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Newer Technology Guardian Maximus Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 Hardware RAID-1 (Mirror) Performance Storage Solution Owners Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.1.3 Supported Hard Drives 1.2 CONTENTS 1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1.4 PORT VIEW & INTERFACE CONNECTIONS 1.5 CABLE CONNECTIONS & QUICKSTART GUIDE 1.6 FRONT STATUS LIGHTS...

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    Chapter 1 - Introduction Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 System Requirements 1.1.1 Mac Requirements • Minimum PowerPC G4 Processor, 128MB RAM • eSATA interface, Mac OS X 10.3 or later (OR) • FireWire interface, Mac OS X 10.2 or later (OR) •...

  • Page 4: Port View & Interface Connections

    The Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus has multiple interfaces to work with any computer system. eSATA Port - The utmost in speed. If you’re trying to make your Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus the fastest it can be, attach an eSATA cable to this port.

  • Page 5: Front Status Lights

    Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus as you normally would during the rebuild process. The Guardian MAXimus does not need to be connected to your computer to rebuild, it can be disconnected but left powered on to rebuild.

  • Page 6: Formatting

    2.1 IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU PLAN ON USING YOUR DRIVE TO BOOT ON A G3, G4, OR G5 SYSTEM If you purchased a preconfigured Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus, your new external hard drive has been formatted for the Macintosh as a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) volume, using the GUID* Partition Table scheme.
  • Page 7 ➀ Click on the “Initialize” button. ➁ Select the device with no volumes attached to it; in this picture, that would be the 640 GB Newer Technology device. Click on the picture of the drive icon next to the text.
  • Page 8 You then need to choose how many partitions you wish your Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus to have. For ease of use we’re selecting one partition here but of course you could select more if you wish to have multiple volumes created.
  • Page 9 You will be asked to confirm that you wish to format the drive - agree, and then after a few moments, partitioning will complete and the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus volume will mount on your desktop. You can quit Disk Utility, you’re all set!
  • Page 10 Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Chapter 2 - Formatting 2.4 Removing the GUID Partition Scheme Only for XP, 2000, ME and earlier. (XP 64-BIT, Vista & Windows 7 can continue to the next section) If you purchased a preconfigured solution from NewerTech, it comes preformatted using the Mac OS HFS+ file system on a GUID drive partition.
  • Page 11 Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Chapter 2 - Formatting 2.5 Formatting your Guardian MAXimus on Windows 2000 and later Instructions for other operating systems can be found at http://www.newertech.com/format. ➀ With the drive connected to the computer and powered on, right click on the “My Computer” icon and select “Man- age”...
  • Page 12 Chapter 2 - Formatting Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus ➃ Your drive will ap- pear similar to how Disk 1 does below. Notice that the space on the lower right reads as “Unallo- cated.” Right click in this space and choose “New Partition.”...
  • Page 13 Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Chapter 2 - Formatting ➇ If you like, you can specify the drive letter designation for your new drive. Otherwise, one will automatically be as- signed. Click “Next. ” ➈ Before you can use the drive, it must be formatted. On...
  • Page 14 Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Chapter 2 - Formatting ➀➀ Once you have finished with the for- matting wizard, you will see that your new drive (represented as “Disk E” in this case) will display a message of “Formatting. ” This should only take a...

  • Page 15: Macdrive

    Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Chapter 2 - Formatting ➀➂ At this point, you may close the Computer Management window. Your drive is ready to use and can be found in “My Computer. ” 2.6 MacDrive 8 Using your new Storage Solution on both Macs and PCs? MacDrive takes the guesswork out of sharing files.

  • Page 16: Troubleshooting & Tips

    2. A message will appear, detailing the devices that the Eject icon controls. i.e. “Safely remove... ” Click on this prompt. 3. You will then be given the following message. “Safe to Remove Hardware”. It is now safe to unhook the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus. General information: •...

  • Page 17: Appendix

    A: Yes, they will spin down to a low power mode to save energy. It will take about 10 seconds to access your data after being in sleep or stand-by mode. Q: I have an older Intel based Mac - can I use my NewerTech Guardian MAXimus as a boot drive? A: Yes! Older (Pre-2008) Intel Mac systems require the use of USB for booting but it certainly will work.

  • Page 18: About Data Backup

    To ensure that your files are protected and to prevent the loss of your data, we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data: One copy on your Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus and a second copy on either your internal hard drive or another storage medium, such as an optical backup, or on a second external hard drive.

  • Page 19: Customer Service

    Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Chapter 5 - Customer Service 5 CUSTOMER SERVICE 5.1 Before Contacting Customer Service •Read this manual and review Chapter 4: Troubleshooting & Tips. •Try to confirm the problem is with the hard drive. If you have a second computer, move the enclosure to that system and verify that the solution does not function with that machine.
  • Page 20 Newer Technology assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. Newer Technology reserves the right to make changes or revi- sions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes.

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