Installing IomegaWare^™ Software

Installing IomegaWare software installs the drivers and tools needed on your computer to support your Iomega drives, including the Peerless drive system. Data loss may occur if the Peerless drive system is used without IomegaWare software. Individual installation instructions are given for your operating system: Macintosh or Windows. In addition, instructions for locating the IomegaWare software's help information are outlined below.

Installing IomegaWare Software on a Mac^®

1. Start your Mac and wait for the Mac OS desktop to finish loading.

2. Insert the Solutions CD into the CD-ROM drive on your Mac.



NOTE: If the CD-ROM has a spindle, make sure the CD is pushed all the way down.

3. Double click the Start icon in the Solutions CD window. Select a language, then select IomegaWare Software from the Solutions CD menu, then select Click to Install to start the software installation. (If you can't see the Solutions CD window, double click the CD icon on your Mac desktop.)

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software.

5. Shut down your computer at the end of the software installation.

6. Connect your Peerless drive system.

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Installing IomegaWare Software on a PC

1. Start your PC and wait for Windows^® to finish loading.

NOTE: If Windows is already running, close all applications before proceeding.

2. Insert the Solutions CD into the CD-ROM drive on your PC. The Solutions CD menu should open automatically when you insert the CD. If it does not, double click the CD icon in My Computer, then double click the Start icon.



NOTE: If the CD-ROM has a spindle, make sure the CD is pushed all the way down.

3. Select a language, select IomegaWare Software from the Solutions CD menu, then select Click to Install to start the software installation.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software.

5. Shut down your computer at the end of the software installation.

6. Connect your Peerless drive system.

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Using IomegaWare Software

You can use IomegaWare software to format and protect your Peerless disks. For users with Windows 98, IomegaWare also includes a drive letter manager feature that makes it easy to change the drive letter assigned to your Peerless drive system and other removable drives on your system.

After the software is installed, you can find information on using IomegaWare software in the help files available on your system.

• Mac OS Users: You can access IomegaWare help by following these instructions: Open the Tools application program and click the Help button. You can also find help manuals inside the IomegaWare folder and inside the Iomega Application folders on the disk you selected for installation, usually the Mac hard disk.

• Windows PC Users: IomegaWare software includes complete help information in HTML format. You can access IomegaWare help by following these instructions:

  1. Right click on the Peerless icon in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

  2. Select Properties.

  3. Click the tab for Iomega.

  4. Click the Help button.

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