Sabrent USBDSC5 User manual

SabrentUSB‐DSC5USB2.0toSATA/IDEHardDriveAdapter

2.5”NotebookIDEHardDrive

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1. Connecttheshort2.5”IDEconnectorfromtheSabrentadaptertothepinsonyour2.5”HardDrive.Notethe

keyedpinandslotandmakesurethatthedriveandthedevicelineupproperlyandaresecurelyconnected:

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2. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheUSB‐DSC5toanavailableUSBportonyourcomputer.

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3. Inmostcases,theUSBcablewillsupplysufficientpowerforthedrivetospinupandinitiate.Somelarger

capacityHardDrivesmayrequiremorepowerthanUSB

toprovidesufficientpowertoinitiate.Youmayneedto

usethesuppliedpowersupplytoprovidetheextraneededpower:

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3.5”DesktopIDEHardDrive

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1. Most3.5”IDEHardDriveshaveJumpers.MakesuretheyaresettoMasterOnly.(Note:Pleaserefertothe

drivemanufacturer’swebsiteformoreinformationregardingyourspecificharddrivemodel.):

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2. ConnecttheIDEpoweradapterdirectlyintheIDEdrive:

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3. Connectthelong3.5inchIDEconnectortothepinsonyourharddrive.Notethekeyedpinandslotandmake

surethatthedriveandthedevicelineupproperlyandaresecurelyconnected:

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4. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheDSC5toaUSBport onyourcomputer.

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2.5/3.5InchSATADrive

1. ConnecttheSabrentconvertertothepoweradapter,andthenplugtheSATApowerendintotheSATAdrive

directly:

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2. ConnecttheSATAdatacableintotheSabrentConverter,andthenconnecttheotherenddirectlyintotheSATA

drive:

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3. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheSabrentconvertertoanavailableUSBportonyourcomputer.

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HardDriveSetup

ForWindows2000/XP/VISTA/7,nodriversorsoftwarearenecessarry.

IftheHard‐DriveisbrandnewyoumayneedtoinitializeitfirstinordertocausetheDriveLettertoappear:

1. ClicktheStartbutton,right‐clickon“MyComputer”,andselect“Manage”:

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2. Clickon

“DiskManagement”:

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3. Locatethedriveintherightcolumnandright‐clickonthedriveandcli ck“NewSimpleVolume”:

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4. Atthefollowingprompt,click“Next”:

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5. Click“Next”:

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6. Assignadrivelettertothedrive,thenclick“Next”:

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7. Clickon“Formatthisvolumewiththefollowingsettings:”Changethe“Filesyst em”to“NTFS”.Changethe

“Volumelabel”towhatyouwantthedrivetobenamed.Clickthecheckboxfor“Performaquickformat”.

Click

“Next”:

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8. Click“Finish”.Windowswillnowbeginformattingandinitializingthedisk:

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9. Open“MyComputer”andverifythatthedriveshowsupproperly:

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Ifthedrivehasalreadybeenformatted,youcanskipthesesteps.

1. Checkthe“DeviceManager”tomakesurethatthe“USBMassStorageDevice”driverappearsunderthe

“UniversalSerialBusControllers”section.Alsocheckthatthedriveshowsupunder“Diskdrives”asa“(Hard

drivemodel

number)USBDevice”.ThereshouldbenoerrormessageinyourDeviceManager,suchasabold?

or!:

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2. YoumayalsoneedtochangetheHDDsettingsfromDynamictoBasic,thenformatNTFS,andgiveitadrive

letter,butyoushouldbackupthe

dataonyourdrivebeforedoingthis.ToconvertthediskfromDynamicto

Basicfollowtheinstructionsatthelinkincluded.http://sabrent.com/support/knowledgebase.php?article=58

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3. PleaseNote:Makesuretodisablediskdrivepasswordprotection

FrequentlyAskedQuestions:

1. Mydrivediedorwasdamagedinmypreviouscomputer.Willitworkwiththisadapter?

Thisadapteristheequivalentofplugginginthedrivedirectlyintoyourcomputer’sIDEorSATAport.If

thedrive

wasdamagedtothepointwhereitdoesn’tworkwhenpluggeddirectlyintothecomputer,th enitislikelythatit

willnotworkusingthisadapter.

2. IsetmyIDEdrive’sJumpertotheMastersetting,butitstilldoesn’tshowuponmycomputer.

Usually

youwillhavetosettheJumpertoMaster,butdependingon thespecificdriveandthespecificsettings

ofthecomputer,youmayhavetosetittoSlaveorCableSelect.

3. Mydrivedoesn’tshowuponmycomputer,butithasdataandworkselse whe re.

Make

sureyouareconnectingtheHardDriveinthecorrectsequence:Firstconnectthepowersupply,andthen

connecttheUSBCabletothecomputer.

4. Whydoesn’tmy3TBharddriveshowupasfullcapacity?

IfthedrivehasissettoMBR(MasterBootRecord)partition,

thenitwillonlyallowamaximumusableamount

of2TB.Thislimitationca nnotbeovercomeinWindows2000/XP.InWindowsVista&7thereissupportfor

largerHardDriveswhenyouusetheGPTpartitiontype:

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ToconvertthedisktoaGPTp artitiondiskinWindows

VistaandWindows7:

Goto“DiskManagement”(Seesteps1‐3),locatethediskinthelist,rightclickthediskandclickon“Convertto

GPTDisk”.Youshouldnowhaveaccesstothefullcapacityofyour>2TBdiskpartition.

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Sabrent USBDSC5 User manual

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