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  • Page 1 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Tools Required

    Setup of the Newer Technology miniStack NAS is straightfor- ward, but you do need to follow this guide for proper setup. We do suggest reading through the whole manual before hooking up the miniStack NAS.

  • Page 3: System Requirements

    System Requirements Macintosh Requirements Minimum Apple G Processor, MB RAM Mac OS . or later for use via USB . Mac OS X . or later & USB . Mac for use via USB . Mac OS X . or later & Mbps or Mbps Ethernet connection for use as a network disk.

  • Page 4: Installing The Hard Drive

    Installing the Hard Drive Your miniStack NAS may come 1. Lift the top cover off the body. with a hard drive pre-installed. For pre-configured units, these instructions are provided for infor- mational purposes only. Opening the enclosure of a pre- configured unit will void its warranty.

  • Page 5: System Setup

    System Set Up In NDAS mode, the miniStack NAS is directly attached to a The miniStack 100MB/s full duplex Ethernet switch. Each user on the net- NAS can only work can use the NDAS disk as if it were a local drive.
  • Page 6 Installation on a PC using USB 2.0 To connect the miniStack NAS via USB 2.0 to a single com- puter, perform the following steps: Turn on your Computer and start Windows. Make sure the Ethernet cable is disconnected. Connect the miniStack NAS via USB 2.0 and turn it on.

  • Page 7: Installation On A Mac Using Usb

    Turn on your computer and start Mac OS. Make sure the Ethernet cable is disconnected. Connect the miniStack NAS and turn it on. No driver installation required. The external drive will mount and show up on your If the system desktop.

  • Page 8: Chapter 4 - Ndas Setup

    Select ‘Register a New Device’ . Depending on your setup under Options/Advanced/ Menu, you can use the registration wizard or do it manually. Enter a name for your miniStack NAS or use the default name. Add your After adding NDAS...
  • Page 9 Locate the ‘NDAS Utility’ found inside your Applications folder under Utilities and open it. Under Management, select ‘Register a New Device’ . Enter a name for your miniStack NAS or use the default name. Add your NDAS device ID and if you also want to be able to write to the disk, enter the Write Key (last 5 digits).
  • Page 10 Click on the NDAS Device Management icon on the during the registration taskbar. process. Select your miniStack NAS, which should now be listed. Mount the drive using either Read Only or Read & If a Mac is con- Write. nected using the The drive is now available under My Computer.
  • Page 11 USB disk in comparison. granted, regardless of You may drag and drop files into the miniStack NAS, you can the driver setup used create new folders, copy, paste, move or delete files or use on the network.

  • Page 12: Ndas Device Management On A Pc

    NDAS Device Management on a PC Click on the NDAS Device Management icon located on the taskbar. All registered NDAS devices will be displayed on the menu. If you want to use suspend or hiberna- tion mode with a connected NDAS device, enable it first under Options and Advanced.
  • Page 13 Device Status Modes To uninstall the entire Device Color Icon Disk Icon Mode/Meaning Management tool, first eject and Read Only [Mounted (RO)] Green ■ remove all NDAS Users can only read from disk. devices, then use the Add or Remove Read &...
  • Page 14 Configuration: To uninstall the Selection to Mount and Unmount the device using either NDAS Utility, first eject all Read Only or Read & Write mode. devices and remove them, then insert the + Sign: driver CD, open the Register a New Device. corresponding folder for your OS and start the ‘NDAS Uninstaller’...

  • Page 15: Driver Upgrade

    Driver Upgrade It is recommended that all users use the same driver revision. Before upgrading the driver, please follow these guidelines: If possible, first backup all your data. Disable all NDAS devices. Uninstall the present driver. Install the new driver. Register the NDAS devices again.

  • Page 16: Chapter 5 - Formatting The Hdd

    Chapter 5 - Formatting the HDD DO NOT format the drive when E AWARE THAT THIS WILL DESTROY ALL YOUR EXISTING DATA ON THE DRIVE other computers have the NDAS PC running Win98SE or WinME device mounted. MS-DOS command “fdisk” (press Enter to confirm) Type “fdisk”...
  • Page 17 Note: DO NOT perform disk operations (format, partition, chkdsk) when other computers have the miniStack NAS mounted. It is important that your miniStack NAS is listed as a Basic Disk and Formatting on not a Dynamic Disk.
  • Page 18 file system is Note: DO NOT perform disk operations (format, partition, etc.) used, the drive when other computers have the miniStack NAS mounted. will only be recog- nised on Mac systems. To access the drive...

  • Page 19: Technical Questions

    For NDAS mode, the drivers need to be loaded on each com- puter that wants access to the miniStack NAS. However, if you are using Windows Sharing, only one computer needs the software installed. The other computers will not need it.
  • Page 20 NWTMANNASPOWER ®2007 Newer Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved Revision 1a, 5/7/07 - MCS...

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