SentrySafe QA0005, qa0004 User Manual

Fire-Safe® / Waterproof

Hard Drive Quick Connect Guide

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Getting started

Congratulations on your purchase of a Sentry®Safe product. SentrySafe is the world’s leader in ﬁre/water-resistant and security storage. This guide describes how to easily set up your product for protection of vital electronic data.

Contents:

The unit

USB Y-cable

Maxtor SafetyDrill™ Recovery CD Quick Connect Guide Warranty

• Fire and Water Data Recovery Support Program

Utilizes Maxtor® Hard Drive technology and software. A cable longer than provided is not recommended unless a USB powered hub is purchased

Registration:

To be eligible for warranty coverage, the original purchaser must register the product on-line at www.sentrysafe.com.

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Connect the small connector on the USB Y-cable to the back of the unit.

Connect all USB plugs to your computer.

Cable Installation

The blue light will indicate the unit is powered.

Allow up to two minutes for your computer to recognize the Maxtor drive.

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Software Installation for Windows

• You must have Administrative Privileges to install the software. Refer to the User’s Guide for more information.

Note for Windows Vista Users:

You will see a User Account Control window notifying you that

Launch.

exe

is trying to access your

computer. Click continue.

1. Wait for the Maxtor screen to appear.

Follow the on-screen instructions

to install the software

. Refer to the

User’s Guide for more information.

Highly recommended: Copy all ﬁles on the Hard Drive to your local computer hard drive.

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Maxtor SafetyDrill™

Your Maxtor hard drive includes a SafetyDrill CD that can be used to re-image your computer in the event of a system failure. SafetyDrill images can be created through the Maxtor Manager.

Prior to creating a SafetyDrill image, boot your computer with the SafetyDrill CD to verify functionality. Note:

• Do not copy your SafetyDrill images into the encrypted folder.

•

Make sure that DrivePass Security is

disabled on your hard drive prior to restoring from a Safety Drill image.

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Software Installation for Macs

• System Requirements

- MAC OS X 10.4.7 - 10.4.9

- 256MB RAM or more as required by operating system

Internet connection for software

updates

• Browse to and double-click the Mac Maxtor Installer ﬁle located on the hard drive.

• F

ollow the on-screen prompts to copy the installer to your Macintosh Desktop,

prepare the drive with an HFS+ partition and install the Maxtor Manager software.

Highly recommended: Copy all ﬁles on the Hard Drive to your local computer hard drive

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Backing up your data onto an external hard drive gives you peace of mind

SentrySafe has ensured that storing your data has never been easier with the Maxtor

Hard Drive. It’s easy to do because backup software makes it simple and efﬁcient (software included).

For details on set up, software and hard-drive technical features visit:

www.seagate.com.

Tips for Preventing Data Loss

• Windows users: Disconnect hard

drive from the computer by double clicking the Windows Unplug or Eject Hardware icon.

• Mac users: Disconnect the hard drive

and pull the device’s icon from your desktop into your trash can.

• Do not bump, move, or drop the unit

while in operation.

THIS UNIT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE

OPENED. DISASSEMBLY OF THE DEVICE

IN ANY WAY WILL VOID

THE WARRANTY.

Troubleshooting

• If your device does not work…

- Ensure your computer is turned on and meets the system requirements

(as indicated on the box).

- Restart computer and see if device is

recognized on the computer.

Plug in both Y cables to the USB ports

on the computer.

•

Maxtor OneTouch

™ button is not an

accessible option on this device, the hard drive button is hidden due to the layers of ﬁre/water protection.

For technical questions, in-depth help and answers to frequently ask

ed questions on

the hard drive

, Customer Care is available

at: www.seagate. com.

Sentry

Group First-Class Customer Care

We can help!

Visit our website at www.sentrysafe.com

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Rigorous testing ensures this product meets our speciﬁ cations

ETL Veriﬁed Fire Protection

1/2-hour ETL Fire Endurance Test Subjected to temperatures up to 1550ºF (843ºC) for a duration of 1/2-hour.

ETL Veriﬁ ed Water Protection

Your SentrySafe waterproof product has been tested by an independent third-party testing ﬁrm and is certiﬁed to be in compliance with the manufacturer’s speciﬁcations for waterproof submersion. Products were submersed for a duration of 24 hours.

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FCC Declaration of Conformance

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and, (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Class B

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and in,

the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more,

of the

following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Caution: Any changes or modiﬁcations made to this equipment may void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

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