Newer Technology miniStack v3, User Manual

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Page 3: ...NISTACK V3 1 7 HARD DISK MODE 1 8 HUB FEATURE 4 APPENDIX 5 CUSTOMER SERVICE 5 1 BEFORE CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE 5 2 CUSTOMER SERVICE HOURS OF OPERATION 2 FORMATTING 2 1 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BOOTING ON AN OLDER MACINTOSH 2 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU PLAN ON USING YOUR DRIVE WITH A PC SYSTEM 2 3 MACINTOSH FORMATTING 2 4 REMOVING AN EXISTING GUID PARTITION 2 5 WINDOWS FORMATTING 2 6 MAC...

Page 4: ...ard Disk Drives HDD Solid State Drives SSD or Solid State Hybrid Drives Supports up to 64MB Data Buffer HDD only Supports up to 7200RPM speeds HDD only Chapter 1 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION Newer Technology miniStack v3 Item __ Quantity miniStack V3 1 1394B FireWire 800 cable 1 USB 2 0 A to B cable 1 Power supply 1 Power cable 1 Software CD Bundle 1 User Guide Owner s Manual 1 Users Guide Owners M...

Page 5: ...ts to the miniStack v3 here using the included cable FireWire 800 1394B Ports Connect one FireWire 800 port to your computer us ing the included cable and have an extra FireWire 800 to add peripherals with eSATA Port The utmost in speed If you re trying to make your miniStack v3 the fastest it can be attach an eSATA cable not included to this port Security Slot Secure your miniStack v3 to your des...

Page 6: ...ible to the higher bandwidth FireWire 400 and 800 1394A B and even ultra fast eSATA Choose which primary interface you wish to use with your miniStack for most users this would be the FireWire connection and also the USB interface to use the hub features of the miniStack Connect both of those cables to the miniStack v3 and your computer insert the power cable and turn the power switch on The miniS...

Page 7: ...ernal drive as the start up drive you do not need to perform this procedure your new drive will work as formatted for normal external storage use and step by step instructions to do so are covered on the next pages of this manual Notes GPT GUID Partition Table To use the disk as a boot volume on an Intel based Mac or to use the disk as a non boot disk with any Mac with Mac OS X version 10 4 or lat...

Page 8: ... attached to it in this picture that would be the 640 GB Newer Technology device Click on the picture of the drive icon next to the text IMPORTANT NOTE This procedure will erase all data on your hard disk drives in the MiniStack v3 Back up any important data before proceeding Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 9: ...e You then need to choose how many partitions you wish your Newer Technology Mini Stack v3 to have For ease of use we re selecting one partition here but of course you could select more if you wish to have multiple volumes created Simply use the pulldown menu under Volume Scheme to create more partitions Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 10: ...ns Click Apply to finish You will be asked to confirm that you wish to format the drive agree and then after a few moments partitioning will complete and the Newer Technology MiniStack v3 volume will mount on your desktop You can quit Disk Utility you re all set Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 11: ... your storage solution on a computer running Windows you will need to repartition and reformat using the following instructions Go to the DOS command prompt by selecting Run from the Start Menu Type in cmd in text box and hit the OK button Type diskpart and hit enter Type list disk and hit enter Type select disk x replacing x with the number of the disk you want to reformat Typically you will see ...

Page 12: ... should appear If the Wizard does not appear expand the Storage menu by clicking on the plus sign Then right click next to the disk number of the drive that you have just connected and click Initialize to bring up the Wizard In the next window there should be only one drive listed That will be the drive that you connected via eSATA FireWire or USB Make sure the box next to the drive name is checke...

Page 13: ...space and choose New Partition The New Partition Wiz ard will launch Click Next to continue Specify your partition type as Primary and click Next The wizard will display the maxi mum partition size for your drive It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default value Click Next Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 14: ...le to specify the file system as NTFS Leave the Allocation unit size as Default and feel free to give the drive whatever name you prefer Be sure to check the box Perform a quick format If you do not it will likely take several hours for your drive to format Click Next At the end of the Wizard you will see a summary of the information that you specified during the previous steps Click Finish Chapte...

Page 15: ...e represented as Disk E in this case will display a message of Formatting This should only take a couple of minutes if you chose the quick format option After a moment or two the drive s status will change from Format ting to Healthy Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology MiniStack v3 ...

Page 16: ...e icon on the Mac disk just to keep things clear You can access files on the Mac disk just like you would with a Windows formatted disk Open files from the disk or from within a program Mac files automatically get the right icons and file name extensions under both Windows and Mac OS Works great with software from Microsoft Adobe Quark FileMaker Avid Digidesign Corel NewTek and more You can find M...

Page 17: ...a is lost always eject or unmount the drive from your operating system before powering off There are two methods to umount disks with Macintosh systems Either drag the icon for the hard disk you wish to dismount to the trash can or click the eject icon next to the hard disk name in under the DEVICES tab in the sidebar in any finder window For Windows systems 1 Go to the System Tray located in the ...

Page 18: ...e hard drives spin down when my computer goes into to sleep or stand by mode A Yes they will spin down to save energy It will take about 30 seconds to access your data after being in sleep or stand by mode 4 2 About Data Backup To ensure that your files are protected and to prevent the loss of your data we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data One copy on your Newer Technology Min...

Page 19: ...rial number of the enclosure Your invoice number What operating system you are using Which kind and model of computer you are using All of this will help speed your support contact along 5 1 Before Contacting Customer Service 5 2 Customer Service Hours Of Operation 5 CUSTOMER SERVICE Newer Technology miniStack v3 Chapter 5 Customer Service Telephone 815 308 7001 8AM 10PM CST Monday Friday 9AM 4PM ...

Page 20: ...nect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Health And Safety Precautions Use proper anti static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure Failure to do so can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and or the hard drive enclosure Read this User s Guide carefully and follow the correct procedur...