ADS Technologies DLX-188 Install Manual page 4

Installing Hard Drives in WINDOWS:
Windows XP & 2000 hard drive installation notes:
Read this after you have installed your hard drive into the drive kit.
After you plug the drive kit into your computer and your hard drive does not show up as a
drive letter in My Computer, you would need to do the following:
• Right click on My Computer
• Click on Manage
You will see the window pictured below:
• Click on disk management and this will show all the drives in your system.
• If prompted to initialize your drive, go ahead and do so.(For new hard drives only, for hard
drives with data in them, initializing it erases the data on that drive.)
You will now see the Dual Link drive in the list of drives in the lower right side of the window.
You may go ahead and right click on the drive, and click new partition, this will run a wizard
that allows you to partition the drive, format it and assign it a drive letter.
Windows 98SE & Me hard disk drive installation notes:
Read this after you have installed your hard drive into the drive kit. After you plug the
drive kit into your computer and your hard drive does not show up as a drive letter in My
Computer, you would need to do the following:
• Right click on My Computer
• Click on Properties you will see the window picture below:
• Click on Device Manager
• Click on Disk Drives
• Double click on the drive that you just plugged in
• Click on the settings tab
• Check the removeable box
• Assign a drive letter (Make sure you assign a drive letter
that is not in use, the start and ending drive letter should be the same letter also. So if you
typed in drive M, as the starting drive letter, it should also be the ending drive letter)
• Click ok and then restart the computer
• After restart, open up my computer, this will show the drive letter that you just assigned to
the Dual Link drive. If this is a new drive, you can double click the drive to format it.
FDISK
Fdisk is a DOS application that will allow you to partition new hard drives in the computer (eg: drive kit
w/hard drive).You must use Fdisk if you plan to upgrade the OS in your computer or plan to move the drive
kit to different computers from time to time. Fdisk is really hard to use and only intended for advanced
users. It can be accessed from the DOS Prompt by typing Fdisk. For more help on Fdisk, check out the
Microsoft website and search for help on Fdisk.
1. If you have a computer that comes with a 6 PIN connector (similar to the connector on our cable)
then the drive will automatically be powered by the 1394 PORT.
2. If you have a computer that has a PIN connector then you need to plug the enclosure USB POWER
CABLE. One end plugs into an available USB PORT, the other end plugs into your DRIVE KIT.
Also, since you have a 4 PIN connector on your computer, use the enclosure 6 PIN to 4 PIN
converter or the enclosed 6 PIN by 4 PIN cable.
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