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Contents

Introduction

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Parts & accessories list

 ..........................................  2

System requirements

  .............................................. 3

Precautions

............................................................. 4

Fantom Drives G-Force3 at a glance

 .......................... 5

Connecting the drive to your computer

 ...................... 6

Formatting your Fantom Drives external hard drive

 .... 7 

Formatting the drive in Mac OS X  .............................. 7

Formatting the drive in Windows  ............................... 8

Optimizing Windows Caching Algorithm

  .................... 9

How to safely dismount and turn off your

Fantom Drives external hard drive

 .........................  10

Troubleshooting /

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 

 ........................  11

Glossary

 ............................................................... 14

Warranty statement

  ............................................  16

Contact information

 ..............................................  BC

Three Year

Limited Warranty

Fantom Drives warrants this product (the “Product”) against defects in 

material or workmanship as follows:

1.  LABOR:  For  a  period  of  three  (3)  years  from  the  original  date  of 

purchase  from  Fantom  Drives  or  its  authorized  reseller,  Fantom 

Drives will repair defective Product (or, at its option, replace with a 

new or recertified/refurbished product) at no charge. After this 3 

year period, you must pay for all labor charges.

2.  PARTS:  For  a  period  of  three  (3)  years  from  the  original  date  of 

purchase  from  Fantom  Drives  or  its  authorized  reseller,  Fantom 

Drives will supply, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacement parts in 

exchange for defective parts of this Product. Any replacement parts 

will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period 

or ninety (90) days from installation by Fantom Drives. All exchanged 

parts  replaced  under  this  warranty  will  become  the  property  of 

Fantom Drives.

This warranty only covers the hardware components packaged with the 

Product.  This  warranty  does  not  cover  any  software  contained  in,  or 

included with, the Product; any such software is provided “AS IS”. Please 

refer  to  any  documentation  included  with  the  software  for  your  rights 

and obligations with respect to the software.

This  warranty  extends  only  to  you,  the  original  purchaser.  It  is  not 

transferable to anyone who subsequently purchases the Product from 

you. Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale (which is evidence that 

the Product is within the warranty period) must be presented to obtain 

warranty service. 

To  obtain  warranty  service  you  must  bring  the  Product,  or  deliver  the 

Product freight prepaid, in either it’s original packaging, or in a package 

that  provides  the  Product  with  a  degree  of  protection  equivalent  to 

that of the original packaging, to Fantom Drives. 

Items shipped with 

insufficient  packaging  will  void  the  item's  warranty,  and  may  be 

rejected for service.

 Fantom Drives is not responsible for any damage 

to, or loss of, any programs, data, or other information stored on any 

media or any part of any Product serviced hereunder. 

Be  sure  to  remove  all  features,  parts,  options,  alterations,  and 

attachments  not  under  warranty  prior  to  returning  the  Product  to 

Fantom  Drives.  Fantom  Drives  is  not  liable  for  any  loss  or  damage  to 

these items. 

Summary of Contents for Gforce 3

Page 1: ...ctive owners Copyright 1999 2010 Fantom Drives All rights reserved This publication may not be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Fantom Drives 20525 Manhattan Place Torrance CA 90501 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION T...

Page 2: ...cluding serial number have been altered or removed from the Product Repair or replacement as provided under this warranty is the exclusive remedy of the consumer Fantom Drives shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages for breach of any express or implied warranty breach of contract negligence strict liability or any other legal theory related to this product Such damage inclu...

Page 3: ...y 90 days from installation by Fantom Drives All exchanged parts replaced under this warranty will become the property of Fantom Drives This warranty only covers the hardware components packaged with the Product This warranty does not cover any software contained in or included with the Product any such software is provided AS IS Please refer to any documentation included with the software for you...

Page 4: ...yte 1 024 Megabytes or approximately one billion bytes The capacity of most hard drives is measured in Gigabytes Hub A device which links peripherals together onto the same bus Interface Junction between two items of hardware or software for the exchange of data Mb Megabit One million bits Mbps Megabits per second A data transmission speed of one million bits per second Data transmissions are typi...

Page 5: ... except your drive will operate at USB 1 1 speeds If an issue cannot be resolved by using our FAQ please contact Technical Support via the Fantom Drives support site at http www Fantomdrives com help Glossary Bit The smallest unit of digital data In binary code a bit is represented logically as a either 1 or a 0 Buffer RAM cache that temporarily stores data so it can be delivered to a device as it...

Page 6: ...Does the drive work with Norton Ghost A Yes Norton Ghost 2003 or newer support USB drives Fantom Drives does not provide any additional drivers Q I formatted my G Force3 under Windows XP but my Vista Windows 7 machine does not allow me to delete or modify files on the drive A Windows Vista and XP handle file permissions differently In Windows XP the default user group has full permissions to every...

Page 7: ... the option command p r key combination to reset the PRAM Release the keys when the chime sounds a second time Please refer to your Mac manual for more information on these procedures Q My computer does not recognize the drive A Check to make sure that all of your connections are secure and that the power switch is in the ON position Then check if your external hard drive is listed in the Apple Sy...

Page 8: ...rty utility If your disk repair utility cannot repair or see the disk the drive has failed and will need to be replaced If data recovery is desired please contact an established professional data recovery firm For a checklist of what qualities you might seek see www drivesavers com why_drivesavers index html or www ontrack com services Connecting the drive to Your Computer 1 Plug the AC adapter co...

Page 9: ... the drive letter matching the one used by the external hard drive After a few seconds Windows will give you a message that it is safe to remove the device Formatting Your Drive The G Force comes preformatted at the factory with the NTFS file system the native file system for Windows Linux and Mac OSX hosts require a third party driver such as NTFS 3G to achieve full read write capability with NTF...

Page 10: ...atting option is full format A full format will fully verify the disk media A Quick format is quick but will do less verifying of the drive than a full format Click Start Once the format process is complete your external hard drive is ready to use 8 9 Optimizing Windows Caching Algorithm By default Windows XP optimizes caching for performance on external drives Windows Vista and 7 optimize caching...

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