Transcend Portable Hard Disk TS40GHDU1 User manual

1.8” Portable Hard Disk

User’s Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction

Package Contents................................................................. 1

Features ................................................................................ 1

System Requirements........................................................... 2

Hardware Setup .................................................................. 2

Driver Installation

Driver Installation for Windows 98/98SE ............................. 3

Remove 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Windows

98/98SE ........ 4

Uninstall Driver ..................................................................... 5

Using in Windows Me/2000/XP ............................................. 5

Remove 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Windows Me/2000/XP .. 6

Using the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Mac OS...................... 7

ExBoot Express Backup Software

Features of ExBoot Express................................................. 8

Supported Operating Systems ............................................. 8

ExBoot Express console....................................................... 8

Backup a drive to your 1.8” Portable Hard Disk.................. 8

Rescan disks....................................................................... 11

Restore a drive.................................................................... 11

Note Book Compatibility Test Matrix ................................ 12

Warning .................................................................................. 13

Specifications .................................................................... 13

Ordering Information ...................................................... 13

Warranty

Introduction

Thank you very much for purchasing the Transcend 1.8” Portable Hard Disk.

This device is designed to expedite exchanging huge amounts of data between

the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk and any desktop or notebook computers. With the

astonishing storage capacity and strong data retention ability available on a 1.8”

HDD, the ultra fast data transfer rate, super high mobility, and impressive

appearance of the Transcend 1.8” Portable Hard Disk, you will enjoy an

exciting new user experience.

Package Contents

The 1.8” Portable Hard Disk package should include the following items:

1.8” Portable Hard Disk (TS20GHDU1/ TS40GHDU1)

•

Leather Case

USB Cable

Driver CD

Quick Installation Guide

Features

The 1.8” Portable Hard Disk has the following features:

Fully compatible with USB 2.0 specification

Fully backward compatible with USB 1.1 specification

Easy Plug and Play installation

LED indicates Power On and Data Access

High Transfer Rate: Up to 480Mbits (60MB) per second at high speed

*Note: If your desktop or notebook computer only supports the USB

1.1 specification rather than the USB 2.0 specification, the

data transfer rate of the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk will be

restricted to within 12M bits (1.5MB) per second.

System Requirements

Desktop or notebook computer with USB port and one of following operating

systems:

Windows

98/98SE (Driver needed)

Windows 2000

•

Windows

Mac™ OS 9.1 or later

Hardware Setup

Please see the figure.

Driver Installation

Driver Installation for Windows 98/98SE

1. Power on the computer where you will connect the 1.8” Portable Hard

Disk and make sure the USB port is enabled and working properly.

*Note: If you are using Windows 98/98SE, please don’t connect

your 1.8” Portable Hard Disk to the computer until the driver

is installed.

2. Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Run the Setup.exe program

located within folder D:\Driver\Win98\ of the Driver CD (Where “D” is the

CD-ROM drive letter).

3. The Setup Wizard guides you through the installation process.

4. Click OK to complete driver installation and restart your computer.

5. Connect the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk to the USB port of your computer.

Your computer will automatically detect the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk and

install the files needed to use this device.

6. The 1.8” Portable Hard Disk is now ready for use. You can find a new

USB device in the Device Manager on System Properties window.

Remove 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Windows

98/98SE

1. Locate the green arrow icon on the system tray. Click left button of the

mouse on the icon.

2. The Stop USB Mass Storage Device pop-up menu will appear. Click to

enter the window.

3. An Information window will appear. Click OK to continue.

4. Your 1.8” Portable Hard Disk is now ready to be disconnected from your

computer.

Uninstall Driver

The driver of the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk can be uninstalled by running

Add/Remove Programs in Settings/Control Panel. Please follow the

on-screen instructions to complete the process.

Using in Windows Me/2000/XP

1. Power on the computer where you will connect 1.8” Portable Hard Disk

and make sure the USB port is enabled and working properly.

2. Connect the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk to the USB port of your computer.

Your computer will automatically detect the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk and

install the files needed to use this device.

3. The 1.8” Portable Hard Disk is now ready for use. You can find a new

USB device in the Device Manager on System Properties window.

Remove 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Windows

Me/2000/XP

1. Locate the green arrow icon on the system tray. Click left button of the

mouse on the icon.

2. The Stop USB Mass Storage Device pop-up menu will appear. Click to

remove the hardware.

3. The Safe To Remove Hardware window will appear. Click OK.

4. Your 1.8” Portable Hard Disk is now ready to be removed.

*Note: If you don’t follow the above steps to remove the 1.8”

Portable Hard Disk in Windows 2000, the Unsafe Removal

of Device message will appear.

Using the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Mac OS

1. Complete hardware setup. You don’t need any advance driver for Mac.

2. Connect the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk to your Mac. A disk icon will appear

on the desktop. You may use this device as if it were a Mac Hard Disk.

3. If you want to remove the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk, you must first drag and

drop the corresponding disk icon into the trashcan. After the disk icon

disappears, you can disconnect the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk.

ExBoot Express Backup Software

ExBoot Express allows you to backup your computer’s hard drive to 1.8”

Portable Hard Disk. Upon hard drive failure, you can rapidly boot your system

from the external USB drive and restore the entire drive to the new hard drive.

Features of ExBoot Express

Full backup and restore of C drive

Synchronization (obsolete files deleted from destination)

•

Supported operating systems

ExBoot Express can run on the Windows 2000 Professional, XP Home Edition

and XP Professional.

ExBoot Express console

ExBoot Express features an easy-to-use console.

Backup a drive to your 1.8” Portable Hard Disk

When you perform a full backup, your entire hard drive is copied to your 1.8”

Portable Hard Disk. With ExBoot’s built-in synchronization feature, after the

backup is complete, you will have the same files on your hard drive and 1.8”

Portable Hard Disk.

This manual suits for next models

Table of contents

Other Transcend Storage manuals

Transcend

Transcend JetFlash 168 User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet 25M3 User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet SJ25M User manual

Transcend

Transcend TS120GSJ25T User manual

Transcend

Transcend Memory Card 2GSDM80 User manual

Transcend

Transcend TS500GSJ25F User manual

Transcend

Transcend JetFlash 220 User manual

Transcend

Transcend TS128MSDOM22V Manual

Transcend

Transcend JetFlash 220 User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet 25 mobile User manual

Transcend

Transcend 128MB-4GB JetFlash User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet TS250GSJ25C User manual

Transcend

Transcend MMC Series Mounting instructions

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet 35 Ultra 500GB User manual

Transcend

Transcend T.sonic Photo TS512MMP810EU User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet 25F User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet 35T3 User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet SJM100 User manual

Transcend

Transcend USB JetFlash User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet 35U3 User manual

Transcend

Transcend StoreJet 25D3 User manual

Transcend

Transcend SSD25 User manual

Transcend

Transcend CompactFlash CF 133X User manual

Transcend

Transcend CompactFlash Ultra Speed 133x Mounting instructions

Popular Storage manuals by other brands

QNAP

QNAP TS 32PXU Series user guide

LaCie

LaCie RUGGED RAID user manual

Freecom

Freecom CLS DOCK Quick install guide

PNY

PNY Attache P-FD64MBATT3 install guide

HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Getting started

OLT

OLT 6x6 Maximizer Assembly manual

LaCie

LaCie RUGGED MINI user manual

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt 600 user manual

Panasonic

Panasonic LB-DH8 series Operator's guide

Intel

Intel RAID High Availability user guide

LaCie

LaCie 12big Thunderbolt 3 Quick install guide

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T50e quick start guide

Panasonic

Panasonic LKM-F931-1 instruction manual

Tabernus

Tabernus Enterprise Erase E2400 user guide

Rocstor

Rocstor COMMANDER 3F series user manual

HP P9000 user guide

Western Digital

Western Digital Ultrastar Data60 installation guide

Dell

Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series Getting started