Rosewill RX20-U2 User manual

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Rosewill RX20-U2 USB 2.0
User Manual
Rosewill 2.5” ATAto USB2.0 High Speed External Hard Drive Enclosure
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction................................................................................ P.02
Chapter 2 Package Contents...................................................................... P.03
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide...................................................... P.04
Chapter 4 Installation Procedure................................................................ P.09
Chapter 5 Unplug Procedure...................................................................... P.12
Chapter 6 Partitioning & Formatting..............................................................P.15
Chapter 7 Performance Test..........................................................................P.18

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 The Rosewill RX20-U2 is a slim, compact and outstanding looking
IDE to USB 2.0 external Hard Drive enclosure. The case is made of
aluminum and as one of the smallest enclosures available nowadays,
a 2.5” HDD with a thickness of 9.5mm fits exactly. Being small enough
to fit in your pocket, makes it very convenient for carrying your data
while on the go, no matter if used on a PC or a Mac.
1.2 System Requirement
a. Hardware: PC or MAC with USB interface
b. OS requirement: Windows 98/SE, Windows ME
Windows 2000, Windows XP
Mac OS 8.6 and above
1.3 Product Dimension: 12.5cm x 7.6cm x 1.3cm
4.92”x2.99”x0.53”

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Chapter 2
Package Contents (may vary between your product and the items stated below)
1. RX20-U2 (ATAto USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure)
2. USB 2.0 Cable
3. CD with Driver

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Chapter 3
Hardware Installation Guide
3.1 Exploded View
(See Figure A)
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5
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Figure A

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3.2 Chassis Assembly
Unscrew the two screws, then remove the back panel
(See Figure B - D)
Figure B
Figure C
Figure D

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3.3 Hard Drive Installation
Connect the hard drive, install it and fasten the screws
(See Figure C - G)
Figure C
Figure D
Hard Drive jumper settings: Set to “Master”!
Hard Disk maximum thickness: 9.5mm

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Figure E
Figure F
Figure G

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3.3 System Set Up
(See Figure H)
COMPUTER
Figure H

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Chapter 4
Installation Procedure
4.1 Installation on Windows 98/SE (USB 2.0)
Turn on your computer and start Windows
Connect the RX20-U2 to your computer’s USB port
Driver Installation
Insert the included driver CD and follow the onscreen instruction
(See Figure 1 – 3)
Step 1
Figure 1

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Step 2
Figure 2
Step 3
Figure 3
RX20-U2

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4.2 Installation on Windows ME / 2000 / XP
Turn on your computer and start Windows
Connect the RX20-U2 to your computer’s USB port
No separate driver required, let Windows search and install it automatically
Open “My Computer”, where you can see the external Hard Drive (see Figure 4)
Figure 4
4.3 Installation on a Macintosh (USB 2.0 High Speed only on Mac OSX)
Turn on your computer and start Mac OS
Connect the RX20-U2 to your computer’s USB port
No separate driver required, except if used under OS 8.6, where the USB support has
to be at least version 1.41
The external Hard Disk will show up on the Desktop (see Figure 5)
Figure 5
RX20-U2

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Chapter 5
Unplug Procedure
5.1 Windows 98/SE
a. Single click (right mouse button) on the taskbar icon (see Figure 6)
b. Click on popup message (see Figure 7)
Figure 6 Figure 7
External Hardware Icon
c. Click “OK” and remove the device (see Figure 8)
Figure 8
5.2 Windows ME / 2000 / XP
a. Single click (right mouse button) on the taskbar icon (see Figure 9)
b. Click on popup message (see Figure 10)
Figure 9 Figure 10
External Hardware Icon
c. Click “OK” and remove the device (see Figure 11)
Figure 11

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5.3 Mac OS
Drag the icon to the trash bin and remove the device (see Figure 12)
Figure 12

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Attention!!
To assure no data will be lost, always follow the “unplug procedure”. If not, data
could be lost and the following message will show up:
For Windows 98/SE / ME
For Windows 2000 / XP
For Mac OS

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Chapter 6
Partitioning & Formatting
Please be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, so make
sure you have a backup! This step is usually only required the first time you install
the HDD or if you have a factory new HDD.
Windows 98/SE, Windows ME (DOS command “fdisk”)
Type “fdisk” and press Enter Select ”Y”
Enter "5” to change the disk Select the drive you want to format
Choose “1” and
follow the
instructions

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Choose the drive you want to
format and right click on it for
further commands
If you want to use it on
many different OS
including Mac, we
recommend FAT32
Windows 2000, Windows XP
Disk Management Program:
Select “Disk Management”
FollowtheWizard
Select “My Computer”, then
right click Æ“Manage”

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Mac OS
Mac OS9.2 and older does not support creating partitions on an external drive. To do that
you would need to purchase additional software. Initializing is no problem on all OS. For
OSX please use the Disk Utility to format and create partitions on your external drive.
Select ”Disk Utility “ in the Utilities folder
Choose your external drive and format it according to your requirement

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Chapter 7
Performance Test
Test Computer
Motherboard ABIT KT7
CPU AMD Athlon 1.333 MHz
System RAM (MB) 128MB
USB 2.0 Host Controller NEC D720100AGM USB 2.0（PCI expansion card）
Operating System Windows XP
Hard Drive
Model RPM Capacity Remark
TOSHIBA -MK2018GAP 4200RPM 15GB
Test Data
Model Read Write Random Read Random Write Unit Interface
RX20-U2 11.2 7.5 5.0 2.7 Mbytes USB2.0
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