Installing the driver software, Upgrading to the enhanced performance driver – Targus Targus User Manual

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Plug the PC Card end of the cable into any Type II PC Card slot on your computer.
The Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears and the operating system automatically
installs the default drivers. If you are running the Windows

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XP operating system, you may not

see the Found New Hardware Wizard screen as installation runs in the background.

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Follow any on-screen instructions to complete installation.

You can now begin installing the driver software.

Installing the Driver Software

After connecting the external drive to your computer using the 16-bit PC Card cable, you can now
install the driver software.

NOTE: Installing the external drive may change internal drive letter assignments. To keep the original
drive letter assignments, you can change the letter for the combo drive. See “Changing the Drive
Letter Assignment” on page 13.

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From the desktop, double-click the My Computer icon.

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Double-click the Targus drive.

3

Locate and double-click the Install icon.
The drivers are then copied to your computer’s hard disk drive. When copying is complete, the
command prompt screen appears.

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Press any key on your keyboard to complete the installation.

You are now ready to begin using your external drive.

Upgrading to the Enhanced Performance Driver

To increase DVD performance, you can connect the external drive to your computer using the 32-bit
Cardbus card cable and upgrade to the enhanced driver. To do this:

1

Unplug the PC Card cable from the PC Card slot on your computer and disconnect the
connector end of the PC Card cable from the external drive’s cable port.

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Attach the connector end of the Cardbus card cable to the external drive’s cable port and plug
the Cardbus card end of the cable into any Type II PC Card slot on your computer.
The Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears.

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