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Table of Contents Product Diagram ..................1 Front View ..............................1 Rear View ..............................1 Introduction ....................2 Packaging Contents ..........................2 System Requirements ..........................2 Installation ....................3 Hardware Installation ..........................3 How to Use ....................6 Connecting the Hard Drives ........................6 LED Indicator ..............................
Product Diagram Front View 1. Status LED 2. Drive Activity LEDs Rear View 1. Drive bay panel 2. Thumb screws 3. Drive Fan 4. Power Jack 5. 2 x Thunderbolt ports Instruction Manual...
Installation Hardware Installation WARNING! Hard drives and storage enclosures require careful handling, especially when being transported. If you are not careful with your hard disk, lost data may result. Always handle your hard drive and storage device with caution. Be sure that you are properly grounded by wearing an anti-static strap when handling computer components or discharge yourself of any static electricity build-up by touching a large grounded metal surface (such as the computer case) for several seconds.
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3. Grasp the drive tray handels to slide each of the drive trays out of the enclosure 4. Place the drive tray arround your 2.5” HDD/SSD with the label facing upward. 5. Fix four of the included hdd installation screws into place through the screw holes on the drive tray using a Phillips head screw driver (not included).
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6. Slide the drive trays back into drive slots on the HDD Enclosure. 7. Replace the drive panel and thumb screws. 8. Connect the included thunderbolt cable from one of the Thunderbolt ports on the back of the enclosure, to an available Thunderbolt port on your computer. Note: Either Thunderbolt port may be used to connect the enclosure to the host computer system.
How to Use Connecting the Hard Drives Once the enclosure has been attached to a computer, and your the drivers will install automatically, and the inserted drives will be accessible as though they were installed within the system. Prior to using the drive array, it will need to be formatted according to your operating system requirements.
Initializing the Hard Drive 1. If the drive array is new it may need to be initialized and formatted before use. From the main Windows desktop, right-click on “My Computer” (“Computer” in Vista/ 7 / 8), then select Manage. In the new Computer Management window, select Disk Management from the left window panel.
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