Sabrent USBDSC5 User manual

Category
Interface cards/adapters
Type
User manual
SabrentUSBDSC5USB2.0toSATA/IDEHardDriveAdapter
2.5”NotebookIDEHardDrive
1. Connecttheshort2.5IDEconnectorfromtheSabrentadaptertothepinsonyour2.5”HardDrive.Notethe
keyedpinandslotandmakesurethatthedriveandthedevicelineupproperlyandaresecurelyconnected:
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2. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheUSBDSC5toanavailableUSBportonyourcomputer.
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3. Inmostcases,theUSBcablewillsupplysufficientpowerforthedrivetospinupandinitiate.Somelarger
capacityHardDrivesmayrequiremorepowerthanUSB
toprovidesufficientpowertoinitiate.Youmayneedto
usethesuppliedpowersupplytoprovidetheextraneededpower:
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3.5”DesktopIDEHardDrive
1. Most3.5”IDEHardDriveshaveJumpers.MakesuretheyaresettoMasterOnly.(Note:Pleaserefertothe
drivemanufacturer’swebsiteformoreinformationregardingyourspecificharddrivemodel.):
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2. ConnecttheIDEpoweradapterdirectlyintheIDEdrive:
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3. Connectthelong3.5inchIDEconnectortothepinsonyourharddrive.Notethekeyedpinandslotandmake
surethatthedriveandthedevicelineupproperlyandaresecurelyconnected:
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4. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheDSC5toaUSBport onyourcomputer.
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2.5/3.5InchSATADrive
1. ConnecttheSabrentconvertertothepoweradapter,andthenplugtheSATApowerendintotheSATAdrive
directly:
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2. ConnecttheSATAdatacableintotheSabrentConverter,andthenconnecttheotherenddirectlyintotheSATA
drive:
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3. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheSabrentconvertertoanavailableUSBportonyourcomputer.
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HardDriveSetup
ForWindows2000/XP/VISTA/7,nodriversorsoftwarearenecessarry.
IftheHardDriveisbrandnewyoumayneedtoinitializeitfirstinordertocausetheDriveLettertoappear:
1. ClicktheStartbutton,rightclickon“MyComputer”,andselect“Manage”:
2. Clickon
“DiskManagement”:
3. Locatethedriveintherightcolumnandrightclickonthedriveandcli ck“NewSimpleVolume”:
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4. Atthefollowingprompt,click“Next”:
5. Click“Next”:
6. Assignadrivelettertothedrive,thenclick“Next”:
7. Clickon“Formatthisvolumewiththefollowingsettings:”Changethe“Filesyst em”to“NTFS”.Changethe
“Volumelabel”towhatyouwantthedrivetobenamed.Clickthecheckboxfor“Performaquickformat”.
Click
“Next”:
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8. Click“Finish”.Windowswillnowbeginformattingandinitializingthedisk:
9. Open“MyComputer”andverifythatthedriveshowsupproperly:
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Ifthedrivehasalreadybeenformatted,youcanskipthesesteps.
1. Checkthe“DeviceManager”tomakesurethatthe“USBMassStorageDevice”driverappearsunderthe
“UniversalSerialBusControllers”section.Alsocheckthatthedriveshowsupunder“Diskdrives”asa“(Hard
drivemodel
number)USBDevice”.ThereshouldbenoerrormessageinyourDeviceManager,suchasabold?
or!:
2. YoumayalsoneedtochangetheHDDsettingsfromDynamictoBasic,thenformatNTFS,andgiveitadrive
letter,butyoushouldbackupthe
dataonyourdrivebeforedoingthis.ToconvertthediskfromDynamicto
Basicfollowtheinstructionsatthelinkincluded.http://sabrent.com/support/knowledgebase.php?article=58
3. PleaseNote:Makesuretodisablediskdrivepasswordprotection
FrequentlyAskedQuestions:
1. Mydrivediedorwasdamagedinmypreviouscomputer.Willitworkwiththisadapter?
Thisadapteristheequivalentofplugginginthedrivedirectlyintoyourcomputer’sIDEorSATAport.If
thedrive
wasdamagedtothepointwhereitdoesn’tworkwhenpluggeddirectlyintothecomputer,th enitislikelythatit
willnotworkusingthisadapter.
2. IsetmyIDEdrive’sJumpertotheMastersetting,butitstilldoesn’tshowuponmycomputer.
Usually
youwillhavetosettheJumpertoMaster,butdependingon thespecificdriveandthespecificsettings
ofthecomputer,youmayhavetosetittoSlaveorCableSelect.
3. Mydrivedoesn’tshowuponmycomputer,butithasdataandworkselse whe re.
Make
sureyouareconnectingtheHardDriveinthecorrectsequence:Firstconnectthepowersupply,andthen
connecttheUSBCabletothecomputer.
4. Whydoesn’tmy3TBharddriveshowupasfullcapacity?
IfthedrivehasissettoMBR(MasterBootRecord)partition,
thenitwillonlyallowamaximumusableamount
of2TB.Thislimitationca nnotbeovercomeinWindows2000/XP.InWindowsVista&7thereissupportfor
largerHardDriveswhenyouusetheGPTpartitiontype:
ToconvertthedisktoaGPTp artitiondiskinWindows
VistaandWindows7:
Goto“DiskManagement”(Seesteps13),locatethediskinthelist,rightclickthediskandclickon“Convertto
GPTDisk”.Youshouldnowhaveaccesstothefullcapacityofyour>2TBdiskpartition.
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Sabrent USBDSC5 User manual

Category
Interface cards/adapters
Type
User manual

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