Kanguru Data Bank User Manual Download Page 9

5. OPERATING THE KANGURU DATABANK 

 

Once the DataBank has been installed you can connect or disconnect individual Kanguru Disks at anytime without powering down the 
DataBank or your system. Please follow the steps below when you want to remove a drive while the DataBank is still running: 

5.1 Connecting your Kanguru DataBank: 

 

Step1

   Plug the USB cable into the back of your Kanguru DataBank. 

Step2 

Plug the USB cable into the USB 2.0 port of computer.

   

   

        Plug the AC power cord to the INLET of your Kanguru DataBank and   

     

      turn on the power switch on your Kanguru DataBank   

Step3

   If you have properly installed the drivers, your computer will recognize the built in 80GB hard drive plus   

   

any additional Kanguru Disks in your DataBank. 

 

NOTE:    Make sure you have properly inserted the Kanguru Disks into your DataBank.    To do so push the Kanguru Disks 
firmly into the DataBank until you feel it snap into place.    Also you shouldn’t move the Kanguru Disks from side to side while 
they are in the DataBank, as this may cause them to disconnect from the system. 
 

5.2 Disconnecting your Kanguru DataBank: 

5.2.1 Windows 98: 

Step1 

Click the green Unplug or Eject hardware   

          icon in system tray and click the device that   
   

you want to remove. 

 
 

Step2

  When the system prompts   

   

 

‘You may safely remove this device

’.  

      Unplug the USB cable from the USB port 
     of computer. 

 

5.2.2 Windows 2000: 

Step1 

Double-click on the   

           

[Unplug or Eject Hardware]

   

            icon in system tray. 
      Dialog box appears as seen to right. 
 

Step2 

Highlight the [

USB Mass Storage Device] 

 

      in the dialog box, click on

 [Stop]

, choose   

            the Kanguru DataBank USB 2.0 External Drive that you want   
      to disconnect, then click on

 [OK]

 

Step3 

Wait for few seconds, the system prompts   

            “

You may safely remove this device”

.  

            Unplug the USB cable from the USB port of computer. 

Summary of Contents for Data Bank

Page 1: ...installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or re...

Page 2: ...0105 or 13 1 INTRODUCTION The KanguruData Bank is a first of its kind patent pending storage device designed to simplify network data storage Functioning as either a network attached or direct attach...

Page 3: ...ed and the Kanguru Disks will always show up as W X Y Z 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Hardware Notebook or desktop computer with USB or USB2 0 port supported Operation system Win98SE Win ME Win2000 Win XP Mac...

Page 4: ...the driver you want Click Next In the dialog that appears highlight USB Controllers Click Next Figure 3 Click on the Have Disk button as shown in figure 4 In the dialog that appears click on the Brow...

Page 5: ...buses These USB buses allow devices to run in a less congested traffic environment This helps devices such as color printers scanners video cameras and mass storage devices which require a high bandwi...

Page 6: ...MANAGEMENT From here you can right click on the drive that you want to rename then select PROPERTIES This is where you can change the name of the drive For example if you were using a Kanguru Disk as...

Page 7: ...h you unit plus any additional Kanguru Disks you have purchased A green Unplug or Eject hardware icon will appear in system tray at the bottom of your screen Double click this icon and click stop befo...

Page 8: ...OS X folder depending on you OS Double click the USB2 0 SETUP icon and double click USB installer icon Step2 Click on OK when finished Step3 Restart your computer to finish the driver installation St...

Page 9: ...isks into your DataBank To do so push the Kanguru Disks firmly into the DataBank until you feel it snap into place Also you shouldn t move the Kanguru Disks from side to side while they are in the Dat...

Page 10: ...to shutdown your DataBank You can also re connect a Kanguru Disk into any bay at any time If you have properly removed a Kanguru Disk then it can be reconnected at any time without any installation p...

Page 11: ...tting Set the Kanguru DataBank to Removable Screenshot to right Step3 After restarting the system a removable hard Drive is added to My Computer Choose the removable HDD and click right button of mous...

Page 12: ...type the disk drive number that was assigned to the KanguruDisk Step7 Back to FDISK OPTIONS screen now you can create or delete the partition of the KanguruDisk Step9 After you finish FDISK procedure...

Page 13: ...ard to partition and format your KanguruDisk Now you have built a partition in the KanguruDisk and you can write data to it Tech Support If you experience any problems installing your KanguruData Bank...

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