Installation; Connect The Duplicator Dock; Install A Drive; Prepare A Drive For Use - StarTech.com SDOCK2U313R Manual

Installation

Connect the duplicator dock

Warning! Drives and storage enclosures should be handled carefully, especially when
they're transported. If you're not careful with your drives, you may lose data as a result.
Always handle storage devices with caution.
1. Connect the external power adapter from the duplicator dock to a power outlet.
2. Connect one of the included USB 3.1 cables from the duplicator dock to a USB port
on your computer system. Your computer can either be turned on or turned off
when you connect the USB cable.
3. Press the POWER button on the top of the duplicator dock. The LED indicators
should light up to indicate that the dock is turned on.

Install a drive

1. Carefully align a 2.5 in. or 3.5 in. SATA drive with a drive slot on the duplicator dock,
so that the SATA power and data connectors on the drive are aligned with the
corresponding connectors that are inside of the drive slot.
2. Insert the 2.5 in. or 3.5 in. SATA drive into one of the drive slots.
Note: If you're connecting drives for duplication, place the drive containing the data
that you intend to copy from in the drive #2 slot, and place the drive that you intend to
copy the data to in the drive #1 slot.
3. Press the POWER button to turn on the duplicator dock.
After the drive is installed and the duplicator dock is turned on, your computer
automatically recognizes the drive and it's accessible as though the drive is installed
internally in the system. If your computer doesn't automatically recognize the drive,
your drive probably wasn't initialized or was formatted incorrectly.
Note: When you have two drives installed in the duplicator dock and you remove one
of the drives, the other drive temporarily disconnects as well.

Prepare a drive for use

If you install a drive that already has data on it, after you plug in the drive, it appears
under My Computer or Computer with a drive letter assigned to it.
If you install a brand-new drive that doesn't contain any data, you must prepare the
drive for use.
If you use a computer that's running a version of Windows®, do the following:
1. On the taskbar, click the Windows icon.
2. In the Search field, type disk management.
3. In the search results, click Disk Management.
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