Fantec HDD-Sneaker User manual

FANTEC HDD-Sneaker
USER MANUAL
Includes
Hardware Installation Guide
Hard Drive Formatting Guide
PCClone EX Installation Guide

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Power connector and USB 3.0 port:
Backup button and power switch
Note:
1. In order not to damage HDD, it is strongly recommended that HDD swapping is
practiced when main power is off.
2. PCClone one-touch-backup software only works with Windows OS.
3. LED indicator: Blue: USB 3.0 connection
Green: USB 2.0 connection

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Hard Drive Installation Guide
Push the hard drive towards the SATA connector and make sure
the SATA connector is properly connected.
HDD SATA
connector
HDD station
connector

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STEP1:
For the use of a 2.5” notebook hard drive, please turn up the 2.5” guide bar.
STEP2:
Push the hard drive towards the SATA connector and make sure the SATA
connector is properly connected.

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STEP3:
To remove the hard drive pull the lever and the hard drive is automatically ejected.
Note: Power off the device before removing the hard drive.

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HDD Formatting Guide
- New hard disks have to be formatted, before you can use them.
- Connect the device via USB to your PC. Then turn the power on.
STEP1: Right-click on “My Computer” icon and select the ”Manage” column.
STEP2: Select “Disk Management” and you will see your External HDD showed
“Unallocated”.

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STEP3: Right-click on the “Unallocated” block and select “New Partition”.
STEP4: The “New Partition Wizard” will appear. Please follow the instruction of the
wizard to complete.

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STEP5: When partitioning is completed, the external HDD will be recognized as a
“New Volume”.
STEP6: Double-click “My Computer”. You will see the new volume appears on your
PC.

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Installation of backup software
Insert the CD and select “Setup.exe”, to enter the installation menu.
Click “Install” for next step. Select the path for installation and click “install”.
After the installation is complete, click “ok”toexit.
The icon of PC CloneEX appears on the notify area. Double click the icon or right
click to configure the PC CloneEX.
Usage of backup software - main menu：
1. Fast Backup 2. File backup 3. File management
4. Setup 5. File backup key 6. Assign to the system arrange
7. Info 8. Help
Fast File Backup
Click the “File Backup” or use the backup key directly, you only need one step and
no complicated setup.
A．Connect the product to the PC and turn on the power.
B．Implement program PCClone EX Lite.
C．Enter the menu of Quick Launch.
D．Select option of File Backup.
E．Click “OK” once a dialogue box appears and the backup will start.
It is also possible to press the backup button to achieve the file backup. One push
on the backup button and the file backup dialogue box appears. Press again to
start the backup.

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File backup menu：
Backup
Recover
Setup the files for backup and then press the backup button to start (If there were
more USB hard disks, you are able to select which one to store the files).
Click” OK” to confirm the backup：
The system prompts the percent of the current progress.