ENCLOSURE
RX-35MV Series
User’s Manual
ENCLOSURE RX-35MV Series
User Manual
Setup mode under Windows 98/SE
Driver should be setup when firstly using the product, then plug-play available.
The below is an example for setup procedure under Windows98/SE system:
1. Take out the USB Enclosure, then pull out the inner case and take the inner
cover away.
2. Set your Hard Drive into the case, connect the cables carefully (Note: do not
connect 40p signal cable and 4p power cable mistakenly, meanwhile set the
Hard Drive device as “Master/MA”) and fix the screws tightly.
3. Slide the inner case into the frame, fix the screws and connect the power
cable & USB cable. (Note: the USB cable’s square end for USB mobile rack
and the flat end for your operating system or USB port of USB HUB)
4. Start Windows98/SE system. (or open)
5. Turn on the power of USB Enclosure (5.25” &3.5” Enclosure).
6. Windows98/SE will automatically find USB device and go into “add new
hardware” then enter “next”.
7. Choose “search available driver ” ,enter “next”.
8. Insert the right driver floppy or CD, choose “appointed device”, type
“corresponding product code” , and enter “next”.
9. Computer will display:
“USB Mass Storage Device”(USB1.1 Enclosure) or “USB Storage Adapter
AT2 (TPP)” (USB2.0 Enclosure)
10.Enter “finish”, the system will finish the setup automatically. Right setup will
be as the illustration: the circle shows the new device, no yellow, red, or green
question mark or praise mark. After finishing setup, the USB device will be
displayed on “My Computer”
Setup mode under Windows ME/2000/XP/VISTA system
Under Windows ME/2000/XP, the system can find and setup “USB Mass Storage
Device” directly.
Setup mode under MAC OS system
If your system is Mac OS 9.0 or above, the system can find the driver directly. If
your system is 8.6, you have to download and setup “USB MASS SORAGE
Note
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y For new HDD: Before connecting USB Enclosure, please partition and format
your HDD into FAT16 or FAT32. If your HDD partition is NTFS, UNIX, please let
your HDD be FAT16 or FAT32 before connecting USB Enclosure .Furthermore,
USB HDD in PC system is available in Mac system; USB HDD in Mac system is
not available in PC system, please make it to be PC partition
y USB can provide a rated 5V/500mA power to USB device . For 2.5” USB
Enclosure series: if your HDD operation current is not over 500mA, no need to
provide power to USB Enclosure through PS/2 cable. Otherwise, you’d better to
connect the PS/2 end of PS/2 cable with keyboard and other PS/2 end for USB
Enclosure.
Tips
If your computer cannot setup the driver automatically, please choose “setup
from floppy” through “controller”/”add new hardware”, and choose available
setup path according to the product type , follow setup suggests to finish the
procedure .
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 98SE, Windows ME
1. Dos command “fdisk”.
2. Type “fdisk” and press Enter.
3. Select “Y”.
4. Enter “5” to change the disk.
5. Select the drive you want to format.
6. Choose “1” follow the instruction.
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows VISTA
Disk management program:
1. Select “My Computer”, then right click --> “Manage”.
2. Select “Disk Management”.
3. Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for further
commands.
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4. Follow the partition wizard.
5. If you want to use it on many different OS including Mac, we recommend
FAT 32.
Mac OS
Mac OS 9.2 and before does not support creating partitions on an external
drive. To do that, you have to purchase additional software. Initializing is no
problem on all operating systems. For OSX use the Disk Utility to format and
create partitions on your external disk.
1. Select “Disk Utility” in the Utilities folder
2. Choose your external drive and format it according to your
requirement.
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