Rosewill RX81US-HT-25A-BLK User manual

External Enclosure for
2.5" SATA to USB + eSATA
RX81US-HT-25A-BLK
User Manual

External Enclosure for 2.5” SATA to USB + eSATA User Manual
Please read this installation carefully before you use the
products.
Precaution:
1. If it is a new HDD, needs to processing the disk partition
2. Win98SE and WinME do not recognize NTFS formatted drives,
so if you want to use your drive on those platforms, we
recommend you to use FAT32 instead.
3. Mac OS does not recognize NTFS formatted drives, to use
your device on both platforms, we recommend you using
FAT32.
4. If you use Win2000 / WinXP / Win Vista and FAT32, the
biggest single partition you can create will be 32GB. To create
larger partitions, you need to change to NTFS format.
5. Make sure the jumper settings of your hard drive is “master”.
System Requirement
•Minimum Intel Processor II 350MHz, 64MB RAM
•Compatible with IBM PC, USB interface included，Windows
98/ME/2000/XP/Vista operate system.
•Minimum Apple G3 processor, 64MB RAM
•MAC computer system MAC OS V8.6 or higher.
•Linux OS: please download kernel USB stack.
Package Contents
•2.5 inch external enclosure
•Driver Disk
•Installation Guide
•eSATA cable
•USB cable
•USB to DC cable
•Screw Kit
•Carry bag
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Feature
•Standard USB 2.0 high speed transfer rate.
•Support Serial ATA. (USB + eSATA).
•eSATA transfer rate up to 3.0Gbps(NCQ support)
•Suitable for 2.5" HDD.
•All aluminum, to enhance heat dissipation.
OS support Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Mac OS 8.6 above.
echnical Specifi
:
•Plug and play / hot swappable.
•
T cations
Bus Interfaces USB v 2.0 / eSATA
Data Speeds USB 2.0 = 480 Mbps
eSATA = 3 Gbps (NCQ Support)
Connectors USB mini B receptacle / eSATA connectors
SATA Standard II with NCQ supportCompliant with SATA I /
LED Power On / Access
Dimensions 132*82*18 mm ( L*W*H)
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Installation Guide
1. Release the screws to pull out the HDD frame.
2. Fix the HDD by screws (after HDD located with the connecter).
3. Pull in the frame into external box.
4. Fasten the rear panel by screws.
5. After connect transfer cable and Power cord, the external HDD will
appear the relativity.
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Attention
•Only one interface at the time can be used(combo model)
•If this HDD is new one, please partition & format disk, otherwise
the system cannot detect HDD.
•The HDD jumper should be set to “master”.
•Make sure your PCI Host Card is installed correctly
•If required, update your OS (win 2000 to SP4, Win XP to SP1a)
•Only one computer at the time can access the drive
Driver Installation
Windows 98SE
•After plug the external box into, the system will remind you there
is a new hardware of USB Storage Adapter add into.
•Design the driver of the safe path (in the driver), the system will
active the installation automatically.
•After for a while, click "My Computer", USB HDD will appear the
relativity on the PC.
Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista
The system already provided support for the software.
MAC OS 9.x/above
OS 9.X edition:
The system already provides support for the software.
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The divided partition of the external HDD
Win 98SE/ME SYSTEM
FDISK is command that doing the divided partition to HDD, The step
of how to divided partition from the HDD by using FDISK as follows:
1. Plug the cable of USB into PC, and be sure that the PC has
identified HDD.
2. Execute "FDISK" under the model of COMMAND.
3. After enter the FDISK program [If the FDISK program does not
work, please restart your PC again (don't plug out the USB
HDD) then it will be work]. Firstly select "The fifth item" --select
the USB HDD you want to divided partition for and then just
see the illustration as follows: Then just follow the instruction
to divided partition for the HDD of USB.
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Plug the HDD into your system, it will appear the hot plug a play.
Just click “Control Panel”/ “manage tool” / “computer management”
/ “Disk management”. All the disk connects to the PC will appear on
the chart, as well as the state of the HDD. Find out the HDD and
click the right bottom of the mouse under the state of chart, just
follow the step. Take a look of the icon on the bottom.
Mac OS
Mac OS9.2 and earlier version does not support creating partition on
an external HDD. For your new HDD, you need to purchase
additional 3rd party software to creating your HDD partition.
For Mac OS X, use the Disk Utility to format and divided partitions
on your external disk.
• Select “Disk Utilities” in the utilities folder.
• Choose your external drive and format it.
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Notice: If you want your ENCLOSURE on a Windows as well as
on your Mac OS, we recommend you to use a PC to format the
drive. Choose FAT32 format and do not change anything on the
partition or format on your Mac, otherwise the Windows OS can
not be able to recognize the ENCLOSURE.
To remove the device:
For Windows 98SE Users
Before you remove your device please wait for “Access LED”
on reader stops blinking to prevent data loss.
For Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista Users
Please double-click the icon on the system tray. A
dialog box will appear.
Double-click the Generic USB Storage Device to remove the
device for preventing from data loss.
Mac OS
You can remove the cable of USB after putting the icon of
USB HDD on the desktop into the trash can.
FAQ
How to solve it if you can’t use the Mobile Disk under some OS:
It doesn’t support any USB device under the WIN95 and NT4 OS, so
that can’t use the Mobile Disk.
After formatting can PC use in the MAC?
If use the Mobile Disk in the PC, can just format directly. If the PC &
MAC cannot be in common use, you can use the MACOPEN
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software (download from the Internet) in the PC, format to the MAC
model. If you used the MO storage before, you must familiar and
have more experience about it because MO storage has the same
problem when doing the format.
Why I can not see the drive?
If you can not see the drive, make sure the jumper settings of your
hard drive is “master”.
Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product.
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