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Installation Guide

 

 

Windows & Mac

Thank you for choosing Fantom Drives!  Your Fantom Drives G-Force3 

has  been  built  to  the  highest  standard  of  quality  and  workmanship 

and, when used according to the instructions in this guide, will provide 

years of trouble-free operation. We at Fantom Drives take great pride 

in bringing personal satisfaction to each of our customers.

Your Fantom Drives' disk drive is compatible with all  USB-capable Apple 

Macintosh computers running Apple® Mac® OS 10.4 (or greater) and 

PC-Compatible  computers  running  Microsoft®  Windows  ®  XP,  Vista, 

Windows 7, and Windows Server® 2003/2008.  

10-26-2010 

 

 

 

 

       

          Geforce3 Manual, PN 1DMD3M Rev H

The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice.  While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation 
of this document to assure its accuracy, Fantom Drives assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the 
information contained herein.

Fantom Drives  reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users.
Fantom Drives and the Fantom Drives Logo are registered trademarks of BNL Technologies, Inc. Macintosh, MacOS, and the MacOS logo are trademarks 
of Apple Computer Inc. Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other names and logos are 
property of their respective 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

  -  TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,  DO  NOT  REMOVE 

COVER (OR BACK).  NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.  REFER SERVICING TO 

QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

FCC Compliance Statements

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.  These limits 
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation.  This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate 
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 
installation.  If this equipment does cause harmful interference to equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to correct the interference by one or more 
of the following measures:
•  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
•  Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver
•  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
•  Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help

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Torrance, CA 90501

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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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