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- Page 1 Pleiades USB/LAN External Storage Enclosure for 3.5” Hard Drive User Manual & Installation Guide v1.1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION - 1 - CHAPTER 4 – LAN DISK SETUP - 11 - - 1 - - 11 - ETWORK NSTALLATION ON A - 11 - USB/LAN - 1 - LEIADES ETWORK NSTALLATION ON A - 1 - - 11 - ACKAGE... -
Page 3: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Remarks for PC users and Microsoft Windows OS Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS The Pleiades USB/LAN The External Storage Enclosure “Pleiades USB/LAN” is made of high quality aluminium, excellent for heat-dissipation. Available with various types of interfaces, this is the perfect solution for additional external storage, data backup as well as for transferring data between computers and platforms. -
Page 4: System Requirements
System Requirements PC Requirements • Minimum Intel Processor II 350MHz, 64MB RAM • USB 1.1 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP • USB 2.0 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP • 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet card, or a USB-to-Ethernet converter equipped PC;... -
Page 5: Chapter - 2 Installing The Hdd
Chapter - 2 Installing the HDD Preparing the Enclosure Remove the 4 screws on the bottom, slide the case off the Your unit might body, remove the screws for the top cover and open up the come with an case. installed hard drive. -
Page 6: Hard Drive Assembly
Hard Drive Assembly Connect the ATA cable and the power line to your hard drive. Install the hard drive and fasten the screws. Align the top cover with the body and fasten the screws, before you slide it back The hard drive into the casing. -
Page 7: Chapter 3 - System Set Up
Chapter 3 - System Set Up In LAN mode, the Pleiades is attached to an Ethernet switch or Make sure your router. Each user on the network can use the LAN disk and computer is access it using FTP or SMB. connected to the same network as your LAN disk. -
Page 8: Installation On A Pc Using Usb
Installation on a PC using USB 2.0 Win2000 or WinXP with a USB connection: • Turn on your Computer and start Windows • Connect the Pleiades and turn it on If the system • Let Windows search and install the driver automatically doesn’t recognize •... -
Page 9: Installation On A Mac Using Usb
Installation on a Mac using USB 2.0 Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS 10.x with a USB connection: • Turn on your computer and start Mac OS If the system • Connect the Pleiades and turn it on doesn’t recognize •... -
Page 10: Partitioning & Formatting
Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the You can choose to drive, so make sure you have a backup! This step is usually create several only required the first time you install a factory new hard drive, partitions through if you change the format or want to erase all data on your drive. -
Page 11: Pc Running Win 2000 Or
PC running Win2000 or WinXP: Disk Management Program • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” The drive has to be • Select “Disk Management” formatted using the • Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for FAT32 file system. -
Page 12: Mac Os
Mac OS: Mac OS9.2 and earlier, does not support creating partitions on The drive has to be an external drive. To do that, you would need to purchase formatted using the additional 3 party software, connect the drive to the internal FAT32 file system IDE bus or upgrade to OS X. -
Page 13: Chapter 4 - Lan Disk Setup
Chapter 4 – LAN Disk Setup Network Installation on a PC • Turn on your Computer and start Windows • If you have the USB disk connected, disconnect it To connect the LAN • Connect the Pleiades to the local network and turn it on disk to your network, •... -
Page 14: System Information
A pop-up dialog box will appear prompting you for your username and password. If you forgot your Default Settings personal login, Username: admin press and hold the Password: admin reset button, turn on the device and wait We strongly suggest you to change this, as soon as you are for ten seconds logged in, to prevent unauthorized access. -
Page 15: Smb Server
SMB Server The public folder is created by default. You may access it immediately after the system is ready, without any further setup or login. When creating or sharing folder(s) we suggest using the English alphabet for file names. For other languages, please Make sure you are remember to change the language under “Status”... -
Page 16: File Access On A Mac
File Access on a Mac Click on “Go” and choose “Network”. Browse for your LAN disk “STORAGE-xxxx”, which by default can be found in the Make sure you are WORKGROUP folder. connected to the same network as Alternatively, select “Go” and choose “Connect to Server”. Type your LAN disk. -
Page 17: Disk Utility
Disk Utility If you don’t use the disk utility to format the drive, make sure that you choose the FAT32 You may use the disk utility to format your drive, scan for disk file system, errors and set the idle time before the device switches to otherwise it won’t standby mode. -
Page 18: About This Manual
Q: My HDD is not recognised. A: Please make sure to set the jumper of your hard drive to For troubleshooting Master when you install the drive and then use the disk utility of and to upgrade the the web admin interface to format the drive. firmware, connect the LAN disk Q: I get Error Code -36...
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