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... requirements 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...
... requirements 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...
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...cannot be installed via an eSATA connection. 8 Introduction Introduction Thank you need a computer with a USB 2.0 port. Your TOSHIBA product is required for choosing a TOSHIBA product. NOTE A USB port is furnished with two guides: ❖ Quick Start Guide ❖ Comprehensive PDF User's...2.0 or USB 1.1 port, or eSATA port NOTE If connected to a USB 1.1 port, the drive will operate at USB 1.1 speeds (up to a computer with the following items: ❖ Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive ❖ Stand ❖ AC power adaptor ❖ USB cable ❖ Quick Start Guide ❖...
...cannot be installed via an eSATA connection. 8 Introduction Introduction Thank you need a computer with a USB 2.0 port. Your TOSHIBA product is required for choosing a TOSHIBA product. NOTE A USB port is furnished with two guides: ❖ Quick Start Guide ❖ Comprehensive PDF User's...2.0 or USB 1.1 port, or eSATA port NOTE If connected to a USB 1.1 port, the drive will operate at USB 1.1 speeds (up to a computer with the following items: ❖ Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive ❖ Stand ❖ AC power adaptor ❖ USB cable ❖ Quick Start Guide ❖...
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... . Doing so could damage the drive and/or the computer and may cause data loss. Power/drive in -use indicator light Power button eSATA port USB port DC-IN Stand (Sample Illustration) Components of the Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive. Note: Use either a USB cable... or an eSATA cable to connect the drive to 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 turn the drive on or ...
... . Doing so could damage the drive and/or the computer and may cause data loss. Power/drive in -use indicator light Power button eSATA port USB port DC-IN Stand (Sample Illustration) Components of the Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive. Note: Use either a USB cable... or an eSATA cable to connect the drive to 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 turn the drive on or ...
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...you have activated all of a USB cable, if you wish. Connecting the drive via eSATA If your computer with a USB cable, until you have installed the software via USB, you can connect the external hard drive to a computer with an eSATA cable (sold separately) instead of the applications... or until you select the "Do not show the Setup window next time" checkbox. Please note, for initial drive setup and software installation, the drive must be connected via ...
...you have activated all of a USB cable, if you wish. Connecting the drive via eSATA If your computer with a USB cable, until you have installed the software via USB, you can connect the external hard drive to a computer with an eSATA cable (sold separately) instead of the applications... or until you select the "Do not show the Setup window next time" checkbox. Please note, for initial drive setup and software installation, the drive must be connected via ...
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... 10. When you connect the drive to a computer, the drive mounts to your files and folders. When the drive is mounted, two icons appear in a compressed format. 14 Drive partitions eSATA port (Sample Illustration) Connecting an eSATA cable (sold separately) Drive partitions The external hard drive ships with an eSATA cable, only the Toshiba HDD partition is visible. To...
... 10. When you connect the drive to a computer, the drive mounts to your files and folders. When the drive is mounted, two icons appear in a compressed format. 14 Drive partitions eSATA port (Sample Illustration) Connecting an eSATA cable (sold separately) Drive partitions The external hard drive ships with an eSATA cable, only the Toshiba HDD partition is visible. To...
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... folders and files on your application. The indicator light on the external hard drive: 1 Double-click the Toshiba HDD ( ) icon in drop-down list. 3 Enter a name for saving files to the online help within your external hard drive To view a folder or file stored on the drive flashes as the file is selected. 2 Select Edit, and then Copy...
... folders and files on your application. The indicator light on the external hard drive: 1 Double-click the Toshiba HDD ( ) icon in drop-down list. 3 Enter a name for saving files to the online help within your external hard drive To view a folder or file stored on the drive flashes as the file is selected. 2 Select Edit, and then Copy...
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... loss. 16 Turning off/disconnecting the drive Turning off/disconnecting the drive To avoid losing or corrupting data stored on the external hard drive, be sure to follow the instructions in this section when you want to turn off the drive or disconnect it is connected to your...are using a USB connection To turn off /disconnecting the drive varies depending upon the type of your computer. b Right-click each window. If the external hard drive is writing or reading media. ❖ Never turn off or remove the external storage device while it from your Windows® desktop....
... loss. 16 Turning off/disconnecting the drive Turning off/disconnecting the drive To avoid losing or corrupting data stored on the external hard drive, be sure to follow the instructions in this section when you want to turn off the drive or disconnect it is connected to your...are using a USB connection To turn off /disconnecting the drive varies depending upon the type of your computer. b Right-click each window. If the external hard drive is writing or reading media. ❖ Never turn off or remove the external storage device while it from your Windows® desktop....
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... Installing the Drive Monitor To install the Drive Monitor: 1 Make sure the drive is extracted from the drive's Virtual CD partition and installed in the Toshiba HDD partition. 18 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...
... Installing the Drive Monitor To install the Drive Monitor: 1 Make sure the drive is extracted from the drive's Virtual CD partition and installed in the Toshiba HDD partition. 18 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...
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...inaccessible. You can easily back up data to a different device other than the Toshiba external hard drive, the Toshiba drive must still be connected to the computer because the Backup software runs from the Toshiba drive. A pop-up : ❖ your entire computer (includes your computer's startup... disk and all attached internal and external storage devices), or ❖ all files of your computer's internal storage drive. Using the Toshiba Backup software 19 The Drive Monitor window displays. ❖ Point to the Drive Monitor icon in the Notification Area/System tray...
...inaccessible. You can easily back up data to a different device other than the Toshiba external hard drive, the Toshiba drive must still be connected to the computer because the Backup software runs from the Toshiba drive. A pop-up : ❖ your entire computer (includes your computer's startup... disk and all attached internal and external storage devices), or ❖ all files of your computer's internal storage drive. Using the Toshiba Backup software 19 The Drive Monitor window displays. ❖ Point to the Drive Monitor icon in the Notification Area/System tray...
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... the Toshiba Backup software For Backup tasks: ❖ The Source device is the storage device containing the files you want to store the backup copies. ❖ You can be synchronized. For example, you can back up your computer (including hard drives, solid state drives, and flash media) as one drive to another external storage drive to a thumb drive.
... the Toshiba Backup software For Backup tasks: ❖ The Source device is the storage device containing the files you want to store the backup copies. ❖ You can be synchronized. For example, you can back up your computer (including hard drives, solid state drives, and flash media) as one drive to another external storage drive to a thumb drive.
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...to the external drive. Actual formatted capacity may need to another ? You can restore an operating system from one or more information, see "Using the Toshiba Backup software" on page 8. A: Toshiba does not... the drive to a USB expansion card? Q: Can I connect the drive to two computers at the same time? A: One Gigabyte (GB) means 109 = 1,000,000,000 bytes and One Terabyte (TB) means...I use my Toshiba drive to copy an operating system from the Toshiba drive to the computer where it was originally installed, if you 'll need to another computer or hard drive simply by copying...
...to the external drive. Actual formatted capacity may need to another ? You can restore an operating system from one or more information, see "Using the Toshiba Backup software" on page 8. A: Toshiba does not... the drive to a USB expansion card? Q: Can I connect the drive to two computers at the same time? A: One Gigabyte (GB) means 109 = 1,000,000,000 bytes and One Terabyte (TB) means...I use my Toshiba drive to copy an operating system from the Toshiba drive to the computer where it was originally installed, if you 'll need to another computer or hard drive simply by copying...
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...18 computer requirements 8 CPU 8 interface port (USB) 8 operating system 8 connect AC adaptor 11 drive to your computer via USB 11 drive via eSATA 13 copy folders/files to external hard drive 15 D DC-IN port 9 difference between Backup and Sync 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 E erasing data 25 eSATA port 9 external hard drive saving files 15 viewing folders/files 15...
...18 computer requirements 8 CPU 8 interface port (USB) 8 operating system 8 connect AC adaptor 11 drive to your computer via USB 11 drive via eSATA 13 copy folders/files to external hard drive 15 D DC-IN port 9 difference between Backup and Sync 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 E erasing data 25 eSATA port 9 external hard drive saving files 15 viewing folders/files 15...
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... 9 R repair catalog tools menu 22 restore tasks menu 21 S 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...
... 9 R repair catalog tools menu 22 restore tasks menu 21 S 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...