The GStorWave series comes in two options:
1. USB drive with a built-in Personal Working Environment software
2. USB drive only (without any built-in software)
The available features of the GStorWave is shown on the product packaging.
The software features shown below only applies to the GStorWave that comes with the Personal Working Environment software.

For the GStorWave equipped with a personal working environment, you can carry it conveniently ready to be used on any computer you plug it into.

The software is compact and takes only about 15 MB of space, so much room is left for you to install programs and carry your data on your drive (depending on your drive's capacity).

Use the Compact Bar to open the Easy-Access Menu, and gain immediate access to your entire computing identity from any computer you plug into. You can now install and run your favorite programs, browse the web with your personal settings and favorite links, work with you

Step 1 - Set Up Your GStor Wave
Add your favorite programs to your GStor Wave to carry with you wherever you go.

Carry your data inside the GStor Wave document folders for easy access.

Configure your GStor Wave e-mail client and accounts so that your correspondence will be as mobile as you are.
Step 2 - Work with GStor Wave On-the-Go
Plug your GStor Wave into any PC and start the Ceedo working environment.
Use your programs, access your data, send and receive your e-mails.
When you're done - eject your GStor Wave and take your working environment with you; nothing will be left behind.

Here is what you should do in order to start using GStor Wave:

． Add programs to your GStor Wave.

Go through the Programs Directory and find the programs you wish to add to GStor Wave; then install them with a single mouse click.

． Start working . GStor Wave is now ready to go!

Go to any PC - be it at work, airport terminal, internet cafe or friend's computer - and plug-in your GStor Wave. The portable working environment will start automatically, showing you the Compact Bar and Easy-Access Menu. Now you can use your programs, work on your documents, surf the web and send and receive emails. When you are finished - eject GStor Wave from the host PC and take your entire working environment with you wherever you go!

GStor Wave allows you to safely surf the web from any computer using your favorite web browser. Besides having the actual browser installed on your GStor Wave, you are also carrying your favorites and cookies with you; this means that your data remains with you at all time.

Moreover, using GStor Wave for internet access provides a safe way of making sure that no personal information will be left behind during your web session, regardless of the actual computer you are working on. GStor Wave leaves no trace of your web activity on the host computer, ensuring perfect anonymity once you eject your GStor Wave and leave the host computer.

An excellent way to find out whether you are currently browsing safely is to look for the caption-bar icon , located on the top-right corner of the browser's window. Whenever you run a program from GStor Wave, this icon will appear on the window caption; the same case applies for web browsers. Therefore, no matter how many windows are open on the d

Though GStor Wave requires an active Internet connection for most of its core functions, and particularly for program installation and automatic updating, once installed and set-up (assuming that programs were installed from the online Programs Directory while an Internet connection was available) it should work fine on a computer without Internet connectivity.

The speed at which programs running in GStor Wave is determined by a variety of factors - including to a large extent the capabilities of the particular host machine.

Users also have the option of placing GStor Wave's temporary files on the host machine, which should improve the speed of programs which use temporary files intensively, e.g. web browsers.

The PC you plug you Ceedo into must meet the following Minimum system requirements:

Pentium II 350 MHz class CPU or faster
Windows 2000, XP, 2003 or Vista.
USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended)
Internet Explorer 5.0 or above
Active Internet Connection
When installing new programs on GStor Wave, make sure you read the system requirements for that program.

GStor Wave's personal working environment software does not currently support - nor was it designed to run on - the MacOS system.

Though it has not been thoroughly tested to do so, it might operate in an emulated PC environment on the Mac. That is the best solution available at the moment for Mac users, as far as we know.

GStor Wave contains a powerful easy-to-use file encryption utility called DataSafe.

GStor Wave contains a flexible intuitive file synchronization utility.

GStor Wave does not currently support the Java Runtime Environment.

Support for Microsoft Outlook, including Exchange mode, is planned to be incorporated into the GStor Wave platform later this year or early next year. This support will likely be offered as an add-on which will extend support to Outlook as a Profiled Application.

Profiled Applications are programs that can commonly be found on Windows-based PCs, and therefore do not have to be installed and carried in full on your portable drive. For these applications, GStor Wave carries only the preferences, user settings or Profile, and allows you to launch them from the host machine with the GStor Wave user profile applied.

Microsoft Access is not currently certified to run on the GStor Wave platform, but we are working to prepare it for certification. It will be available in the future for as a Profiled Application, just like Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

GStor Wave includes experimental support (i.e. you can still expect some bugs!) for Internet Explorer 7. This support will be expanded in the future, and we intend to fully support the new browser by the time it is officially released.

Unfortunately, since GStor Wave's application virtualization technology is inherently incompatible with software debuggers, there is no possibility of installing Visual Studio (or any other programming platforms, as far as we know) on GStor Wave.

Since this is a core infrastructure issue we have no plans at this time to enable this functionality.

To open the Easy-Access Menu, click the Open Ceedo button located at the middle of your Compact Bar.

Also, at any time, you can use the Hotkey (keyboard shortcut). This hotkey is set by default to , but you can change it through the Hotkeys tab in the Options menu.

To hide the Compact Bar, click the Minimize button. The Compact Bar will be Minimized, while the most important Ceedo functions can still be accessed through the Ceedo icon in your system tray.

To restore the Compact Bar after it has been Minimized, click the Ceedo icon in your system tray. The Compact Bar will be restored.

You must always properly eject your GStor Wave before unplugging it from the computer. To eject GStor Wave, click the Eject button on your Compact Bar. GStor Wave will then attempt to close the programs and folders that you have opened from Ceedo. You will be notified when it is safe to remove the drive from the computer.

You can also eject GStor Wave by selecting Eject from the tray icon popup menu.

To close Ceedo, select Exit from the tray icon popup menu.

Note that closing Ceedo this way allows you to access your drive; it does not eject your drive, so it is not safe to remove it yet. To safely remove your drive after you have closed the personal working environment software, use the Safely Remove Hardware option:

Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware system tray icon
Select the drive you want to eject and click Stop.
Once Windows has notified you that it is safe to remove your drive from the computer, unplug it.

Note: Ceedo automatically closes all running windows, programs, web pages and folders when shutting down. If a program cannot be closed for some reason, Ceedo will display a standard message window, allowing you to manually close the program or to abort the program's termination and handle it yourself. Ceedo will not shut down until all windows, programs, web pages and folders have been closed.

What is the Used Space Meter?

The Used Space

The process for exporting and importing Outlook Express address books is as follows:

Open Outlook Express on the host computer.
In the top menu, go to Tools\Address Book.
Go to File\Export\Address Book (WAB).
Save the .wab file somewhere on your USB flash drive.
Close Outlook Express.
Open GStor Wave 's Outlook Express.
In the menu again, go to Tools\Address Book.
Go to File\Import\Address Book (WAB).
Select the .wab file you previously saved.
Click OK.
Your address book should now be properly imported.

Click the Open Ceedo button on your Compact Bar; this will open your easy-access menu.
Select All Programs.
Use the All Programs menu to locate your desired program. Click on the program's name to run it.

Note that the easy-access menu also shows the most commonly used programs installed on your GStor Wave. Use this list to quickly access your favorite programs.

Open the easy-access menu by clicking the Open Ceedo button on the Compact Bar
Select Add Programs.This will open the Programs Directory window
Select a category from the Programs Category List on the left to find the program you are looking for. The selected programs will be displayed in the Programs List on the right.
Find the program you wish to install in the Programs List and click Download; GStor Wave will then download the program and start its installation.
Follow the installation instructions; note that each program in the Programs List has a link to the software vendor's web site. Use this link to get more information on the program and for specific instructions on how to install it.
Once you have finished installing the program, you can either install another program on your GStor Wave, or close the Programs Directory window.
Note: Each program in the Programs List has the space required for its installation written below its name. Please make sure you

We perform rigorous testing before posting updated program versions to the Programs Directory, which unfortunately sometimes causes delays between the application's release and the moment it is posted. Please know that the reason for this is that it is very important for us to certify that the programs listed on the Directory work well on the GStor Wave platform. We thank you for your patience.

Open the easy-access menu by clicking the Open Ceedo button.
Select All Programs.
Select Remove Programs. This will open the Remove Programs window.
Select the program you wish to remove, and click Remove.
Follow the wizard to complete the uninstallation.

To open the Options window, open the easy-access menu and select Options. You can also select Options from the tray icon popup menu.

If you do not wish to see the Welcome screen when GStor Wave starts, do the following:

Open the easy-access menu by clicking the Open Ceedo button.
Select Options.
In the General tab, uncheck the box next to Show the Welcome screen when Ceedo starts.
Click OK.

Open the easy-access menu by clicking the Open Ceedo button.
Select Options.
In the Advanced tab, type in the new drive name in the Name field.
Click OK.

Open the easy-access menu by clicking the Open Ceedo button.
Select Options.
In the Updates tab, select Turn off Automatic Updates.
Click OK.

Open the easy-access menu by clicking the Open Ceedo button.
Select Options.
In the E-mail tab, use the drop-down list to select the e-mail client you want to be displayed on the easy-access menu.
Click OK.

Open the easy-access menu by clicking the Open Ceedo button.
Select Options.
In the Hotkeys tab, select the hotkey you wish to change from the hotkey list.
Click Change.
In the Change Hotkey window, press the new hotkey you wish to assign for this action. The hotkey can be a combination of a key and a keyboard modifier such as the Windows logo key, CTRL, SHIFT or ALT.
Click OK to close the Change Hotkey window
Click OK to close the Options window and save your changes.

Windows has a known problem with assigning drive letter(s) to a removable storage device that is already used by another drive.

When connected to a computer, your ExcelStor drive assembled in the USB box is assigned a drive letter. If your computer has the USB box connected and you can not find a drive letter assigned to your ExcelStor drive, then it's possible that Windows has assigned a drive letter that is already used. To resolve this problem, right-click "My Computer" -> Manage -> Storage -> Disk management -> choose the drive you want to manage, right-click the logical drive(s) in your physical disk(s), then choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths” from the pop-up menu to manually assign a different drive letter to the drive.