OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Owner's Manual

To disconnect or unhook your OWC Mercury hard drive, follow these important steps to
properly dismount your drive.
Windows Systems (all versions): If you wish to disconnect your OWC Mercury drive
without shutting down your computer, you need to stop the device with the "Unplug or
Eject Hardware" icon, located on the right side of the system tray. Your drive is now safe to
power off and unhook.
Macintosh Systems (all versions): If you wish to disconnect your OWC Mercury drive
without shutting down your computer, simply drag the OWC Mercury drive icon to the
trash can on the desktop (or, in the dock using Mac OS X). Your drive is now safe to power
off and unhook.
Dantz Retrospect Express
To install and use the included Dantz Retrospect Express backup software, please insert
the CD and follow the included installation and operation instructions on the CD.
Share your Mac formatted drive with your PC using MacDrive (optional purchase)
After installing MacDrive, your HFS+ Macintosh volume will mount as if the drive were
formatted in a native Windows format. MacDrive allows you to use your OWC Mercury
hard drive on either platform without having to reformat or re-initialize the volume.
We highly recommend this software for anyone that is sharing data in a cross platform
environment.
Reformatting your OWC Mercury Hard Drive
To reformat or re-initialize your OWC Mercury hard drive, visit our tech center for
directions using the OS you wish to format the drive with.
http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/index.cfm?page=data_fwhdd.html
Notes for use with older Macintosh systems
If you are using an older Macintosh system, or using a PCI card to interface with the OWC
Mercury Elite-AL Pro drive, we recommend using the included Intech Hard Disk Speed-
Tools to tune the drive for optimum performance. Transfer errors or corruption can be
avoided by using this software. This is especially recommended if you are NOT using Mac
OS X.
Warranty Service
All OWC Mercury Elite-AL solutions include a 2-Year OWC Storage Solution Warranty,
which covers all parts and labor. For further benefit, OWC has negotiated on your behalf
that at the expiration of the OWC 2-Year Storage Solution Warranty, the drive mechanism
within the enclosure will be covered for an additional 1 to 3 years by the mechanism
manufacturer. Please note, opening the enclosure prior to the expiration of the 2-Year
OWC Storage Solution Warranty will void the warranty. Thank you for selecting Other
World Computing as your technology solutions source, we hope you enjoy your product.
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