn it is ...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 30
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backup 22 sync 23 disk space checking used/free 18 drive turn on 12 turning off/disconnecting 16 drive information viewing 18 drive monitor icon 18 installing 18 software 12 drive partitions Virtual CD, Toshiba Drive 14 drive properties checking 18
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erasing data 25 eSATA
port 9 external hard drive
saving files 15 viewing folders/files 15
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FAQ 26 FCC...
User's Guide for Desktop External Hard Drives - Page 31
... catalog tools menu 22
restore tasks menu 21
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safely remove hardware icon 16
safety icons 3 instructions 4
saving files external hard drive 15
scheduler tools menu 22
setting up Toshiba drive 10
software backup software 12 drive monitor 12 install 12
specifying source/destination devices backup tasks 24 sync tasks 24
specifying Sync targets backup tasks...
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