Verbatim Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 - Manual (Page 3)

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Introduction
Your product’s hard drive is a complex electronic storage system and
should be handled with care, as you might treat a sensitive portable
computer or other state-of-the-art consumer electronics product. Do not
subject it to shock, high temperatures, or strong magnetic fi elds.
Connecting Portable
Hard Drive
Installing your Portable Hard Drive is extremely simple – just use the
included mini-USB cable to connect your Portable Hard Drive to any free
USB port on your computer. On Windows computers, a new icon will
appear in My Computer representing your Portable Hard Drive. On Mac OS
systems, your Portable Hard Drive will appear on the desktop as a new disk.
If your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you will need
some additional software that you can download from the Verbatim web
site. Refer to the Technical Support section.
If you are using a USB 1.1 port on your Windows computer, the following
cautionary note may appear on your display: Hi-Speed USB Device
plugged into non-Hi-Speed USB hub. This does not indicate a problem
because the drive is compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports.
Simply close the message and proceed. However, in this case the drive will
operate only at USB 1.1 speeds.
If you connect your Portable Hard Drive and it doesn’t appear to power up,
you may need to check the power settings. See the next section for
more details.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. Your operating system may
report capacity as fewer gigabytes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.