Seagate Portable Hard Drive Portable External Hard Drive Quick Start Guide - Page 4

Windows OS - drivers

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2. See below for Windows OS information, or page 7 for Macintosh OS information. These sections provide instructions about how to: • Install drivers • Reformat and partition the drive • Dismount the drive Installing drivers and reformatting are steps you only need to do one time. After that, you can use the drive by just connecting the USB cable. Windows OS Installing drivers for your operating system (OS) Windows XP/2000 Pro/Me operating systems have built-in, up-to-date drivers for a USB interface. You don't need to install any drivers if you are using one of these operating systems, but make sure you have downloaded and installed the latest service packs from Microsoft to ensure that you have the latest drivers available for your OS. Note. Certain OEM installations of Windows Me call for a file named USBNTMAP.SYS while attempting to load drivers for the portable drive. This file can be located on the Windows Me installation or recovery CD in the WIN9x\BASE2.CAB folder. Windows 98SE: When you connect the drive to your computer, Windows 98SE displays the Add New Hardware wizard. This means the wizard needs to find the USB drivers included on the Seagate Utility Toolkit CD. Follow these steps to install the drivers: 1. Insert the Seagate Utility Toolkit CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. 2. Click the Next button. The wizard displays a screen with two options. 4 Quick Start Guide

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2. See below for Windows OS
information, or page 7 for
Macintosh OS information.
These sections provide
instructions about how to:
• Install drivers
• Reformat and partition the drive
• Dismount the drive
Installing drivers and reformatting
are steps you only need to do
one time. After that, you can use
the drive by just connecting the
USB cable.
Windows OS
Installing drivers for your
operating system (OS)
Windows XP/2000 Pro/Me
operating systems have built-in,
up-to-date drivers for a USB
interface. You don’t need to install
any drivers if you are using one of
these operating systems, but make
sure you have downloaded and
installed the latest service packs
from Microsoft to ensure that you
have the latest drivers available
for your OS.
Note.
Certain OEM installations of
Windows Me call for a file named
USBNTMAP.SYS while attempting to
load drivers for the portable drive. This
file can be located on the Windows Me
installation or recovery CD in the
WIN9x\BASE2.CAB folder.
Windows 98SE:
When you connect
the drive to your computer,
Windows 98SE displays the
Add
New Hardware
wizard. This means
the wizard needs to find the USB
drivers included on the Seagate
Utility Toolkit CD.
Follow these
steps to install the drivers:
1.
Insert the Seagate
Utility
Toolkit CD
in your computer’s
CD-ROM drive.
2.
Click the
Next
button. The
wizard displays a screen with
two options.
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