USB Mass Storage Disk

Memory In Black

USB Mass Storage Disk

User Manual

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing MIB (Memory in Black). This guide explains how to use this product and the Application Software bundled with your device.

Safe Precautions

Please read the safe precautions carefully before you using the MIB and the application software (the product). Ensure that you use the product correctly according to the procedures described in this guide.

The following safety precautions are intended to remind you to operate the product safely and correctly. Please read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to the other sections of this guide.

Warnings This mark indicated topics that could lead serious injury of your body or damage of the product ignored or handled incorrectly.

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Warnings

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l Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not described in this guide.

l Do not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids. In the event that water or other liquids enter the interior, immediately unplug the product from the computer. Continued use of the product may result in fire or electrical shock. Please consult your product distributor or the closest support center.

l Do not handle the product to do the plug and unplug operation if your hands are wet. Otherwise it will cause electrical shock.

l Do not place the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat.

l Never place the product in close to equipment generating strong electromagnetic fields. Exposure to strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data.

System Requirements

The following system requirements must be met to install and operate the MIB and the application software.

l Computer Model IBM PC/AT Compatible, Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMAC or iBook

l OS Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4 or higher, Mac OS 9.0 or higher

l Interface USB

l Free Hard Disk Space 3 MB and more

Ø Windows 98 SE does not support default Mass Storage Driver. You have to install the driver bundled with the product.

Ø The product can use the default driver in most of the OS. However, once you want to run the application software bundled with the product. The “Setup.exe” program will install vendor driver automatically. Then, the application software will work properly.

Ø The application software only can run with Microsoft Windows OS. The version for Macintosh is under development right now. We will release it when available.

Ø However, the MIB basic function could be supported in all OS listed above.

Guide to Components

USB Connector: The interface connects to the USB port of the computer.

Write-Protect Switch: If you put the switch in “ON” position, the device will be in write protection mode. You can not write in any data, you still can read the files or data in the device.

LED Display: This LED Display will show the status of the device. Once the device is in operation, the LED will flash quickly.

Basic Functions

1. Plug and Play

When you plug the device into the USB port of your computer, you will see a “Removable Disk” icon in the file manager window.

In Macintosh, once you plug the MIB into the USB port. You can see the disk icon in the “Desktop”.

In Linux OS, you can follow the following instruction to “mount” the device,

．Execute cd /etc/sysconfig/ ( cat /etc/sysconfig/hwconf | more )
．Check the device information in hwconf，write down the mount point.
．Make a directory in /mnt (ex: mkdir /mnt/usbHD )
．Then, execute mount /dev/sda /mnt/usbHD (if mount point was .dev/sda )

2. Read and Write

You can do the read, write, copy, and delete operations with the files and data as the same way with the files and data in the hard disk.

3. Write-Protect Switch

When you put the write-protect switch to “ON” position, you can not write any file or data into the device. You still can view and read the files and data in the device. You can switch the “Write-Protect” switch even you did not disconnect the device. Due to Linux OS limitation, the write protect switch will not work on-line.

4. Unplug

You can remove the device after you finished the action with the device. However, in Windows ME and Windows 2000, please follow the safe removal procedure. You can find a safe removal icon in your computer’s notification area.

Double click the “safe removal” icon; the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” window will be pop up. You can select the device you want to remove. Then, click the “Stop” button. After that you can unplug the device from the USB port of your computer.

Warning When you want to remove the MIB, please make sure the LED is not flash quickly. If the LED flashes quickly, that means there are some traffic on going between OS and MIB. Don’t remove the MIB at this time. Otherwise, it might cause crack of the computer or some damages of the data or files even the MIB.

Warning If you do not follow the safe removal procedure in Windows ME and Windows 2000 system, it may cause data lost due to the write cache issue.

In Macintosh machine, you can drag the removable disk icon and put into the trash can. This action will perform the “Eject” function.

In Linux OS, please follow the “umount” command procedure to un-mount the device.

Partition Type

We can partition the MIB into three types of disk. We will use the following terminologies in this guide,

1. Public Zone There is no “Security” function at all. You can do any basic functions, described in the “Basic Functions” section, in this area.

2. Security AP Zone This area will be used for some useful application software. For example, the application software and boot up program, etc. However, you can do any basic functions, described in the “Basic Functions” section, also in this area.

3. Security Data Zone This area can not be viewed without the application software. Once you do the “Log In” action in the application software, you will switch view from “Security AP Zone” to “Security Data Zone”. After switched successfully, you can do any basic functions, described in the “Basic Functions” section, also in this area.

F You can only view either of the “Security AP Zone” or “Security Data Zone” at the same time.

In MIB, you can select the following partition combinations:

1. Single Public Area Make all the device area accessible by everybody.

2. Security Area Make the device area into two partitions, Public Zone and Security Zone. The Public Zone can be accessed by everybody. The Security Zone can be accessed “Only” with a password.

3. Public Area Plus Security Area Make the device area into three partitions, Public Zone, Security AP Zone, and Security Data Zone. It has to use multiple LUN drivers to operate. The partition status was showed in the following figure. The partitions in LUN 0 will perform as described in the above item 2. The partition in LUN 1 will perform as described in the above item1. (This partition type is not available in this version.)

Public

Zone

Security

Zone

Change View

Through

Login & Logout

LUN 0

This figure shows the detail operation of single LUN.

Security

AP

Zone

Security

Data

Zone

Public

Zone

Change View

Through

Login & Logout

LUN 0

LUN 1

This figure shows the detail operation of multiple LUN.

Using the Software

On the Windows Platform

Installing/Uninstalling the Application Software:

Installing the software:

If you are installing the application software onto Windows OS, you must first log on as the administrator and then install the application software.

Precaution about the USB Interface

Ø Please connect the device to the USB port of your computer when you install the application software.

Ø If you do not connect the device to the USB port before installing the application software in Win XP OS, when you plug in the device you have to install the MIB driver again.

Ø In Windows 98 SE, after installing the driver you need to unplug the device and plug again in order to use the correct driver.

1. Find the “UMSD Tools.exe” program.

You can find the program in the MIB, CD-ROM, or Floppy.

2. Double-click the [UMSD Tools.exe] icon.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed.

Uninstalling the software:

To remove the installed software, you can click the windows [Start] menu and select [Setting], [Control Panel] and [Add/Remove Programs]. The application software can also be uninstalled by clicking the [Start] menu and selecting [Programs], [UMSD], [Uninstall UMSD].

Notes:

Ø The USB driver only needs to be installed the first time the MIB is connected via the USB port. Installation is not required from the second time onward.

Ø Do not cancel the installation during the procedure. The MIB may not operate correctly if the installation is incomplete.

Ø Read the “Troubleshooting” Section if the installation cancels itself during the procedure, if the installation did not proceed as described, or if you feel that the driver are not properly installed.

Installing the USB Driver:

In some Windows system, users should log on as the Administrator before installation.

Once you have attached the MIB to the computer. The OS will find the appropriate driver or the “Add New Hardware Wizard” dialog will appear after a moment. You can do the installation of the Driver manually. Or just find out the “UMSD Tools.exe” program to do the driver installation.

During the installation procedure, if the “Digital Signature Not Found” message displays, just click the [Yes] button in the showing window.

Using UMSD.exe Program the First Time:

Warning Due to the UMSD.exe can only handle one MIB device at the same time. If you will not use the function of the UMSD.exe, like “Resize”, “Change Password”, or “Log In”, etc., you can insert more than two MIB devices. If you want to use the function of the program, please remove all other MIB device. Otherwise, the UMSD.exe may perform not properly even cause data lost.

After you installed the software and driver correctly, the MIB icon will appear in the notification area automatically.

The UMSD.exe will perform different ways depends on the partition type of the MIB device. If the icon did not appear automatically, you can

Ø You can use the right button of your mouse to pop up the selection menus as the following figures. The active selection item will depend on the partition type of the MIB. For example, the defaults partition type is “Single Public Area”. You will see the following menu.

If the partition type of the MIB is “Security Area Only”, you will see the menu as,

Ø If the device partition type contains “Security”, you can double click the MIB icon in the notification window. The “Unlock Protect” window will be popped up as,

This “Unlock Protect” Window will pop up automatically once your device plug into the USB port if the device partition type contains “Security”.

Login the Security Zone:

1. Double click the MIB icon in the notification window or select the [Login] selection of the MIB menu. The “Unlock Protect” window will be popped up.

Warning No matter your device is single LUN or multiple LUN, when you do the login and logout action with the device, please make sure there is no application or program running or document open connection on the device. If so, it will cause data lose or damage.

2. Key in the password in the “Password” area. The default password is “0000”.

Ø You can create the password hint in the “Unlock Protect” window. Once you had created the password hint, you can click on the “Hint” button in the “Unlock Protect” window to prevent you forget the password.

Ø You have three opportunities to input the password. If you key in the wrong password after three tries, the following message will popped up. And you have to unplug and plug the device in order to do future action.

Ø When you do the login or logout action, please make sure you close all the programs or documents open connection on the device. In Win2000 and Win XP OS, if you have some program running or document open on the device, the following message will be popped up.

In Win2000, even you active the “Removable Disk” in the file manager window, it will cause the device busy. Please close the file manager or make the “Removable Disk” inactive in the file manager.

3. Click on the “OK” button.

4. Once the file manager window contains the “Security Data Zone” was popped up, you can do the operation you want with the Security Data Zone. The file manager window will be like the following figure. The background is colorful.

Logout the Security Zone:

1. Double click the MIB icon in the notification window or select the [Logout] of the MIB menu.

When you do the login or logout action, please make sure you close all the programs or documents open connection on the device. In Win2000 and Win XP OS, if you have some program running or document open on the device, the following message will be popped up.

2. Once the file manager window contains the “Security AP Zone” was popped up, you can do the operation you want with the Security AP Zone.

Change Password:

User can change password and key in the password hint using the “Change Password” selection in the MIB menu. You can only select this item in “Security AP Zone”.

1. Click the MIB menu in the notification window using the right button of your mouse and select the [Change Password] selection of the MIB menu. The following “Change Password” window will be popped up.

2. Key in your current password in the “Current Password” area. The default password is 4-digit and all are 0. After you “Resize” the MIB, the password will be set to the default password.

3. Then, key in your new password and confirm in the “Confirm Password” area.

Ø The maximum size of the password is 8 characters.

4. You can key in the hint of your new password in the “Password Hint” window. This hint will be displayed when you click the “Hint” button in the “Unlock Protect” window.

Resize:

As described in the “Partition Type” section, you can do the “Resize” action to your MIB.

Warning The “Resize” action will erase all the data or files existing in MIB. The action is not reversible. You have to backup all the important files or data. Also, please close all the active program and windows on the screen of your computer.

1. Click the MIB menu in the notification window using the right button of your mouse and select the [Resize] of the MIB menu. The following “Resize Partition” window will be popped up.

2. Select the partition type you want.

3. If you select the “Public Area Only”, then click the [Resize] button. The “Confirmation” window will be popped up. Please make sure you already backup all the important files or data.

Ø After you resize the device, there is a program call “Setup.exe” will be copied into the “Public Area” automatically. You can install the application software using this “Setup.exe” program. Of course, you can delete it. If so, when you want to use the application software in another computer, you have to bring your CD-ROM or floppy with you.

4. If you select the “Security Area”, then the following “Security Area Resize” window will be popped up. You can drag the scroll bar in the middle of the window to set the size of the “Security AP Zone” and “Security Data Zone”. Or you can type in the size of each Zone you want in the “Size” window. After you finished the setting, click the [Resize] button. The “Confirmation” window will be popped up. Please make sure you already backup all the important files or data.

5. Once the resize finished, the following message will be popped up.

Ø After you resize the device, there is a program call “Setup.exe” will be copied into the “Security AP Zone” automatically. You can install the application software using this “Setup.exe” program. Of course, you can delete it. If so, when you want to use the application software in another computer, you have to bring your CD-ROM or floppy with you.

Recover Disk

Once your device was damaged, you can use this utility to recover the device. It will make the device back to its initial status. However, if there are some bad blocks in the flash memory. After you run this utility, its size may be less than its initial size.

After you select the [Start][Programs][UMSD][Recover Disk], the following window will be popped up.

Warning The “Recover Disk” action will erase all the data or files existing in MIB. The action is not reversible. You have to backup all the important files or data.

After you click the [Start] button in the window, the low level format process will be started. The following window shows the progress of the process.

Once the job was finished, the complete message will be show up as the following figure.

If you did not plug in the device and click the [Start] button, the following error message will be popped up.

Boot Up Function

The Bootup.exe program will build up the device as a bootable disk. Before you run the program, please do the following preparations,

1) This program only can run under Windows 98 SE version. (Windows ME only deals with boot sector of C disk. And other OS have their special way to deal with.)

2) Please turn off the anti virus program during the procedure.

3) Make sure your Windows system was located in C Disk.

4) Make sure the “write-protect” switch is in “OFF” position.

5) This program only deals with one device at the same time.

Warning If you performed the “Log In” action with your MIB and located in “Security Data Zone”, then you run the Bootup.exe. It will erase all the data in “Security Data Zone”. And your device still can not be a bootable device.

When you are ready to process, follow the following procedures,

1) After the MIBTools.exe installation, you can select the [Start][Program][BootUp Creator][BootUp Creator V1.32] to execute the boot up program.

2) The following window will be popped up.

The windows can be identify as the following five sections,

1→The target disk drive display window。

2→Select the type of the bootable disk。

3→Message window。

4→Progress window。

5→”Start” and “Cancel” Buttons。

The program will get the proper disk driver and display in the “Target Drive” window.

Select which type you want.

Ø If you select “USB HDD”, the computer will get the prompt after you booted from the MIB.

Ø If you select “USB ZIP”, the computer will get the prompt after you booted from the MIB.

Ø In security mode, you just can run USB ZIP only.

After the selection, please click on the “Start” button.

After you click the “Start” button, there is a warning message popped up.

Warning The program will do the format. The existing data in the partition, which you want to make, will be lost.

Ø If your device was partitioned into “Single Public Area”, all the data in the Public Area will be lost after you run this boot up creator.

Ø If your device was partitioned into Security AP Zone and Security Data Zone, only the Security AP Zone will be formatted. The data in Security Data Zone will not be affected.

When the “Completed, Unplug Device.” message shows up, the process is finished. You must be unplug and plug the device.

Error Messages:

When this message shows up, please make sure you plug in the MIB.

When this message shows up, the boot up utility can not be run for this version of device.

When this message shows up, please make sure the “Write-Protect” switch is in “OFF” position.

When this message shows up, the possible reason is that the device was removed suddenly or the capacity of the device is not enough.

When this message shows up, the possible reason is your Windows 98 OS installation was not completed. (Please make sure the path \WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD exists)

Notes:

Ø After you finished the program, you will see different disk property when you select different disk type. For example, if you select it as “USB HDD”, you will see the hard disk icon in the file manager window. If you select it as “USB ZIP”, you will see the removable disk icon in the file manager window. However, only Windows 2000 and above can identify the difference. In Windows 98, you just can see the “Removable Disk”.

Ø After you finished the program, the device contains the files necessary for boot up function. Please don’t remove any file in this area. Otherwise it will cause failure when you do the boot up procedure of your computer.

Ø When you want to use the MIB to boot up your computer, please select the appropriate setting of the BIOS. Please refer to the user manual of the mother board.

Ø Due to the BIOS design of each motherboard is quite different; we can not guarantee the boot up device is suitable for every computer.

Ø Because Award changed his BIOS spec. since March, 2002, the boot up procedure is different from before. We can not identify if the BIOS is new or old. So, this boot up utility is not suitable for Award’s new BIOS if you using USB ZIP boot up option.

Ø When you finished, you will see some system files in the device (as the following figure).

Known Problems

Problem: The “Write-Protect” switch can not work on-line on Macintosh computer with Mac OS 10.1.4.

Warning If you switch the “Write-Protect” on-line with Mac OS 10.1.4, it will cause the computer system hang when you do the read or write operation.

Workaround: Disconnect the device when you need to switch the “Write-Protect” with Mac OS 10.1.4. We will solve the system hang problem in the near future. However, due to the OS operation issue, we don’t recommend you switch the “Write-Protect” on-line.

Troubleshooting

Check This First:

1. Is the MIB connected to the computer correctly?

2. Does the LED of the MIB work correctly?

F If the MIB function correctly, the LED should flush quickly about 5 sec once you plug into the USB port. Then, The LED will become flush slowly or turn off. If the LED flashes quickly and no change, please unplug and plug the MIB. If the condition remains the same, please send the MIB back to the distributor or the closest help center.

You will not able to check the USB driver status if there is a problem with any of the items above.

If the “Add New Hardware Wizard” or “Found New Hardware Wizard” appears while performing any of the steps above, click [Cancel] button in the wizard window, click the [Start][Program][UMSD][UMSD Driver Install] to reinstall the MIB driver.

When you inserted the MIB into the USB port of your computer, the following was popped up and “Found New Hardware” message window showed up. Please wait for your computer to set up the device driver. It will take about 10 ~ 15 seconds. After that, click the [OK] button. If the message still shows up, please reinstall USB driver by clicking the [Start][Program][UMSD][UMSD Driver Install].

When you were doing the “Resize”, the following message is popped up. Please backup the data in the Public Zone. Then, use the “Recover Disk” utility to recover the device. Otherwise, you can not do the “Resize”. You still can do the “Basic Functions” with the device.

When you input the password in the “Unlock Protection” window and the password is not correct, the above “Password Validation Error” window will popped. If you key in the wrong password over three times, the software will disable the MIB. You have to unplug the device and plug the device again.

When you install the application software in Windows 2000 and the following window popped up, your computer already installed a wrong version of driver. Please go to the distributor or closest help center for help.

Disclaimer

We made every effort to ensure that the information and procedure in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. Power Quotient International (PQI) reserves the right to make any changes without further notice to any products herein.

Trademark Acknowledgments

Ø IBM is a registered trademark of international Business Machines Corporation.

Ø iBook and iMac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

Ø Macintosh, PowerBook, Power Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

Ø Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP are either registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United Stats and/or other countries.

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