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OWC ThunderBlade V4

Mac & PC Setup

8. From ‘Initialize Disk’ select all four disks and the ‘GPT’ option. Click OK.

9. The ‘New Striped Volume’ wizard will appear. Click the ‘Next’ button. From

the ‘Select Disks’ dialog, select all three of the disks in the ‘Available’ section...

.... then click the ‘Add’ button, then click ‘Next’.

Summary of Contents for ThunderBlade V4

Page 1: ...T H U N D E R B L A D E V 4 User Guide...

Page 2: ...tarted 1 4 About This Manual 1 5 Front View 1 6 Rear View Mac PC Setup 3 2 1 Mac Formatting SoftRAID Information 2 2 PC Formatting Process Support Resources 10 3 1 Troubleshooting 3 2 About Data Backu...

Page 3: ...nnected to a host This LED is also connected to a light sensor on the back of the device this enables the LED brightness to adjust automatically based on ambient lighting conditions The LED has four s...

Page 4: ...OWC ThunderBlade V4 Introduction 2 1 5 Front View 1 LED array power and disk activity 1 6 Rear View 2 Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports 3 Power input 4 Ambient light sensor do not cover 1 2 3 4...

Page 5: ...V4 will be lost when following the steps below Back up all important data before proceeding 1 Connect the ThunderBlade V4 to a Windows 10 host using the included Thunderbolt 3 cable then connect the...

Page 6: ...ment First time SSD Users If you ve never connected an SSD to your PC before your Disk Management window will look like the one below note only 1 of the 4 SSDs are shown bottom panel If you have conne...

Page 7: ...search field next to the Start menu then select the Command Prompt result In the Command Prompt type without the marks diskpart then press Enter A new dialog box will appear click Yes Next at the DISK...

Page 8: ...ISKPART prompt type select Disk 2 and press Enter You should see a message that the disk has been selected as shown below Next at the DISKPART prompt type clean and press Enter You should see a messag...

Page 9: ...ze Disk select all four disks and the GPT option Click OK 9 The New Striped Volume wizard will appear Click the Next button From the Select Disks dialog select all three of the disks in the Available...

Page 10: ...ton 11 From the Format Volume dialog choose the Format this volume with the following settings option then make sure the following are selected File System NTFS Allocation unit size Default unless you...

Page 11: ...formatting process is complete the ThunderBlade V4 will be visible in the Windows File Explorer This concludes the PC formatting and RAID 0 setup process Notice Windows 10 does not currently have a me...

Page 12: ...bleshooting If your computer does not recognize the drive when it is connected make sure the cable is attached securely You can also try plugging the cable into a different Thunderbolt 3 port on your...