Verbatim Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 Computer Drive User Manual


 
4
P
owering t
h
e Porta
bl
e
H
ar
d
Driv
e
The power source
f
or your Portable Hard Drive is selected with the switch
on the back of the unit. When the switch is in the
US
B
p
osition (towards the
U
SB connector), the Portable Hard Drive will attem
p
t to draw
p
ower from
US
B. When the switch is in the
EXT
position (towards the external power
connector), the Portable Hard Drive will draw
p
ower from an external
p
ower
source. Some com
p
uter s
y
stems ma
y
not
p
rovi
d
e enou
gh
p
ower t
h
rou
gh
U
SB to operate the hard drive – in this case you must use an external power
source. (If there is insuffi cient
p
ower for the Portable Hard Drive to mount
p
ro
p
er
ly
, t
h
e
h
ar
d
d
rive wi
ll
t
yp
ica
lly
ma
k
e a “c
l
ic
k
” soun
d
an
d
its LED wi
ll
blink once per second.) An optional AC Power adaptor is available
f
rom
Verbatim. Verbatim-Euro
p
e.co
m
for more information.
S
toring and Trans
f
erring Dat
a
Once your Portable Hard Drive is connected to a computer, it can be
accessed and used like an
y
other removable disk. You can dra
g
les to
y
our porta
bl
e
h
ar
d
d
rive’s icon to copy t
h
em, navigate to your
h
ar
d
d
rive
in
O
pen
or
S
av
e
dialog boxes, or delete
les stored on your portable hard
drive. For information on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or deletin
g
les, consult
y
our
computer’s
d
ocumentation.
N
ote
:
On
l
y t
h
e Ver
b
atim AC Power A
d
apter s
h
ou
ld
b
e connecte
d
to
t
he external
p
ower connector on
y
our hard drive. Usin
g
an
y
other
p
ower a
d
a
p
ter wi
ll
voi
d
y
our warrant
y
an
d
ma
y
resu
l
t in in
j
ur
y
,
d
ama
g
e
t
o your hard drive, or loss o
f
data.