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Orion                                                                                                                User Guide 

 

 
 

 

If the drive does not 
appear, make sure 
the drivers are 
installed properly 
and the power is 
turned on! 
 
 
 

 

If you are formatting 
the drive using the 
file system FAT32, 
the maximum size 
for a single file will 
be restricted to 4GB. 
 
 
 

 

Mac OS can not 
write to NTFS 
formatted drives. To 
use your device on 
both platforms, we 
recommend you to 
use FAT32. 
 

 

PC running Win2000 or WinXP 

 
Disk Management Program 

  Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” 

  Select “Disk Management” 

  Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for 

further commands (Choose New Partition) 

  Follow the Partition Wizard 

 

 

 
For Win2000 or WinXP, we recommend formatting the drive 
using the NTFS file system. 
 
If you are using the FAT32 file system to format the drive on 
Win2000 or WinXP, the biggest single partition you can create 
will be 32GB. To create larger partitions, you need to use the 
DOS command under Win98SE or WinME or change to NTFS 
format. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Chapter 3 - System Set Up 

 

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Summary of Contents for Storage enclosure

Page 1: ...Orion Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Hard Drives User Manual English v1 0 October 18 2006 EN...

Page 2: ...ABOUT DATA BACKUP 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE HDD 3 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 5 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 5 DETAILED VIEW 5 REAR VIEW 5 INSTALLATION ON A PC 6 REMOVAL PROCEDURE 6 INSTALLATION ON A MAC...

Page 3: ...aluminium plastic enclosure fits together perfectly to secure your valuable data content Orion stays cool without a fan or heat sink keeping the design compact and virtually silent during operation Pr...

Page 4: ...g port eg USB 2 0 or PCI card LED Indicator The Orion is using a single blue LED Blue LED Status ON power ON ON Status ON data access Flickering Status OFF OFF About Data Backup To protect your files...

Page 5: ...the HDD Your unit may come with a pre installed hard drive Before opening such an enclosure please read the warranty and any other notes from your vendor carefully before doing so as this could void...

Page 6: ...n Be careful not to damage any cables or components and double check the connection between the cables the bridge board and your hard drive before you close up the case 5 Slide the cover back into pla...

Page 7: ...hat the Host Card driver is up to date Do not cover the Enclosure and leave enough room around it for the drive to cool down Do not expose the product to water or humid conditions Always check for vis...

Page 8: ...it can be used Turn on your Computer and start Windows Connect the Orion and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard drive For fa...

Page 9: ...ion first and format the drive before it will show up Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the Orion and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and show up...

Page 10: ...running MS DOS we recommend you to format the drive using FAT32 Partitioning Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive so make sure you have a backup This step is...

Page 11: ...P Disk Management Program Right click on My Computer and choose Manage Select Disk Management Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for further commands Choose New Partition Follow...

Page 12: ...change this at a later point it s required to format the drive again If you are formatting the drive using the file system FAT32 the maximum size for a single file will be restricted to 4GB Select Dis...

Page 13: ...covers all interfaces and combinations for the Orion enclosure Images and descriptions might therefore slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have Copyright 2006 by Macpower Tyt...

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