Sharkoon DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0 User manual

DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0
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DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0
MANUAL

DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0
Table of contents
1. Features
2. Parts and accessories
3. The device at a glance
4. Installing the hardware
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1.Features
•฀Enables฀the฀external฀usage฀of฀2.5",฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀
฀SATA฀and฀IDE฀drives฀via฀USB3.0•฀Suitable฀for฀HDDs,฀SSDs฀and฀ODDs•฀USB3.0฀interface฀(compatible฀with฀USB2.0฀and฀
฀USB1.x)•฀Data฀transfer฀rate:฀max.฀5฀Gbit/s•฀Optional฀write฀protection•฀Status/transfer฀LED•฀Multi-purpose฀(PC,฀Laptop฀etc.)•฀No฀additional฀drivers฀needed฀for฀Windows฀XP/฀฀฀฀Vista/7/8฀(32-฀and฀64-bit)1
2. Parts and accessories
A฀–฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0B฀–฀USB3.0฀cable฀(type฀A฀>฀type฀B)C฀–฀IDE฀data฀cableD฀–฀4-pin฀power฀cable฀for฀IDE฀devices฀
฀฀(3.5"฀and฀5.25")E฀–฀Power฀adapter฀(12V/4A)Note:
If you are missing any of the items listed above,
please contact our customer service immediately:
suppor[email protected] (Germany and Europe)
suppor[email protected] (international).
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3.The device at a glance A฀–฀฀Connector฀for฀2.5"฀IDE฀HDDsB฀฀–฀฀Connector฀for฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀IDE฀devices฀฀a฀฀–฀฀Data฀connector฀for฀3.5"฀IDE฀HDDs฀฀b฀฀–฀฀4-pin฀power฀connector฀for฀3.5"฀IDE฀HDDsC฀–฀฀Write฀protection฀for฀IDE฀HDDs฀฀c฀฀–฀฀Write฀protection฀active฀LED฀฀d฀฀–฀฀Write฀protection฀inactive฀LEDD฀–฀฀Write฀protection฀for฀SATA฀HDDs฀฀e฀฀–฀฀Write฀protection฀active฀LED฀฀f฀–฀฀Write฀protection฀inactive฀LEDE฀฀–฀฀฀Power฀LEDF฀฀–฀฀Connector฀for฀SATA฀devices฀(2.5",฀3.5"฀and฀5.25")G฀฀–฀฀On/off฀switch
A฀฀–฀฀Connector฀for฀SATA฀devices฀(2.5",฀3.5"฀and฀5.25")
A฀–฀USB3.0฀connectorB฀–฀ISO฀power฀connector*Note on the write protection:
The write protection can only be enabled/disabled when the
DriveLink Combo USB3.0 is switched off!
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฀c)฀฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀IDE฀devices฀connect฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀฀port฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0฀via฀the฀included฀
฀฀IDE฀data฀cable.฀Power฀is฀provided฀via฀the฀included฀4-pin฀
฀฀power฀cable฀for฀IDE฀devices.฀d)฀฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀SATA฀devices:฀SATA devices are directly plugged to the respective port
฀฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀
฀฀them฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.4.฀฀Switch฀on฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0.฀The฀device฀will฀be฀
฀detected฀and฀installed฀automatically.฀Connected฀HDDs/
฀optical฀devices฀will฀be฀displayed฀in฀the฀le฀manager.Note:
There is no need to install additional drivers.
Before you shut down your PC, remove the DriveLink
Combo USB3.0 from your system’s hardware configura-
tion by double-clicking the symbol in the task bar. A
menu will open up. Select the DriveLink Combo USB3.0
to securely remove it.Then switch off the DriveLink and
shut down your PC.
4. Installing the hardware
Note:
Before you plug the DriveLink Combo USB3.0 into your PC/
Laptop, connect the peripheral devices to the DriveLink Combo
USB3.0.
Before using the hard disk drive for the first time, it must be pro-
perly partitioned and formatted. To format the HDD, right-click
on COMPUTER and then select MANAGE.
If using Windows 7: select START, right-click COMPUTER and
then select MANAGE.
After that, select DISK MANAGEMENT. Here all formatable HDDs
and drives will be clearly displayed. Right-click the USB HDD
and select PARTITION. The HDD will probably need to be initia-
lized; we suggest using the NTFS data system for Windows PCs.
Format the HDD to complete the procedure.
Warning:
Make sure to select the correct USB hard disk drive for format-
ting, due to all data saved on the HDD being lost when partitio-
ning and formatting!
1.฀฀Connect฀the฀included฀power฀adapter฀to฀the฀DriveLink฀
฀Combo฀USB3.0฀and฀a฀power฀outlet.2.฀฀Connect฀the฀included฀USB3.0฀cable฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀connector฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0฀and฀a฀USB3.0฀
port on your PC.
3.฀฀Connect฀IDE฀and฀SATA฀devices฀to฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀
฀USB3.0฀as฀described฀below:฀฀a)฀฀2.5"฀IDE฀HDDs฀are฀directly฀plugged฀to฀the฀respective฀port฀
฀฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀them฀
฀฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.฀b)฀฀2.5"฀SATA฀HDDs฀are฀directly฀plugged฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀฀port฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀
฀฀them฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.
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