Targus External Cardbus Drive User Manual
External Cardbus Drive
for Combo DVD/CD-RW-ROM and DVD-ROM
Making Your Mobile Life Easier.
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USER’S GUIDE
Making Your Mobile Life Easier.
Contents
Targus External Cardbus Drive ................................................................................... 5
Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 5
System Requirements.............................................................................................................................. 5
Connecting the Drive to Your Computer ..................................................................... 6
Installing the Driver Software...................................................................................... 6
Windows® 98 Operating System ........................................................................................................... 7
Windows® Me Operating System .......................................................................................................... 8
Windows® 2000/XP Operating System................................................................................................. 8
Windows NT® 4.0 Operating System .................................................................................................... 9
Using the Drive.......................................................................................................... 10
Inserting and Removing a Disc............................................................................................................. 10
Removing a Disc Using Emergency Eject............................................................................................ 11
Playing Audio CDs ............................................................................................................................... 11
Hot Swapping........................................................................................................................................ 11
Reading Data DVDs and Playing DVD Movies................................................................................... 12
Writing and Rewriting CDs .................................................................................................................. 12
Things to Remember.................................................................................................. 12
Operating Hints..................................................................................................................................... 12
Safety Measures.................................................................................................................................... 13
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Specifications ............................................................................................................ 13
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 14
Solving General Problems .................................................................................................................... 14
Changing the Drive Letter Assignment ................................................................................................ 15
Writing and Rewriting Problems.......................................................................................................... 16
Technical Support ...................................................................................................... 16
Product Registration ............................................................................................................................. 17
Warranty ............................................................................................................................................... 17
Regulatory Compliance ........................................................................................................................ 18
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)...................................................................................... 18
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TARGUS EXTERNAL CARDBUS DRIVE
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a Targus External Cardbus Drive. After installing a cardbus drive, you
can use it at any time by inserting the PC Card cable into your computer ’s Type II PC Card slot.
This user’s guide describes how to connect the cardbus drive to your computer and install the
default driver software.
System Requirements
To use the cardbus drive, your computer must meet the following hardware requirements and run
one of the operating systems listed below.
Hardware
•PC with an Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent and a hard disk drive
• 64 MB RAM or higher, depending on the operating system
• PCMCIA Card interface (type II or higher)
• Diskette drive
Operating System
• Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP
®
• Windows NT
NOTES: The cardbus drive receives its power from your computer’s PC Card slot, which must be
in full compliance with PC Card specifications and supply a minimum of 5V/1A of power.
For the DVD movie playback feature to work, you must have a DVD-ROM decoder installed in
your computer or a player application, such as DVDExpress or Power DVD, set up under the
Windows
Windows NT
4.0
®
98/Me/2000/XP operating system. DVD movie playback is not available with the
®
operating system.
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Targus External Cardbus Drive
Connecting the Drive to Your Computer
1 Turn off your computer and any devices connected to it.
2 Attach the connector end of the PC Card cable to the cardbus drive’s PC Card cable port.
PC Card end
Connector end
PC Card cable
3 Plug the PC Card end of the cable into any Type II PC Card slot on your computer.
4 Connect the supplied AC adapter to the AC power jack on the cardbus drive and plug the
adapter into a working power outlet.
NOTE: For the best results, charge the drive using the supplied AC adapter for at least one hour
before connecting it to your computer and installing the driver software.
You can now begin installing the driver software.
Installing the Driver Software
After connecting the cardbus drive to your computer, you can install the driver software for your
operating system.
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