Digitus DA-71030 User manual

USB 3.0
External Enclosure 2.5" (6,35cm)
User Manual
DA-71030

Foreword
Congratulations of your purchase of our product! We will show you a new storage concept with safety
and convenience. It is our pleasure to give you the best solution to expand your HDD`s Capacity and
enhance your data`s reliability in PC system or Mac system. Before using the product, please read this
manual carefully for further recognizing of the product.
I. System Requirement
Hardware requirement: a PC, Notebook with free USB interface
Operation system: Windows 8/ 7/ Vista/ XP/ 2000
II. Feature
Suitable for 2.5" (6.35cm) SATA hard disk (9.5MM thickness)
Compliant USB 3.0 to SATA interface
Data transfer rate max up to 5Gb/s
Backwards compatibility with USB 2.0, supports High-Speed (480Mbps)
Support Hot-plugging, plug and play compatible.
USB bus powered
Supports Windows 8/ 7/ Vista/ XP/ 2000
III. Package content
Before using the product, please check the content in the package.
If it is not correct, please contact the local dealers timely.
External Enclosure 2.5 inches, SATA to USB 3.0
USB 3.0 connection Cable, A to A
Quick Installation guide
Product support CD ( Multi-language User Manual)

IV. Hardware Install
1. Slide the switch button to [OPEN] position
2. Slide the top cover to the direction of USB socket.
3. Remove the top cover
4. Connect the SATA HDD to the 22pin SATA connector correctly and firmly
5. Put the top cover back to the main case, and slide toward the direction of switch button
6. Slide the switch button to the [CLOSE] position

V. Driver Installation
Under system Windows 8/ 7/ Vista/ XP/ 2000, system will automatically detect the new hardware and
finish the setup! Then an icon will appear on the right-bottom area of the system toolbar as below:
Congratulations to enjoy this product now!
VI. Power Supply: BUS-Power
Usually under USB 3.0 Bus-power mode, the device can work normally; if your device connects to
one USB3.0 PCI-E card or USB3.0 Express card, and it can’t work normally, then you need to input
additional power to the PCI-e or Express card to supply the power.
VII. Remove the external enclosure
Before removing this unit from your computer, please finish the following
procedures for a safe removal:
1). Click the icon in the [Desktop] window of your computer
2). A [Safely Remove Hardware] message window will appear, click the [Stop] button
3). It is now safe to remove the USB device] message will appear,
close the [Safely Remove Hardware] window
4). Remove (Power off) the USB extended power jack if it is applied.
Now you can safely remove the enclosure!
VIII. Format a new Hard Disk Drive
If you use a new Hard Disk Drive, you must format it before you use it.
Please follow the steps as bellow to format your new Hard Disk Drive:
1). Right click [My Computer], and select [Manager]
2). System will display a "Computer Manager" window,
and click [Disk Manager] in left window
3). In right window, the message of the new Hard Disk Drive
will appear under the system disk, such as [Seagate....]
4). Right click the new disk drive, and select [Delete partition]
5). Right click the new disk drive, select [New Partition]
6). Right click the new disk drive, select [New logical drive]
7). Right click the new disk drive, select [Format disk drive]
8). Now you have formatted the new disk drive, then in [My Computer],
the new Hard Disk Drive will appear and you can use it.