2.1 QUICK START
If you purchased the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini as an empty enclosure, see Section 2.2,
Assembly. If you purchased the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini with drives already installed,
the OWC Drive Guide formatting utility has been installed on your Mercury Elite Pro Dual
mini. Follow these steps to use the OWC Drive Guide to format your Mercury Elite Pro
Dual mini for Mac OS X (10.4 and later) or Windows (XP and later).
1. Connect your drive to your computer using the proper cable, then turn on your drive.
If you prefer to use a different formatting utility, do so at this time and skip the rest of
these instructions.
2. Your drive will show up as "OWC HD". Open your drive to view its contents.
3. Open the "Macintosh Setup" or "Windows Setup" folder, depending on the computer's
operating system, then double-click the OWC Drive Guide application.
4. Follow the simple on-screen instructions to complete the formatting process.
5. Once the formatting is finished the drive is ready to use.
2.2 ASSEMBLY
NOTE: The following instructions show how to open the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini
in order to change the RAID settings and install drives. If you purchased the Mercury
Elite Pro Dual mini with drives already installed, follow the assembly instructions through
step 3 to gain access to the DIP switches that control the RAID settings. If you wish to re-
move or replace the drives after the expiration of the original warranty, you may do so at
that time. Removal of the pre-installed drives before the expiration of the original
warranty of the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini will
1. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two screws at the rear of the enclosure, as
circled below in red.
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the warranty.
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