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Sabrent EC-SSD2 User Manual

Usb type-c dual enclosure for pcie nvme m.2 ssds with offline cloning function and active cooling
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  • Page 1 USB TYPE-C USB TYPE-A EC-SSD2 / USER MANUAL...

  • Page 3: System Requirements

    EC-SSD2 FEATURES: • Read from and write to both SSDs simultaneously. • Built-in cooling fan will prevent your disks from throttling due to high temperature. • Full aluminum construction for maximum heat dissipation. • Transfer data up to 10 Gigabits per second.
  • Page 4 EC-SSD2 1. Dual NVMe SSD enclosure 2. USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable 3. USB Type-C to USB Type-A cable 4. This user guide. 5. AC power adapter - 5V / 4AMP - Required NOTE: NVMe disks NOT included...

  • Page 5: Disk Installation

    EC-SSD2 WARNING: Only compatible with M Key M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. It is NOT compatible with B Key SSD (SATA-based) or the M Key M.2 SSD (PCIe AHCI-based). DISK INSTALLATION Before beginning, disconnect all cables from the enclosure. It is not necessary to use two disks, this device will work with only one disk installed.
  • Page 6 EC-SSD2 STEP 1 Remove the bottom plate by pulling it up from its protruding notch. STEP 2 At a 20-degree angle, slide the SSD into the M.2 socket until it is properly seated. Then place the rubber fastener on the disk’s notch.
  • Page 7 EC-SSD2 STEP 3 Lower the SSD and carefully push down on the rubber fastener until it goes through the pre-perforated hole in the PCB. STEP 4 Place the bottom plate back on the enclosure’s slit and push it down until it clicks into place.

  • Page 8: Connection Diagram

    EC-SSD2 CONNECTION DIAGRAM • Connect the AC adaptor to the wall outlet and to your Sabrent device. The power adaptor is required. Do NOT use this device without its AC adaptor. • Connect the USB cable to both the device and the computer.
  • Page 9 EC-SSD2 OFFLINE CLONING PROCEDURE 1. Once more, confirm the USB cable is NOT connected to the USB enclosure. 2. Your source disk will be in SLOT A, and your target disk will be in SLOT B. 3. After installing both disks, connect your AC adaptor to the wall outlet and to the enclosure.
  • Page 10 EC-SSD2 AFTER CLONING – TARGET DRIVE MAY NOT SHOW UP Depending on your operating system, your newly cloned drive may not show up at all. As you can see in the example below, after successfully finishing the cloning process, the only drive that is available is the SOURCE DRIVE, the target drive is not found under This PC.
  • Page 11 EC-SSD2 This happens because there is a signature collision between the drives after they are cloned. As a consequence, the target drive goes offline. To fix this in Windows (7 or higher), please follow the steps below. 1) First, open up Disk Management. To do this, click on the Start button, type diskmgmt.msc and hit the enter key.
  • Page 12 EC-SSD2 3) Once the target drive is back online, Windows will assign it a drive letter. Notice they will both have the same drive name, as you can see below.
  • Page 13 EC-SSD2 AFTER CLONING – TARGET DRIVE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT SIZE Once the cloning operation is finished, if the target drive is bigger than the source drive, the remainder of the storage space will be left as unallocated space. This means that the operating system...
  • Page 14 EC-SSD2 5) When the contextual menu appears, click on Extend Volume… 6) This will open up the Extend Volume Wizard welcome screen. To continue, click on the Next button.
  • Page 15 EC-SSD2 7) The Extend Volume Wizard will automatically default to maximizing the remainder of the unallocated space and assign it to the last available partition. Click on the Next button to accept the default behavior, or select your custom configuration here.
  • Page 16 EC-SSD2 8) Click on Finish to apply the changes. 9) After applying the changes, your Disk Management should look similar to the screenshot below.
  • Page 17 EC-SSD2 USING A BRAND NEW DISK If you are using a brand new disk, you might have to initialize it before you can use it. NOTE: Only initialize a disk if you are absolutely sure it is a brand new disk and it does not have any of your data on it.
  • Page 18 EC-SSD2 Initialize Disk 3. In the dialog box (shown next), check to make sure that the correct disk is selected and then click to accept the default partition style. If you need to change the partition style (GPT or MBR), you can do it here. The disk status briefly changes to Initializing and then to the Online status.
  • Page 19 EC-SSD2 4. Select and hold (or right-click) the unallocated space on New Simple Volume the drive and then select Next 5. Select , specify the size of the volume (you'll likely want to stick with the default, which uses the whole drive),...