Sabrent USB-DSC5 User manual

SabrentUSB‐DSC5USB2.0toSATA/IDEHardDriveAdapter
2.5”NotebookIDEHardDrive
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
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
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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click“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system”to“NTFS”.Changethe
“Volumelabel”towhatyouwantthedrivetobenamed.Clickthecheckboxfor“Performaquickformat”.
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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
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,then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elsewhere.
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cannot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partition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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