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Igloo 800

External Enclosure for two (2pcs) 3.5” Hard Drives

User Manual

3.5”

Parallel

ATA to Fire

ire 1394b External Storage Enclosure

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.……………………………………………………………………P.02

Chapter 2 Package Contents…………………………………………………………… P.03

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide………………………………………………... P.04

Chapter 4 Installation Procedure……………………………………………………….. P.09

Chapter 5 Unplug Procedure……………………………………………………………. P.10

Chapter 6 Partitioning & Formatting..…………………………………………………... P.12

Chapter 7 Technical Information.……………………………………………………….. P.15

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Summary of Contents for Igloo 800

Page 1: ...394b External Storage Enclosure Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction P 02 Chapter 2 Package Contents P 03 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide P 04 Chapter 4 Installation Procedure P 09 Chapter 5...

Page 2: ...even faster 1 2 System Requirement a Hardware PC or Mac with FireWire 800 or 400 interface b Compatible Operating Systems OS types Windows FireWire 800 1394b Windows 2000 XP FireWire 400 1394a Windows...

Page 3: ...Chapter 2 Package Contents 1 Igloo 800 ATA to 1394b External Storage Enclosure 2 Power Cord 3 1394b 9 9pin Cable 4 Accessory Bag 1394b 3...

Page 4: ...Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide Unscrew the four screws on the bottom and take off the metal cover See Figure A D Figure A Figure B 4...

Page 5: ...Figure C Figure D 5...

Page 6: ...3 2 Hard Drive Installation Connect the two hard drives one Master and one Slave install them and fasten the screws See Figure E F Figure E Figure F Hard Drive jumper settings Set 1 Master 1 Slave 6...

Page 7: ...Replace the cover and feet then fasten the screws See Figure G H Figure G Figure H 7...

Page 8: ...ttings 1 Master 1 Slave z Identical Hard Drives suggested same manufacturer capacity and RPM z FireWire can be daisy chained z Igloo 800 is using RAID 0 and disk striping RAID 0 and disk striping func...

Page 9: ...eparate driver required let Windows search and install it automatically Open My Computer where you can see the external Hard Drive see Figure 1 Igloo Figure 1 4 2 Installation on Macintosh Turn on you...

Page 10: ...ght mouse button on the taskbar icon see Figure 3 b Click on popup message see Figure 4 Figure 3 Figure 4 External Hardware Icon c Click OK and remove the device see Figure 5 Figure 5 5 2 Mac OS Drag...

Page 11: ...Attention To assure no data will be lost always follow the unplug procedure If not data could be lost and the following message will show up For Windows ME For Windows 2000 For Mac 11...

Page 12: ...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 DOS command fdisk Type fdisk and press Enter...

Page 13: ...lect Disk Management Select My Computer then right click Manage Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for further commands Follow the Partition Wizard If you want to use it on many...

Page 14: ...ou would need 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 Select Disk Utility...

Page 15: ...Copyright 2004 Macpower Tytech Technology Co LTD all Rights Reserved The information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable Macpower Tytech Technology Co LTD assumes no resp...