PC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All of the third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. FireWire 1394, 3.5” Protable External Enclosure VP-9059 USER MANUAL Rev. 1.0 Date: June, 16, 2004...
3-2 Mac OS 10.1X or Above ... 11 3-3 Linux Kernel 2.4 or Above ... 11 4. Using The FireWire 1394 External Enclosure ... 11 4-1 Connect the FireWire 1394 External Enclosure VP-9059 to Computer ... 11 4-2 Disconnect the FireWire 1394 External Enclosure VP-9059 from Computer ...
SE/2000/ME/XP, SCSI class drivers can use SBP-2 to communi- cate with IEEE 1394 device using the SCSI command set. The VP-9059 is ideally suited to hard disk drives (HDDs).It allows IDE drives being able to connect to a 1394 serial bus in a plug-and- play fashion.
The power LED indicator is located on the front panel of the VP-9059. The power LED will be green light when connect with the power cable. When you write the data to the VP-9059, the power LED will be orange light.
2. Carefully lift the rear of the case. Then, slide it away from the rear face of the front panel. 3. Remove the four screws retaining the hard drive cradle to the base unit of the Enclosure. 4. Lift out the cradle. VP-9059 USER MANUAL...
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7. Locate the IDE port and power port situated on the rear face of the hard drive. Plug the IDE cable and power cable into the appropriate port ensuring that they fit securely. 8. Position the cradle/hard drive onto the Enclosure base unit. VP-9059 USER MANUAL...
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11. Slide the upper case forward ensuring that it abuts the rear face of the front panel. 12. Finally, secure the upper case with the two retaining screws. VP-9059 USER MANUAL...
Step2: Connect one 1394 connector end of the FireWire 1394 cable into the 1394 Port of your External Enclosure VP-9059. Step3: Connect the Power Adapter Power Cord to the +5V/+12V Power Adapter. Then, plug one end of power cord into an AC power outlet, and the other end to the power inlet of your FireWire 1394 3.5”...
FireWire 1394 External Drive is a brand new hard disk drive which does not contain a partition. Please refer to Chapter 5 “Partitioning an External Hard Disk” to prepare your FireWire 1394 External Disk. 1394disk[F:] Notes: VP-9059 USER MANUAL...
Computer Step1: Plug the first 1394 port connector of the FireWire 1394 cable into the 1394 port of your Firewire 1394 External Enclosure VP-9059. Step2: Plug the second 1394 port connector of the FireWire 1394 cable into an 1394 port on your computer.
4-2 Disconnect the FireWire 1394 External Enclosure VP-9059 from Computer 4-2.1 Windows 98: Step1: Double click the green Unplug or Eject hardware icon in system tray and click the drive that you want to remove and click on [STOP]. Step2: When the system prompts ‘Confirm device to be stopped’, click...
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1394 port of your computer or HUB while copying files to/ from the device or while files or applications stored on the FireWire 1394 External Drive are in use. DOING SO MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF DATA. VP-9059 USER MANUAL...
You can only set the external Hard Disk Drive to one partition using this method. Method 2 Step1: Go into MS-DOS mode by clicking on [Start], then choose the [MS-DOS Prompt] in [Programs]. Step2: At the DOS prompt, type [FDISK] and press Enter. VP-9059 USER MANUAL...
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The default fixed drive set by FDISK is your internal hard disk drive. If you don’t change the fixed disk drive to the external Hard Disk, the data of your internal hard disk will be destroyed! VP-9059 USER MANUAL WARNING!!
To partition the external Hard Disk Drive under Windows 2000, connect the external Hard Disk to the 1394 port on your computer. Next, click [Start], select [Control Panel], [Settings], open [Admin- istrative Tools] and double click [Computer Management]. VP-9059 USER MANUAL...
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Step4: Follow the instructions of the wizard to partition and format your external Hard Disk Drive. After you have completed the partitioning and formatting of the external Hard Disk Drive, you can write data to it. VP-9059 USER MANUAL...