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Software Installation for PC
SATA Connection for Windows XP/7/ Vista
Some PC computers nowadays are equipped with external SATA ports for peripheral connectivity,
or provide a SATA cable and bracket to route internal SATA port on motherboard to external port.
When external SATA port is available, please get an eSTAT cable to connect G-S350SU3 to your
PC, and follow steps below to use G-S350SU3 enclosure:
1. When computer is powered off, attach G-S350SU3 to the SATA port of the computer.
2. Turn on G-S350SU3 first, then power on your PC.
3. After Windows boots up, it will load the driver and recognize the enclosure automatically. If you
don’t see a new(SATA) drive in My Computer, probably the SATA drive needs to be partitioned
and formatted first. Please refer to next section to partition and format the drive if necessary.
Above described connection and power sequence is referred to as Hot Boot. There are total five
power sequence modes, Hot Boot, Cold Boot, Hot Plug, Cold Plug, and Power Cycle, by which an
external hard drive can possibly be used with a computer system. Please refer to the section “SATA
Connection for MacOS X 10.2 and above” for definition.
It is important to note that different SATA host adapters handle the power sequence in different way.
Some support all five power sequence modes, the other can only support Hot Boot. G-S350SU3
supports all five power sequence modes. To find out what your SATA host adapter is capable of,
please contact the manufacturer of SATA host adapter, or simply try all power sequence mode
yourself.
USB Connection For Windows XP/7/Vista
When the enclosure is connected to the computer and power on, the system will start
installing for the proper driver. Please follow the on-screen instruction to complete the
driver installation.
If you do not see the new drive letter added in My Computer after the driver finishes
loading, the reason could be the hard disk such as a brand new one has no partition
and format yet. In this case, please follow the procedures in next section to partition
and format it before using.
G-S350SU3 is designed to provide SuperSpeed connection and performance for the computers
equipped with USB 3.0 port. However it also supports computers with USB 2.0 port.
