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Your product comes with a quick start guide and a user’s manual. Following the instructions and precautions of this manual will ensure easier and more enjoyable use of your D3 Station External Hard Drive. A start guide is provided with the purchase of D3 Station External Hard Drive. The quick start guide explains product components and provides simple instructions on how to install the product. The User’s Manual contains detailed information about features and instructions on using your D3 Stat
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D3 Station External Hard Drive
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• D3 Station External Hard Drive
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2 About this Manual Read Me First 2 Quick Installation Guide 2 User’s Manual 2 Using this Manual 2 Icon Guide 3 Installation Related Handling Precautions 3 Data Cable Usage 3 Shock 3 Humidity 4 Magnets 4 Disassembly and Label Removal 4 Always Backup your Important Data 4 Regular Virus Scanning 4 Cleaning the product 4 Custody Related 6 Introduction Introduction 7 D3 Station Specifications 8 Installation Connecting your D3 Station 9 Windows 10 Macintosh 11 Copying / Moving Files Us
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The D3 Station External Hard Drive is a high-performance external hard drive that supports USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. Unlike conventional desktop disk drives, The D3 Station 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 D3 Station External Hard Drive comes fully partitioned and formatted for your use and you can instantly access to the drive by simply plugging it into your com
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D3 Station (D3 Station) D3 Station Super Speed USB 3.0 5 Gbps Max. Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 Mac OS X 10.4.8 or Later 2TB / 3TB (180.6mm x 129.2mm x 47mm) NTFS D3 Station USB 3.0-Cable Power Adapter When you purchase a D3 Station External Hard Drive, ma ke sure that all components have been included in your product package. USB Port To use the Hard Drive at its Maximum speed, you need a PC or a Host Card that supports USB3.0 interface D3 Station External Hard Drive
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User’s Manual Connecting your D3 Station Installation Verify that the computer meets the minimum system requirements as outlined in System Requirements. Insert the USB cable to the desktop/laptop computer as shown in Figures 3 and 4: Figure 3. Connecting to a Desktop Computer • Figure 4. Connecting to a Laptop Computer • To use the Hard Drive at its maximum speed, you need a PC or a Host Card that supports USB 3.0 interface. 8 D3 Station External Hard Drive
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When you connect D3 Station External Hard Drive to the computer a small icon will appear in the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen. You are now ready to use the Samsung D3 Station External Hard Drive. 9 D3 Station External Hard Drive
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Connect your D3 Station External Hard Drive to the computer. Your Macintosh operating system will then generate a SAMSUNG drive icon. You are now ready to use the Samsung D3 Station External Hard Drive. (Software included with your D3 Station External Hard Drive does not support the Mac operating environment.) 10 D3 Station External Hard Drive
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Using your D3 Station Now that you have successfully installed your new D3 Station External Hard Drive, you can copy or move files or whole folders from your new D3 Station to your computer and vice-versa. Copy and paste files from the computer to the D3 Station External Hard Drive (Removable Disk Method). D3 Station External Hard Drive. From the Windows Explorer, you will see various drive letters; A, C, your C drive is your local Hard Drive. D3 Station will most likely be the E d
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D3 Station Detaching the USB cable while file transfer is in progress can damage your computer and/or D3 Station External Hard Drive. If you need to disconnect the USB cable, wait for the transfer process to complete first and then disconnect using the “Safely Remove Hardware” option. 12 D3 Station External Hard Drive
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Safely Removing your D3 Station USB Mass Storage Device This prompt will list all of the Mass Storage Devices like your Local Hard drive and your D3 Station Hard Drive. 13 D3 Station External Hard Drive
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Do not Disconnect D3 Station External Hard Drive's USB cable from the computer while file transfer is in progress. Interrupting the file transfer could lead to data corruption and/or damage to your D3 Station. D3 Station External Hard Drive 14
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D3 Station Software Samsung Drive Manager is bundled software for Windows provided for the convenient use of your External Hard Drive. Samsung Drive Manager comprises Samsung AutoBackup (a personal backup solution), Samsung SecretZone™ (a personal data protection solution), Samsung Secure Manager (a secure external hard disk management solution) and Samsung External Hard Drive management tools. Samsung Drive Manager must be installed on a computer that is connected to your D3 Station to operate.
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Check the USB cable connection. • Check the LED light on the External Hard Drive. • Check the power supply to D3 Station External Hard Drive. • Ticking noise is an indication of insufficient power. If the drive is not being recognized, try plugging it into a different USB port. • Q1. File transfer takes too long. A1. - USB 3.0 To use the Hard Driver at its Maximum speed, you need a PC or a Host Card that supports USB 3.0 interface and USB 3.0 Cable. Q2. The actual storage capacity
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D3 Station • • • - Connect the D3 Station External Hard Drive to the computer. - Click “Start” from the lower left corner of your screen. - Right-click “My Computer” and then select “Manage.” - From the “Computer Management” tool, select “Disk Management.” - Right-click the drive you wish to format and then select “Delete Partition.” - Once drive partition has been deleted, right-click the drive you wish to format and then select “New Partition” as shown in the diagram below. - From
