HDDtoGO User Guide - ADATA

1 HDDtoGO User Manual HDDtoGO User Guide User Manual Version 2004-2010 CoSoSys SRL 2010 A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd. 1 Table of Contents Table of 1. 2. System 3. 4. Getting Starting General USB Drive / Portable Storage 5. Working with Security Internet Favorites SafeLogin / Website Activating SafeLogin Internet Explorer Saving Login Data (User Names, Passwords, PINs, etc.)..9 Saving Multiple Logins for one Using your saved Login Changing / Modifying / Deleting your saved Login No Trace Internet Deleting Internet Browsing Portable Outlook Express/Windows Mail Portable Outlook Lock Your Unlock Your My Documents View and Edit My Documents on portable Data Compression on the Folder and Desktop General Sync All 2 Adding files and folders to your portable storage USB Drive Lost & Found.

2 27 Lost & Found Work with the system tray Safely remove Configuring Multiple Devices at the same 6. Update 7. 1. Introduction HDDtoGO will enhance the functionality of your portable storage device and help you keep your personal data available on the road. With HDDtoGO and your portable storage device you can: keep your Internet Explorer Favorites/Firefox Bookmarks synchronized, keep your Outlook Express/Windows Mail data portable, keep your Microsoft Office Outlook data synchronized, keep your Folders, Desktop and My Documents data synchronized, compress your data to save valuable memory space, password protect / (encrypt )all the data on your portable storage device, surf the internet without leaving a trace behind with Internet Explorer and Firefox, and in case you loose your portable storage device, the finder can contact you just by using the USB Drive Lost & Found information (without having access to your private files).

3 Warning! While using HDDtoGO , you should never disconnect your Device without closing HDDtoGO properly first, via the exit button and then using the Safely Remove Hardware option of Windows (see description below). 3 2. System Require ments Operating Systems: o Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 o Windows XP (Servi ce Pack 2 is recommended) o Windows Vista / 7 / 8 Internet Explorer (ve rsion and higher) or Mozi lla Firefox ve rsi on and higher Outlook Express ve rsion and higher / Windows Mail: and to be able to use the portable Outlook Express/Windows Mail e-mail, the remote PC has to have Outlook Express/Windows Mail inst alled as well. In ca se yo ur Outlook Express/Windows Mail was uninst alled, you will st ill be able to use the other functions of HDDtoGO . The Outlook Express/Windows Mail option will be disa bled.

4 Micr oso ft Office Outlook (XP - 2002, 2003 and higher) and to be able to synch ronize and use the portable Micr oso ft Office Outlook e-mail, the remote PC has to have Microso ft Outlook inst alled as well. In ca se yo ur Micr oso ft Outlook was uninst alled, you will st ill be able to use the other funct ions of HDDtoGO . The Microso ft Outlook option will be disa bled. Ava ilable USB port A-DATA USB Hard Disk Drive If your portable st orage device has a manual write protect ion switch (lock) it must be in the unprotect ed posi tion in order to be able to use HDDtoGO . 4 3. Installation HDDtoGO usually comes pre-installed on your portable storage device ( USB Flash Drive) or downloads from A-DATA website. No installation process on your PC is needed. Simply double-click on the file and you can immediately start using the application.

5 In case your USB Drive didn t include a CD-ROM with a copy of HDDtoGO we recommend, that you make a backup copy of the to another storage device. In order to use HDDtoGO you should always start the file from your USB Device. 4. Getting Started Starting HDDtoGO To start HDDtoGO , plug in your USB Drive or your portable storage device and open My Computer (Windows Explorer). Open the USB Drive or the removable storage drive with the drive letter D: or F: depending on your computer and double-click on the file to start the application. The file will remain on your USB Drive in order to be able to use the application when you switch between different computers. Please always run the application from the USB Drive and not from your hard disk or your desktop. 5 General navigation On the left side of the welcome window you will have the main functions permanently available (see picture on the left).

6 Just click for example the Internet Favorites option, and you will have the function available. You also have access to most features through the system tray icon. The system tray functions are described below. USB Drive / Portable Storage capacity On the bottom of the main window, you always have displayed a fill bar indicating the available space and the already used capacity of your USB Drive. When you make a new selection of a My Documents folder you want to synchronize, the fill bar will jump to the new capacity used to indicate what capacity would still be left on the Device. 5. Working with HDDtoGO Security Settings When using HDDtoGO for the first time, we recommend that you change the security settings for your USB Drive to password protection. 6 To set a password, select in the main Security Settings window the option Password protect my data and enter a password as well as the password confirmation and the password reminder, then click the Apply button.

7 Changing your existing password is also done in this window, by selecting the option Change password . In order to be able to change the password you have to give your old password and enter the new password with the password confirmation and the new password reminder followed by clicking the Apply button. If password protection is not required and you already have password protection, you have to select the No password protection required option and give your old password and click the Apply button. If you choose to password protect your device, HDDtoGO will encrypt the Personal Data folder on your portable storage device. Other data that are stored on the Device but are not synchronized with HDDtoGO will remain unencrypted. HDDtoGO encrypts only the data synchronized with HDDtoGO . 7 You can manage the encrypted files by going to the File Synchronization window.

8 After you password protect your data, the Manage Encrypted Data tab is activated. You can decrypt & open any of your files and then re-encrypt them. Changing the security settings can take a few minutes depending on how many files are saved on the USB Drive. You will see a progress bar that indicates what the current status is. Internet Favorites Synchronization To synchronize your Internet Explorer Favorites or your Firefox bookmarks, you have the choice of 5 different synchronization options. Before you start using this feature, you should familiarize yourself with these options. After you have synchronized your Favorites or Bookmarks, you can view them in Internet Explorer or in Firefox, when you activate the No Trace Browsing option and launch Internet Explorer or the Firefox browser. When you have a large number of Favorites or Bookmarks the launching process launching can take some time.

9 8 The synchronization options are: a) Creates and/or updates older Favorites on the Computer b) Replaces all Favorites on Computer with the device s Favorites + c) Creates and updates all missing or older Favorites d) Creates and/or updates older Favorites on the device (default option) e) Replaces all Favorites on the device with the Computer s Favorites + Options a, c and d are chosen by selecting the respective arrow buttons and options b and e are chosen by selecting the Delete tick box and the respective arrow buttons. After you have selected your preferred synchronization option you can start the synchronization process by clicking the Synchronize button. When synchronization starts a progress bar will indicate that the process has begun and that your Internet Favorites or Bookmarks are being transferred. The View Details option in the progress bar will only display possible errors that have occurred during synchronization.

10 When the synchronization is finished the Finished button becomes active indicating that the process has ended. It can take a few minutes to synchronize a large number of Internet Favorites or Bookmarks to and from your portable storage device. To delete Internet Favorites/Bookmarks on your portable storage or on your Computer you can use the options in the No Trace Browsing window. 9 SafeLogin / Website Login With this option you can save login and passwords on your portable device so you are able to login to your most frequently used websites even faster. Activating SafeLogin Internet Explorer Plug-in To use this option please activate this option by following these steps 1. Go to Internet Options 2. Select the SafeLogin tab 3. Check Activate SafeLogin 4. Click Launch SafeLogin 5. In Internet Explorer activate the SafeLogin toolbar plug-in. To activate the plug-in go with your mouse over the upper status bar of Internet Explorer and right click to see the menu options.