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OWC THUNDERBLADE External Solid-State Drive Powerful OWC Aura P12 Pro NVMe M.2 SSDs Speed Up to 2800MB/s Thunderbolt 3 Daisy chain up to six Thunderbolt 3 devices Mac & Windows PC Thunderbolt 3 or later USER GUIDE...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1.1 Minimum System Requirements ..............3 1.2 Package Contents.................... 3 1.3 Getting Started ....................3 1.4 About This Manual ................... 4 1.5 Front View ......................4 1.6 Rear View ......................4 MAC & WINDOWS SETUP 2.1 Mac Formatting ....................5 2.2 Windows Formatting ..................
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Screenshot images may vary slightly from the applications you seen on-screen. The latest product details and warranty information can be found on the product web page. OWC’s Limited Warranty is not transferable and subject to limitations. 1.5 FRONT VIEW 1.
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2.2 WINDOWS FORMATTING If you are using a Windows PC, the four SSDs inside the OWC ThunderBlade need to be reconfigured before the device can be used. Please download and install SoftRAID for Windows, which has a feature for converting Mac SoftRAID volumes.
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To ensure your files are protected and to prevent data loss, we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data: one copy on your OWC ThunderBlade and a second copy on either your internal drive or another storage medium, such as an optical backup, or on another external storage unit. Any data loss or corruption...
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