Stormblue USD, MD 2 User Manual

Universal Smart Drive ( U S D)

1. Introduction

Incredibly easy to transfer and store data from Pc to Pc, Pc to Mac, Mac to Mac and Mac to PC.

Universal Smart Drive is a small and simple plug-n-play mobile flash memory device on the Windows and Mac OS

which utilizes a standard USB port .

- operates as a removable hard drive on your computer.

- does not require software drivers *. (for Windows 98, driver installation required)

- allows for the data to be easily transferred across different OS platforms (ie. PC to Mac and vice versa) just
by plugging USD into the USB port on your computer.

- contains various memory capacities ranging from 16MB to 1GB.

- has 2 color illumination (red and green) easily to find device status.

2. Features

l No drive r (installation software) required* (for Windows 98, driver installation required)
l Hot Plug and Play via USB port on PC and Mac.
l Cross platforms between PC and Mac and vice versa.
l Supports USB 1.1
l Supports OS : Windows98/SE, Windows ME. Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac 8.6 or higher
l Capacities: 16MB/32MB/64MB/96MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB
l Compact, Light Weight and Durable.
l 2 color illumination to indicate data transferring status

Green : Device connected, Red : Data transferring

l 10-years of data retention.
l Accessories : Extension cable (1M), neck strap, Windows 98 installation CD, user manual and warranty card.

* Installation program is required for Windows 98/SE. This program is supplied with the USD
or can be downloaded from our website (www.universalsmartdrive.net).

3 . System Requirements

IBM PC/AT or compatible Desktop / Notebook / Sub-Notebook / Laptop computers / Mac

(Pentium @ 100MHz or better) with USB ports.

4. Driver Installation for Windows98 Windows98 SE

4.1 Before installation of the drivers, check first that the USB controller of your computer is working well. Open the

“control panel”→ “System Properties”→ ”Device manager”, then check if it shows “Universal Serial Bus controllers”
and see if they are in good working condition. If your computer does not have USB controller, then the USB device

will not work.

4.2 Insert the supplied installation software to “CD-ROM Drive” in PC, and plug the USD into PC’s USB port. A “SB
Mass storage Device” has been found and the following dialog box “Add New Hardware Wizard” will show up onto
your screen. Then press “Next”.

SB Mass storage Device

4.3 Dialog box shows how Windows searches for the USD drivers. Choose “ Search for the best driver..”
and press “Next” button.