Inland 1L35648-U3, User Manual

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5.0 Hardware Installation
Windows 2000/XP/VISTA/7/8
+ No driver installation is necessary.
* The enclosure will be detected by your computer
automatically.
IMPORTANT: Unplugging a device that supports safe
removal without first using the “Safely Remove
Hardware” feature to warn the system can cause data to
be lost or your system to become unstable.
6.0 Formatting a Hard Drive
WARNING!!
Before you partition your hard disk, 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 a factory new hard drive or if you
want to change the existing format.
Windows 2000/ XP/VISTA/T/8
Step1
Right-click on [My Computer], choose [Manage]. A
[Computer Management] window will appear.
Step2 .
Click on [Disk Management] on the left part of this
window and all connected disk drives will be listed in the right
part. Find the Hard Disk that you added with its partition
status on the right. You can create or delete a new or existing
partition by right clicking on this area.
Step3
Right-click on the hard disk partition status area and
choose [New Partition...]. The “New partition wizard” will
appear.
Step4
Following the "wizard" instructions to partition and format
your HDD
Step5
Wait until "wizard" finish format your SATA drive. It should
now appear in [My Computer] ready to use.
Attention:
About Windows 2000/XP/VISTA/7/8, Please choose
NTFS Format, When the capacity is below 32GB, You can
choose FAT32 format.
FAQs:
Q: | can't find the drive under my computer, why?
A: Please make sure your new hard disk has been
partitioned and formatted.
Q: After plugging the USB port, the drive is not spinning at
all, why?
A: This usually means the AC adapter is not connected yet,
so there is no power (for 3.5” HDD enclosure)
The USB cable doesn't connect successfully (for 2.5° HDD
enclosure)
Q: My device is still recognized as “Unknown device”
A: This means the driver installation is not successful,
please unplug the USB cable and re-plug it back in.
Q: My computer doesn't have USB 3.0 port, Can | use
USB 3.0 host adapter?
A: USB 3.0 host adapter works in the same way as the
built-in USB ports.