The very first choice on the Start Menu is Documents. Clicking it opens File Manager, which you can use like Windows Explorer or Mac OS X's Finder to create, copy, delete and move files and directories. File Manager is a little different than Windows Explorer in that it is set up for your convenience to work mainly with the files that you create rather than all files and directories. You can, of course, move to other parts of your storage when necessary by selecting Show Hidden Files from the View Menu (shortcut key: CTRL+H). If there is a directory you use frequently that isn't at the top level under Documents, you can add it to the Shortcuts list in the Side Pane by simply dragging it over from from the main window. 
The fourth choice on the Start Menu, Desktop Search, gives you the ability to find any file or directory based on all or part of its name, its type or extension, size, date created or changed and so on. You can also launch Desktop Search by clicking the binocular icon on the Quick Launch panel.
This handy utility runs on Windows and allows you anytime, anywhere secure access to your online storage using the same strong encryption as your Zonbu. You can copy to or from your storage by dragging files or directories onto or out of the window, delete files or directories and work with files using Windows applications without having to carry your computer with you.
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Zonbu File Browser is simple to use. Directories are shown in a tree view on the left and files from the active selected directory are shown on the right and can be listed in the standard four view modes (large icons, small icons, list and details). Clicking on a column title (Name, Compressed Size, Date) in the file window will sort the files according to that column; clicking the same title a second time toggles between ascending and descending order. Note: After making any changes through this utility, you'll need to refresh your Zonbu's local cache. Do this by opening the Storage applet on the Control Panel, selecting the Refresh tab and clicking the Refresh button. Depending on how many files have been added, changed or deleted and whether they're all in one directory or several, choose either the Refresh All Folders or Refresh a Folder and its Sub-Folders option.
Note: After making any changes through this utility, you'll need to refresh your Zonbu's local cache. Do this by opening the Storage applet on the Control Panel, selecting the Refresh tab and clicking the Refresh button. Depending on how many files have been added, changed or deleted and whether they're all in one directory or several, choose either the Refresh All Folders or Refresh a Folder and its Sub-Folders option.
Connect: Puts the file browser in online mode, reestablishing the connection to your online storage.
Disconnect: Puts the file browser in offline mode but does not close the application.
Copy: Copies the selected files or directories to your Windows PC from your online storage.
Paste: Copies the file in the Windows clipboard to your online storage.
Delete: Removes the selected files or directories from your online storage.
Refresh: Synchronizes the file browser view with your online storage.
View Mode: Switches the file window among icon, list and detail views.
Change Password: Be careful! This changes the password for your Zonbu account across all systems.
Properties: Opens a detailed property window for the currently selected file or directory.
Show Hidden Files: These are system and application files which you should ordinarily have no need to touch, so they are not visible by default.
With Zonbu, your data — whether it's a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet, a music file or email — is primarily stored on our servers out on the Internet. For privacy and security, your data is always protected using a very strong, 128-bit encryption mechanism between your Zonbu device and our servers. For reliability and performance, we use Amazon's robust and innovative S3 service to power this Online Storage.
The Zonbu Mini does not have a hard disk. Instead, a 4GB compact flash (similar to what digital cameras and MP3 players use) stores the operating system and the application which have been installed. The remaining space of the compact flash is used as a cache to store local copies of files you've recently used; special software keeps these copies synchronized with the online storage servers. In other words, when you need to work on a file, the file is:
transparently downloaded to the compact flash cache,
modified locally using the appropriate application such as OpenOffice.org, Image Workshop or Web Page Editor and,
promptly uploaded to the server every time you save the file.
Although the Zonbu Notebook has a hard drive, it still functions in the same way. The hard drive, however, allows for more files to be stored in the cache. As a result, files can be used without an internet connection, too!
Since all your data is stored on the Zonbu servers:
You can access the files from any Internet-connected device using the file browser — which initially works only on Windows 98, 2000, XP and Vista.
When you use a new, more powerful Zonbu device in the future, you simply log in to the new computer with your existing account name and password — there is no need to migrate or transfer your data.
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Files are backed up by us and will not be lost due to hard disk or computer failure, corruption by other applications, or theft of your machine.
The Zonbu hassle-free plan comes with 50GB of storage space. More space can be purchased in 50GB increments if needed.
To change the storage configuration on your Zonbu, open the Storage applet via Start Menu ⇒ Control Panel ⇒ Advanced Settings ⇒ Storage. The applet has three tabs, Status, Connect and Refresh. 
This panel exposes a great deal of information about the state of your storage. From top to bottom:
| Online |
Is your PC connected to the Zonbu servers? |
| Used space |
How much of your allotment of online storage is taken up by your files |
| Local cache |
How much of your cache space is used |
| Download |
Set minimum size of a file to cause the progress indicator to be shown; default is 1MB since anything smaller will finish before the indicator would display anything. |
| Show Activity |
Opens the progress indicator dialog whether or not any downloads are happening, and remains open until you close it. |
| Upload |
If some files have been worked on but not yet uploaded to the online storage, the number and total size is listed; clicking the Show Files
button opens a list of these files. |
The Connect tab controls proxy settings, and manually connecting or disconnecting your Zonbu device from the Internet.
Proxy settings are only used if your Zonbu is inside a controlled network like a corporate office or school campus which have special software to manage internet access. If you need to set this up your network administrator or provider will have given you the information required. Note that any proxy settings you configure on this screen are only used for connecting to the online storage and are not passed through to other web applications such as Firefox, Skype or GAIM instant messaging.
Disconnecting from and reconnecting to the network will generally only be necessary when a problem occurs with your connection or your computer.
When you use the File Browser to connect to your online storage from another PC and make changes to any of your files (or add or delete files), use the Refresh button on this tab to synchronize your Zonbu's list of files with the changes. You can select which of the two levels of sync is needed
Refresh All Folders: Use this when there are many new files to synchronize, such as when you used the Import Tool or file browser.
Refresh a folder and its sub-folders (advanced): Use this when you know there is only one folder or folder and its subdirectories to synchronize.
