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Question posted by thecon38 on October 22nd, 2012

External Hd Is Not Recognized By Desktop

EHD does work properly on laptop. When connected to desktop light is constantly flashing but desktop does not recognize the EHD

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User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 2

... the features, uses, and instructions to format your drive. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS UNLESS ALL OF YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN BACKED UP AND CHECKED FOR RELIABILITY AND READABILITY. Using the Samsung Format Utility This program is designed to format a Samsung External Hard Drive and is critically important that you read and understand...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 3

Product Features Supports: • Only Samsung External Hard Drive • Windows XP / Vista / 7 • NTFS and FAT32 more than 32GB • Disk label... page. (Homepage : www.samsunghdd.com) Partitioning and Changing File System Type The Samsung External Hard Drive can be formatted to three different filing systems: • FAT32 • NTFS • Macintosh Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1 3
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 4

... one partition or, if there is chosen 6. Reformat to FAT32 Use Samsung USB Format Utility to format your Samsung External Hard Drive to use the Quick Format option. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS UNLESS ALL OF YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN BACKED UP AND CHECKED FOR RELIABILITY ...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 7

... UNLESS ALL OF YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN BACKED UP AND CHECKED FOR RELIABILITY AND READABILITY. Reformat to your Samsung External Hard Drive has been formatted, the drive can now be reformatted with the NTFS. 1. Connect the Samsung External Hard Drive to NTFS Now that your computer 2. From the Windows Explorer, right-click MyComputer -> Manage Figure 1-5 Manage option in...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 8

IF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU ARE REMOVING THE CORRECT PARTITION, click Yes Figure 1-7 Delete Partition Warning Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1 8 Right-click the your Samsung External Hard Drive -> click Delete Partition Figure 1-6 Partitioning your Samsung External Hard Drive 5. 3. From the Computer Management screen, choose Disk Management 4.
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 13

... wish to reformat 6. Once formatting is complete, the drive will appear on your desktop. Select Mac OS Externded(Journaled) from the desktop 3. Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1 13 Open Applications -> Utilities folder 4. NOTE: PARTITONING AND FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WILL PERMANENTLY ERASE ALL THE FILES ON THE DRIVE. Select the Disk Utility file 5. Select the Erase menu...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 3

Launching After connecting Samsung external hard drive to the computer, launch Samsung Auto Backup Update Tool. [Figure] Samsung Auto Backup Update Tool Icon Samsung Auto Backup Update Tool User Guide rev 1.0.0 -3-
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 3

.... If you make an impact on the disk. S-Series External Hard Drive 3 User's Manual Handling Precautions The following information serves to ensure user's safety and prevent damage to drop and tip the product while carrying the external drive. Supplied with the rated USB BUS Power. Please connect to humidity, it may cause bad sectors on the...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 5

...6 Introduction Specifications 7 S1 Mini / S2 Portable 8 S2 Portable 3.0 Connecting your S-Series 9 Installation 11 Windows 12 Macintosh Using your S-Series 13 13 15 15 16 Copying / Moving Files Removable Disk Method Safely Removing your S-Series For Windows For Macintosh S-Series Software 17 17 17 19 25 26 29 30 S-Series External Hard Drive Software Samsung Auto Backup Samsung Auto...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 6

... having to protect and manage your computer through a USB port. Unlike conventional desktop disk drives, the S-Series External Hard Drive makes it into your private data. S-Series External Hard Drive 6 "SecretZone™" , which is a high-performance external hard drive that your S-Series External Hard Drive comes fully partitioned and formatted for your use and you can instantly...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 7

... L) Color Format System S1 Mini S2 Portable High Speed USB 480 Mbps Max. Components S1 Mini / S2 Portable USB 2.0-Cable Quick Start Guide Pouch When you may need to enjoy better performance and reliability. S-Series External Hard Drive 7 If your drive doesn't power on after connecting the USB cable, you purchase a S1 Mini / S2 Portable External Hard Drive, make sure that all components...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 8

...system to the latest version to enjoy better performance and reliability. Components S2 Portable 3.0 USB 3.0 Micro-B Cable Quick Start Guide Pouch When you purchase a S2 Portable 3.0 External Hard Drive, make sure that all components have been included in Progress : Blinking LED S-Series External Hard Drive 8 USB Host Power Windows XP / Vista / 7 250GB / 320GB / 500GB / 640GB / 750GB / 1TB...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 9

... to the computer. S-Series External Hard Drive 9 Connecting to a Laptop Computer Your S-Series External Hard Drive will automatically activate once connected to a Desktop Computer Figure 2. Insert the USB cable to the desktop/laptop computer as outlined in Figures 1 and 2: Figure 1. User's Manual Connecting your S1 Mini / S2 Portable Installation Verify that the computer meets...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 10

... Card that the computer meets the minimum system requirements as shown in #System Requirements. Insert the USB cable to the desktop/laptop computer as outlined in Figures 3 and 4: Figure 3. Connecting to a Laptop Computer LED Color - S-Series External Hard Drive 10 USB 2.0 : Green - Connecting your S2 Portable 3.0 User's Manual Installation Verify that supports USB 3.0 interface.
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 11

... drive You are now ready to the computer a small icon will recognize and display "Samsung" drive under "My Computer." System Tray indicating an external device The operating system will appear in the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen. In the Windows Explorer, you connect the S-Series External Hard Drive to use the Samsung S-Series External Hard Drive...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 13

... make a duplicate folder or file and store it could be the E drive however, it so that you have two copies. The S-Series will most likely be any drive letter. It is important to the S-Series External Hard Drive (Removable Disk Method). From the Windows Desktop click: Start Programs Accessories Windows Explorer Figure 9. For the purposes of...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 15

... Hardware' prompt will list all of your screen. S-Series External Hard Drive 15 Figure 13. Figure 14. This prompt will list every device that is located at the lower right corner of the Mass Storage Devices like your Local Hard drive and your S-Series Hard drive. [S1 Mini] [S2 Portable] [S2 Portable 3.0] When you see the "Safely Remove Hardware" message, you...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 32

... the computer, it to your computer does not support USB 2.0 or if you back up properly. A4. My computer will not appear under Windows Explorer. Q6. Bundle applications that came with S-Series External Hard Drive connected to a one that's not recognized by your data before proceeding.) Q5. This could be read by default formatted to boot...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 33

... File System Type It's possible to partition your S-Series External Hard Drive to FAT32. (Samsung USB Format Utility is a Windows application and is available for downloaded from Samsung's online Customer Support page.) Figure 34. FAT format utility [S1 Mini] [S2 Portable] [S2 Portable 3.0] S-Series External Hard Drive 33 Appendix User's Manual WARNING - Use Samsung USB Format...
User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 34

...desktop. PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WILL PERMANENTLY ERASE ALL THE FILES ON THE DRIVE. Open the main drive folder from the lower left corner of the partition. - Click "Start" from the desktop. WARNING - Launch Mac OS X's "Disk Utility" tool. - S-Series External Hard Drive...to NTFS in the diagram below. - Connect S-Series External Hard Drive to the computer. - From the "...

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