Buffalo Technology HD-PHU2-BST User Manual

Quick Setup Guide

Portable Hard Disk Drive

HD-PHU2/BST Series

Unpacking and Setup

This section provides unpacking and setup information for Portable Hard Disk
Drive.

Open the shipping carton of Portable Hard Disk Drive and carefully unpack its
contents. The carton should contain the following items:

Main Unit (Portable Hard Disk Drive) 1
Power Adapter 1
USB Cable 1
Quick Setup Guide (this user’s guide) 1

If any items are missing or damaged, please contact the reseller or retailer from
which the product was purchased.

www.buffalotech.com

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Portable Hard Disk Drive Setup

Windows 2000 & XP

Connect the included USB cable into the USB port on the back of Portable
Hard Disk Drive.

Connect the USB cable into the USB port on the computer or device you
are adding the Portable Hard Disk Drive to.

In Windows 2000 and XP, the Portable Hard Disk Drive will automatically
install upon power-on.

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Portable Hard Disk Drive Setup

Open ‘My Computer’ and the new drive will be present. By default it will
pick the fi rst available drive letter and will be named ‘Local Disk’. The
Portable Hard Disk Drive comes pre-formatted so you may begin using it
immediately.

Windows 98SE & ME

The Portable Hard Disk Drive requires drivers to run with Windows 98SE
and may require drivers for Windows ME. If the Windows ME did not
automatically fi nd and install the drivers automatically upon connecting it
to the computer, then please follow these steps.

Before connecting the Portable Hard Disk Drive to the computer, please
download the Windows 98SE driver from the Buffalo Technology web site.
The URL for the support download page is:
http://www.buffalotech.com/support/downloads.php

Extract the downloaded fi le, then execute EASYSETUP.EXE.
Select “Setup Buffalo USB Hard Drive” and click the ‘Start’ button.

The Easy Setup Wizard will begin running. Please follow the on screen
documentation to complete the Portable Hard Disk Drive Setup for your
computer.

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