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Product Type External Hard Drive
Brand LG
Model HXD3U50GL
Interface USB (Y-cable)
Compatible Operating Systems Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS 10.0 or later
Supported File Systems NTFS, FAT32, HFS+ (Mac)
Maximum Capacity Supported (FAT32 Utility) Up to 4 TB
Power Supply USB bus-powered
LED Indicator Operation status LED
Included Accessories Quick Guide, CD with software, USB Y-cable
Backup Software PC Clone EX Lite
Operating Temperature Below 35°C (95°F)
Storage Environment Away from humidity, dust, and soot
Warranty Manufacturing defects covered; excludes user damage
Safety Precautions Do not disassemble; avoid shock; safely remove before unplugging
Formatting Utility FNet FAT32 Format Utility for large drives
Mac Format Recommendation HFS+ for full read/write; FAT32 for cross-platform but limited to 4GB file size

Frequently Asked Questions - HXD3U50GL LG

Why is my external HDD not recognized after connecting?
Ensure the drive is initialized, partitioned, and formatted. On Windows, check Disk Management. Also confirm the USB cable is fully inserted and try a different USB port, preferably on the rear of the PC.
Can I copy files larger than 4GB to the external HDD on Mac?
If formatted as FAT32, individual files larger than 4GB cannot be copied. To support large files, reformat the drive as HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) using Disk Utility.
How do I safely remove the external HDD from my computer?
Click the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the system tray, select your device, and click 'Stop' then 'OK'. Never unplug while the drive is in use to avoid data loss.
What should I do if I hear a ticking sound from the drive?
A ticking sound often indicates insufficient power. Connect both ends of the USB Y-cable to your PC, ideally to USB ports on the rear. If the problem persists, try a powered USB hub.
How do I format the external HDD to FAT32 on Windows?
Use the FNet FAT32 Format Utility included on the CD or downloaded from LG's website. This utility supports drives larger than 32GB. Note: formatting erases all data.
My external HDD is recognized on Windows 2000/XP but not on Windows 98SE/ME. Why?
Windows 98SE/ME only support FAT32, while Windows 2000/XP also support NTFS. Reformat the drive to FAT32 for compatibility across all systems.
How do I create or delete partitions on the external HDD?
On Windows 2000/XP, go to 'My Computer' > 'Manage' > 'Disk Management'. Right-click the drive to delete or create partitions. Warning: partitioning deletes all data.
Can I use this external HDD with both PC and Mac?
Yes, format the drive as FAT32 for compatibility. However, FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit. For Mac-only use, format as HFS+ for full functionality.
What is the warranty coverage for this product?
LG will replace the product if faulty due to manufacturing or material defects under normal use. Damage from misuse, unauthorized repair, or disassembly is not covered. Present the warranty card for service.
How do I use the PC Clone EX Lite backup software?
Insert the CD and install the software. Open 'File Backup', select the folders to back up, choose the external HDD as destination, and click 'OK'. You can also set a hotkey for quick backups.

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USER MANUAL HXD3U50GL LG

Warning & Caution During Use

Check before use

  • This user manual contains instructions on how to use the product properly.
  • Please read this manual carefully.
  • Be sure to follow the instructions and notices.
    Notes are divided into "Warning" and "Caution", each denotes the following:

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Warning

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Caution

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Tip

Failure to follow the instructions below may result in injuries or product damage.

Failure to follow the instructions below may result in serious injuries or product damage.

It provides a recommendation to prevent product failure or malfunction in advance when using the product.

Warning and Caution

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Warning

- It may cause defect under following circumstance.

  • Keep away from humidity, dust, and soot (may cause fire or electrocution)
  • Keep away from areas with temperature of above 35° C ( 95° F)

Warranty & Caution During Use

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Caution

  • LG Electronics will replace this product if it is faulty due to a manufacturing or materials defect, except where damage is caused by your use or negligence.
  • LG EXCLUDES LIABILITY FOR ALL CONSEQUENTIAL AND OTHER LOSS, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA.

Warranty

  1. Any defect found after normal use and during the warranty period shall be repaired free of charge.
  2. Fees shall be charged for the type of repair other than that covered by the warranty even during the warranty period.
  3. Present this warranty when requesting for repair.

The following repair services shall be provided for a fee:

  • Defect caused by careless use.
  • Defect caused by repair performed at places other than the authorized service centers.
  • Defect caused by the disassembly of the device by the user.

Table of Contents

● Warning & Caution During Use 2
● Table of Contents 4
● Package Contents 5
- Name of Parts & Connect Cable 5
- USB Port Connect 6
- Windows User
- Mac OS User
- Safely remove 8
● Partition Creation and Format 9
●Mac Format 10

Package Contents

Components

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1. LG External HDD

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2. Quick Guide

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3. CD

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4. USB Y-cable

※ The components are subject to change without prior notice.
※ Windows 98/SE user must install the driver in the CD or Website
(www.lgservice.com, www.lge.com)

Name of Parts & Connect Cable

Name of parts

USB Model

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④ LED Operation Status

USB Port Connect

Windows User

- Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Windows 7

- Connecting to Windows ME/2000/XP/VISTA, Windows 7

  • When connected to a computer using the USB cable, the external HDD is recognized and can be used immediately.
    ※ When installing on Windows ME, and files such as usbntmap.sys are being requested, specify the base2.cab file in the Win9X folder on the Windows ME original CD to enable automatic installation.

- If the mobile storage is connected properly to your computer, the mobile storage icon will appear in the notification area. (The icon shape may vary according to your computer environment.)

● Windows 98/SE Driver install

※ Do not install Windows 98 Driver for Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista, Windows 7 users

  1. Insert Install CD to your computer. (or download Windows98 driver on website)

USB Port Connect

Mac User

- Mac OS

- Connecting to Mac OS

  1. There is no need to install an additional driver on Mac OS 10.0 or later.
  2. When using Mac OS, format as extended Mac format (HFS+).
    ※ If formatted as NTFS, the external HDD can be recognized by Mac; data cannot be copied to/from it, however. Format as FAT32 to enable use in both PC and Mac. Format on the PC using the program provided with the CD or on Mac using Disk Utilities.

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Tip

If formatted as FAT 32 on PC, the following problems may occur on Mac:

  • Files more than 4GB cannot be copied at one time.
  • The attribute of the compression file is not changed when files such as Quick data are included.
  • The size of the stored data is increased. Thus, formatting as extended format on Mac is recommended.

Safely remove (Unplug)

- Safely remove (unplug)

※ Removing the external HDD from the PC without following the safe removal instruction may cause problem to the stored data or operation of the external HDD.

  1. Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware Icon in the notification area.

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  1. On the window, click the Stop button followed by OK.

Safety Remove Hardware Select the device you want to unplug or reject, and then click Shop. When Windows notifies you that it is safe to do so unplug the device from your computer. Hardware Devices: USB Master Storage Dev

Stop a Hardware device Confirm devices to be stopped. Choose OK to continue. Windows will attempt to stop the following devices. After the devices are stopped, they may be removed safely. USB Mass Storage Device Generic volume - IR1 Hach HTS5420L3A300 USB Device

Partition Creation and Format

● Windows 2000/XP User

- LG external HDD is already NTFS-formatted, but if you want to create or divide partition, follow this instruction.

(Attention: all data in external HDD will be deleted if you use this function.)

  1. Left button click "My Computer" and Click "Manage".
  2. Click the Disk Management.

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  1. Choose the Disk Drive you want to delete partition and click "Delete Partition".
  2. Choose the Disk Drive which is partition deleted and click "New Partition".

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  1. Click "Next" at the New Partition Wizard and select "Primary Partition".
  2. Choose the partition size and click "Next".

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Mac Format

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Mac format

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Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

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Software Installation

First PCClone's Setup PCClone EX Lite Welcome to use PCClone EX 1 XXXX Setup Wizard Install Call

PPCICLowNS Settings PPCICLowNS License License and warranty agreement It uses the enclosed software to indicate your acceptance of all the same and conditions of the license agreement. If you should agree with the software to use in which, then you would not use the product with your purchases. The…

PCClone EX Lite System installed by: C:\Program Files\PCLO EX ✓ Create Desktop Provider Browse Back Install Out

  1. Please put CD into CD ROM drive, the program directly goes on the autorun program. (In case the screen doesn't come out, please operate the window box of "setup.exe")
  2. Click "Backup Program" and click "install".
  3. Please read the license agreement in detail.
  4. If users accept the agreement, please click "Agree" to install.
  5. Please setup the installing pathway, and then click "Install" to next.

Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

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FAT32 Format Utility

For the current HDD capacity is getting bigger, the Fat32 Format Utility in Windows 2000 / XP is not able to support the HDD size exceeding 32GB; FNet recommends FNet Fat 32 Format Utility, which can format the large capacity to be FAT32 Format rapidly and fully, the size even maximums up to 4 TB (4000GB).

(Attention: all data in external HDD will be deleted if you use this function)

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  1. Please plug external HDD, and turn on the computer.

  2. Click "Start" → "All programs" → "PCClone EX" → "FNet FAT32 Format".

  3. Confirm the "USB Device" and "Drive to Format" in the FAT32 Format Utility, and then press "start".

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Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

Quick Launch

FNet PCClone EX Lite 1 2 3 4 7 8 Quick Launch 5 FNet 6

  1. Quick Launch.
  2. File Backup.
  3. File Manager.
  4. Setup.
  5. File Backup.
  6. Minimized.
  7. About.
  8. Help.

File Manager

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Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

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Quick File Backup

Users can directly execute "File Backup" from Quick Launch, only one step, and the system data will be backed up easily. (For the first time using, please refer to the subject of "File Backup")

PCClone BX Lite Quick Launch FNet

  1. Please plug the external HDD into PC
  2. Execute PCClone EX Lite.
  3. Go on PCClone EX Lite /Quick Launch Screen.
  4. Click "File Backup".

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  1. Appearing a dialog screen, please click "OK" to backup.

Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

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File Backup

FNet PCClone EX Lite File Backup My Computer F Net Located (C:) F Net Located (D:) F Net Located (E:) USB Devices H Restore Backup 1 2 FNet

  1. Please plug the USB HDD into the computer, and turn on the power.
  2. Execute PCClone EX Lite.
  3. Click "File backup".
  4. Select folders / drives from the fix device.
  5. Set one of USB devices for backup. (Please refer to "Setup", and then

Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

FNet PCClone DX Lite Backup data from PC to USB HD Total Files : 10 Current Files : 10 F:\CD/EBN\Copy (B) of New Text Document.txt F:\CD/EBN\Copy (B) of New Text Document.txt F:\CD/EBN\Copy (B) of New Text D F:\CD/EBN\Copy of New Text Doc F:\CD/EBN\New Text Document.txt F:\CD/EBN\Copy (B) of New Wor…

  1. Backup is completed, please press "OK".

FEN-4 PCClone EX Lite Files Backup My Computer Local Disk (C:) Local Disk (E:) Local Disk (F:) 00 01 02 03 04 05 USB Device H F P 00 01 02 03

  1. The selected folders have been moved from the fixed devise to the USB device successfully.

Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

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File Restore

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  1. Please plug the external HDD.
  2. Execute PCClone EX Lite.
  3. Go on the PCClone EX Lite screen.
  4. Click "File Backup".

  5. Select folders/files of USB Device you would like to restore.

  6. Click "Restore", then press "OK" to start.

  7. When "Restore" is finished, please press "OK".

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Frase File Backup

Backup Program (PC Clone EX)

Setup

PCClone EX Lite Net Backlog Hotkey: CNT-NE-T File New Backlog Type: Add to new working Backlog Discard or restore existing backlog Search the backup drive cost in I can return after an additional bootlog Power all other Backlog FNet

Hot Key setup: When users click "Edit", which can be made up of their own hot key by choosing "Ctrl", "shift", "Alt" and Added a number, or a letter, or function key, or whatever they want to consist of a hot key. Thus, every user has their own edited key to do file backup.
File backup mode : There are two modes for file backups; one is "Add\~", this function only backs up additional files to the external USB HDD; the other one is "Discard\~", this function duplicates all data & OS from your PC to the external HDD.
Confirmation : When users back up using their hot key, a default dialog box will pop up to asking for confirmation. If users want to backup directly, please cancel the default.

Other

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※ Concerning PCClone EX Lite spec. please click

Troubleshooting

  1. Once connected, the external HDD is recognized but not displayed.

Make sure that the mounted external HDD is initialized, partitioned, and formatted.

  1. Files larger than 2GB cannot be copied to the external HDD on Mac.

The partition of the external HDD is FAT 32. Set the partition to extended partition (HFS+) on Mac OS.

  1. During the installation of an external HDD on Windows ME, files such as usbntmap.sys are requested.

The files are in the base2.cab of the WIN9X folder on the Windows ME original CD. Specify this folder to complete installation.

  1. The formatted external HDD is recognized on Windows 2000 and XP but not on Windows 98SE and ME.

This is due to the difference in format type. Windows 98SE and ME support FAT 32 only, whereas Windows 2000 and XP support both FAT 32 and NTFS. Format as FAT 32 to enable recognition by all Windows systems.

  1. Power is insufficient.

[Major symptoms]

Not recognized/Sometimes recognized/Tick sound heard/Data move failed/Driver disappeared.

[Solution]

Connect all USB Y-cables, connect directly to the rear of the PC.

  1. Data in external HDD is lost.

Data may be lost when running Disk Defragmenter or Scan Disk with "Precise."

Data may be lost due to shock when the external HDD is operating.

Data opened after a fast format may be lost.

LG Service Site

Asia (Country / Region)

Azerbaijanhttp://www.lgservice.comLesothohttp://www.lgservice.com
Bangladeshhttp://www.lgservice.comLiberiahttp://lr.lgservice.com
Bruneihttp://www.lgservice.comLibyahttp://www.lgservice.com
Cambodiahttp://www.lgservice.comMadagascarhttp://mg.lgservice.com
Chinahttp://china.lgservice.comMalihttp://ml.lgservice.com
Hong Konghttp://hk.lgservice.comMauritiushttp://mu.lgservice.com
Indiahttp://in.lgservice.comMoroccohttp://ma.lgservice.com
Indonesiahttp://id.lgservice.comNamibiahttp://www.lgservice.com
Japanhttp://jp.lgservice.comNigeriahttp://ng.lgservice.com
Kazakhstanhttp://kz.lgservice.comReunionhttp://re.lgservice.com
Koreahttp://www.lgservice.co.krSenegalhttp://sn.lgservice.com
Kyrgyzstanhttp://www.lgservice.comSouth Africahttp://za.lgservice.com
Macauhttp://mo.lgservice.comSudanhttp://www.lgservice.com
Malaysiahttp://my.lgservice.comSwazilandhttp://www.lgservice.com
Myanmarhttp://www.lgservice.comTogohttp://tg.lgservice.com
Nepalhttp://www.lgservice.comTunisiahttp://tn.lgservice.com
Philippineshttp://ph.lgservice.comZimbabwehttp://zw.lgservice.com
Singaporehttp://sg.lgservice.com
Sri Lankahttp://www.lgservice.comMiddle East (Country/Region)
Taiwanhttp://www.lgservice.comAfghanistanhttp://www.lgservice.com
Tajikistanhttp://www.lgservice.comBahrainhttp://bh.lgservice.com
Thailandhttp://th.lgservice.comCyprushttp://cy.lgservice.com
Turkmenhttp://www.lgservice.comIranhttp://ir.lgservice.com
Uzbekistanhttp://www.lgservice.comIraqhttp://iq.lgservice.com
Vietnamhttp://vn.lgservice.comIsraelhttp://www.lgservice.com

Middle East (Country/Region)

LG Service Site

Caribbeanhttp://www.lgservice.comLatviahttp://lv.lgservice.com
Chilehttp://cl.lgservice.comLithuaniahttp://lt.lgservice.com
Colombiahttp://co.lgservice.comLuxembourghttp://lu.lgservice.com
Costa Ricahttp://cr.lgservice.comMacedoniahttp://www.lgservice.com
Cubahttp://www.lgservice.comMoldovahttp://www.lgservice.com
Dominican Republichttp://dm.lgservice.comNetherlandshttp://nl.lgservice.com
Ecuadorhttp://ec.lgservice.comNorwayhttp://no.lgservice.com
El Salvadorhttp://www.lgservice.comPolandhttp://pl.lgservice.com
Guatemalahttp://www.lgservice.comPortugalhttp://pt.lgservice.com
Hondurashttp://www.lgservice.comRomaniahttp://ro.lgservice.com
Nicaraguahttp://www.lgservice.comRussiahttp://ru.lgservice.com
Panamahttp://pa.lgservice.comSerbiahttp://www.lgservice.com
Paraguayhttp://www.lgservice.comSlovakiahttp://www.lgservice.com
Peruhttp://pe.lgservice.comSloveniahttp://www.lgservice.com
Uruguayhttp://www.lgservice.comSpainhttp://es.lgservice.com
Venezuelahttp://ve.lgservice.comSwedenhttp://se.lgservice.com

North America (Country/Region)

Canadahttp://ca.lgservice.com
Mexicohttp://mx.lgservice.com
Puerto Ricohttp://www.lgservice.com
U.S.A.http://www.lgusa.com

Europe (Country/Region)

Albaniahttp://www.lgservice.com
Austriahttp://www.lgservice.com

Oceania (Country/Region)

Australiahttp://au.lgservice.com

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