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Station Station Plus Station 3.0
HX-DU010EB HX-DE010EB HX-DTA10EB
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HX-DU020EB HX-DE020EB HX-DT020EB
STORY Station Series
External Hard Drive
User’s manual
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User’s Manual Read Me First About this Manual Your product comes with a quick installation guide and a user’s manual. Following the instructions and precautions of this manual will ensure easier and more enjoyable use of your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive. Quick Installation Guide An installation guide is provided with the purchase of STORY Station Series External Hard Drive. The Quick Installation Guide explains product components and provides simple instructions on how to install th
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User’s Manual Handling Precautions The following information serves to ensure user’s safety and prevent damage to user’s properties. Carefully read the information provided and use your product correctly. Use the rated Power adapter Use only the power adapter supplied with the product or approved by Samsung Electronics. Installation Related Do not sit on the product and do not place a heavy object over Use the product on a flat the product. surface. Product case or connector can be damage
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User’s Manual Shock The external drive is very portable and you may easily drop it. Take care not to drop and tip the product while carrying the external drive. If you make an impact on the external drive, it may cause bad sectors on the disk. Bad sectors can cause various and potentially read/write errors. Humidity If you use the product in places exposed to humidity, it may danger of electric shock. In addition, prolonged exposure to moisture can corrode various parts and components. Mag
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User’s Manual Table of Contents 2 About this Manual Read Me First 2 Quick Installation Guide 2 User’s Manual 2 Using this Manual 2 Icon Guide 3 Use the reted Power adapter Handling Precautionst 3 Installation Related 3 Power Related 3 Data Cable Usage 4 Shock 4 Humidity 4 Magnets 4 Disassembly and Label Removal 4 Always Backup your Important Data 4 Regular Virus Scanning 4 Cleaning the product 4 Cust
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User’s Manual Introduction The STORY Station Series External Hard Drive is a high-performance external hard drive that supports eSATA/USB Unlike conventional desktop disk drives, the STORY Station Series External Hard Drive makes it possible for you to instantaneously add greater storage capacity to your system without having to take the computer apart. This means that your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive comes fully partitioned and formatted for your use and you can instantly access to
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User’s Manual Components USB Cable Power Adapter eSATA Cable (Optional) SAMSUNG STORY Station Series External Hard Drive Quick Start Guide When you purchase a STORY Station Series External Hard Drive, make sure that all components have been included in your product package. Only STORY Station Plus model is provided with the eSATA Cable. Overview There are ports to connect various cables including USB on the backside of STORY Station Series Power Dial LED USB 3.0 Power eSATA (Optional) USB 2.
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User’s Manual Connecting your STORY Station Series Installation Verify that the computer meets the minimum system requirements as outlined in #System Requirements. Connect the Data cable to your desktop/laptop computer as shown in the figure below. USB 3 Figure 1. Connecting a STORY Station Series STORY Station Series will not power on when the USB Cable disconnected. 2 1 Plug in the power adapter and connect the USB cable to the corresponding port on your desktop PC or notebook PC. Figure 2. Po
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User’s Manual eSATA (Optional) Figure 3. Connecting a STORY Station Plus 3 STORY Station Plus will not power on when the eSATA Cable disconnected. 2 1 Plug in the power adapter and connect the eSATA cable to the corresponding port on your desktop PC or notebook PC. Figure 4. Power on a STORY Station Plus 4 LED Color 5 - eSATA : white Turn the power on your drive with power dial. Now you can enjoy your drive. To use the eSATA interface, you need an eSATA port on your computer. Some eSATA co
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User’s Manual Windows When you connect the STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer a device icon will appear in the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen. Figure 5. System Tray indicating an external device If the external drive is connected by the eSATA interface, the device icon may not appear in the system tray. The operating system will recognize and display "Samsung” drive under “My Computer.” Figure 6. In the Windows Explorer, you will see a new Samsung driv
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User’s Manual Macintosh Connect your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer. Your Macintosh operating system will then generate a SAMSUNG. Reformatting for Mac OS may be required (Refer to the 32, 33 page). Figure 7. Macintosh External Hard Drive connection icon After clicking the SAMSUNG icon, the following folder will appear. Figure 8. Macintosh Folders You are now ready to use the Samsung STORY Station Series External Hard Drive. (Software included with your STORY Station Se
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User’s Manual Using your STORY Station Series Copying / Moving Files Now that you have successfully installed your new STORY Station Series External Hard Drive, you copy or move files or whole folders from your new STORY Station Series to your computer and vice-versa. It is important to understand the difference between Copy and Move. Copy : is to make a duplicate folder or file and store it so that you have two copies. Move : is to take a folder or file from one location and put it into another
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User’s Manual From the Windows Explorer screen: Click Local Disk C From the right-hand pane: Right-click the Temp folder Click Copy Figure 10. When you Right-Click on a file or folder, you get another menu. 2) From this side, right click on the Temp folder and choose Copy. 1) From this side, click the Local C drive. Now, we will copy the Temp folder from the Local C drive, to the Samsung E drive. From the left pane in the Windows Explorer : Right Click Samsung E Click Paste
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User’s Manual Safely Removing your STORY Station Series USB For Windows Right-click the device icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of your screen. Figure 12. The taskbar is located at the bottom-right of the screen. Click “Safely Remove Hardware.” Figure 13. The 'Safely Remove Hardware' prompt will list every device that is attached to your system. Click ‘Samsung STORY Station Series USB Device’ Figure 14. This prompt will list all of the Mass Storage Devices like your Local
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User’s Manual For Macintosh Click the external hard disk drive icon and select “Eject “SAMSUNG.”” Figure 15. For the Macintosh click the USB icon and choose Eject "SAMSUNG" This safely disconnects the drive. It is now safe to detach the drive from the computer. eSATA (Optional) If the external drive is connected by the eSATA interface, the ‘remove’ menu may be inactive. Shut down the computer before turning off the external drive or disconnecting the eSATA cable. Otherwise, It may cause data
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User’s Manual STORY Station Series Software STORY Station Series External Hard Drive Software Samsung STORY Station Series External Hard Drive comes with Samsung Auto Backup and Samsung SecretZone™. These applications support the Windows and the USB interface only. Connecting your STORY Station Series External Hard Drive to the computer will automatically activate the installation wizard. Select “Run Program” to install the applications. Samsung Auto Backup and Samsung SecretZone™ will only be
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User’s Manual 5. Click “Next.” 6. The dialog will display the end user license agreement. Carefully read the agreement. Select “Yes”. 7. Select the destination for Samsung Auto Backup installation and then click “Next.” 8. Select the folder under which you wish the Samsung Auto Backup icon to be registered. Then, click “Next.” STORY Station Series External Hard Drive 17
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User’s Manual 9. The dialog will then display the installation progress. 10. Once the installation process is complete, a dialog requesting your decision on whether to reboot now or later will prompt. Click “Finish” to exit the installation wizard. Select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” and then exit the installation wizard in order to finalize Samsung Auto Backup installation. Data Backup using Samsung Auto Backup There are two ways to backup da
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User’s Manual Figure 16. Samsung Auto Back Screen Figure 17. Backup Destination Selection Dialog Designate the path to the backup device and then click “Next.” STORY Station Series External Hard Drive 19
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User’s Manual Figure 18. Optional Settings Dialog Configure the various backup options. Figure 19. File Filter Configuration Dialog From the File Filter Configuration dialog, you will be able to select types of files you wish to backup and you wish to be excluded from the backup process. You can define these files by grouping or by specific file extensions. For file groups, the application provides preconfigured groups and the ability to add user-defined groups. Clicking “Next” without making a
