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 ROCPORT ID9 

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How to Daisy-Chain through FireWire ports to your Rocport ID9 Drive at one 
time 

 

Daisy-Chain 

(Connecting Multiple Devices) 

means

 

that device A is connected to device B and device 

B is connected to device C and so forth.  All connections are made only through FireWire ports. 
 

 

Do not mix interfaces.  Select FireWire ports only.  For example, do not use USB and 
FireWire to Daisy-Chain. 

 

Mixing FireWire 400 and 800 connectors to Daisy- Chain will reduce the transfer speed to 
FireWire 400. 

 

Daisy-Chain allows you to connect multiple devices, such as cameras, external read/write 
drives and other external devices such as hard disk drive to your computer via FireWire 
ports. 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Rocport ID9

Page 1: ...1 store your future ROCPORT ID9 User Manual...

Page 2: ...________________________________________ 10 o Mac 11 Reformatting Your Drive ________________________________________________ 11 o Reformatting via PC Window based computers 11 o Reformatting via Mac...

Page 3: ...us ____________________________________________ 38 o Comparison Chart __________________________________________________ 39 Introduction to Formatting 40 o File Allocation Table FAT and FAT 32 _______...

Page 4: ...ted under different Operating Systems and formatting The storage volume is measured in total bytes before formatting References to round numbers of gigabytes or terabytes are an approximation only For...

Page 5: ...nual Do not attempt to disassemble and service the Rocport drive during the warranty period Please read the Safety Notices and Limited Warranty information in this Manual and on the Rocstor website ww...

Page 6: ...onments Like other Rocstor products ROCPORT ID drives are both bus powered and bootable The new ROCPORT ID pocket drives contain a fast high capacity 2 5 SATA drive mechanism with up to 800 MB sec tra...

Page 7: ...use these ports Connectors FireWire 800 IEEE 1394b port x1 FireWire 400 IEEE 1394a port x1 USB 2 0 port x1 Hardware FireWire 800 or FireWire 400 or USB 1 1 or 2 0 port s Operating Systems Microsoft W...

Page 8: ...the Rocport When using USB connect two ends of the USB Y cable to the USB ports of your computer or via Power Hub that is connected to your computer and then the other end to the USB port in the Rocpo...

Page 9: ...supports three data transfer rates USB 2 0 A Hi Speed USB 2 0 rate of 480 USB 1 1 A Full Speed rate of USB 1 0 A Low Speed rate of 1 5 user manual Pin FireWire 400 connector Wire 400 can transfer dat...

Page 10: ...nect the drive to the computer using more than one data cable Rocport ID9 as a bootable device If you intend to use the drive as a startup device check the documentation that came with your computer t...

Page 11: ...Mac OS Extended Journal or UFS Unix file system volume Please note that all of your data will be lost if the volume Hard Drive is formatted or reformatted Reformatting via PC Window based computers Ri...

Page 12: ...so forth All connections are made only through FireWire ports Do not mix interfaces Select FireWire ports only For example do not use USB and FireWire to Daisy Chain Mixing FireWire 400 and 800 connec...

Page 13: ...ts and turn ON automatically With USB connections you may need to connect to more ports to receive enough power depending on your computer When connecting the Rocport drive with a USB port certain lap...

Page 14: ...l INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING FROM FAT32 to HFS Connect the Rocstor drive to the computer via a port The drive will appear as an icon on the Desktop on the middle right side The icon...

Page 15: ...appears on the 4 In the Macintosh HD menu click on the Applications icon user manual Once the icon appears on the Desktop click on the Macintosh HD icon In the Macintosh HD menu click on the Applicati...

Page 16: ...ou select Apple Partition Map then click OK user manual Tiger click on Options on the lower center of the window Select the Partition Scheme for your Rocstor drive Suggest you select Apple Partition M...

Page 17: ...er the Format area or the Blue up down arrows Select Mac OS extended journal user manual Volume Information select a name for your drive Format Click on either the Format area or the Blue up down arro...

Page 18: ...t click the Partition screen On the next screen user manual After selecting the type of format click the Partition tab in the lower right of the screen On the next screen Partition Disk click Partitio...

Page 19: ...sktop will reappear with your designed name on the Desktop 10 Exit user manual The drive will begin to format and upon completion the same icon that first appeared on the Desktop will reappear with yo...

Page 20: ...drive To overcome this problem connect the Rocport drive using a USB Y connector or use an external power source This problem is likely to occur when using certain brands of laptop computers 4 The in...

Page 21: ...he icon My Computer shows on your desktop click or double click on the icon Under Other Places click on Control Panel Under Windows XP under Vista OS 2 If the icon My Computer does not show on your de...

Page 22: ...ontrol Panel link is not displayed click on the Settings link and then click on the Control Panel link 4 Click on the Start icon on the lower left of your screen Click on Run Delete anything listed in...

Page 23: ...al INSTRUCTIONS UPON REACHING CONTROL PANEL a After reaching the Control Panel click on Administrative Tools b After reaching Administrative Tools click on Computer Management c After reaching Compute...

Page 24: ...he menu to highlight it In the drop down menu select Delete Partition WARNING Formatting and Partitioning the Rocport Drive will destroy all of its data To protect your data back it up before formatti...

Page 25: ...al 4 The Rocstor drive will show up in the lower menu as an Unallocated disk 5 Right click anywhere in the Unallocated disk area in the lower menu 6 Click on New Partition 7 You are taken to Welcome t...

Page 26: ...Page 26 ROCSTOR ROCPORT ID9 user manual 8 Click on Primary partition it should be selected as the default partition Click Next...

Page 27: ...Page 27 ROCSTOR ROCPORT ID9 user manual 9 Under Specify Partition Size click Next to accept the default setting which is the maximum size allowed...

Page 28: ...Page 28 ROCSTOR ROCPORT ID9 user manual 10 Under Assign Drive Letter or Path accept the default letter and click Next 11 In the Format Partition accept the default setting...

Page 29: ...ormat be selected and then click Next 14 You now reached the Completing the New Partition Wizard screen It displays the various settings you previously selected If you are satisfied with your selectio...

Page 30: ...name you selected If no new name was entered in the Volume label the Rocstor drive will show up as New Volume To rename the Volume at this time right click New Volume and click Properties You can now...

Page 31: ...irements may not meet the minimum system requirements as indicated in this Manual See Page 7 Rocport is bus powered through FireWire ports and turn ON automatically With USB connections you may need t...

Page 32: ...proper installation Notes When connecting the device to USB 2 0 port in your computer please be sure that the connection at the host computer is High Speed USB 2 0 and drivers if required are installe...

Page 33: ...Systems and Interfaces you are using to ensure they were properly followed Please check the cable connections as the cables must be properly and securely attached to the computer and hard drive Ensure...

Page 34: ...or your computer to ensure it supports High Speed USB 2 0 General Notes When connecting the device to USB 2 0 port in your computer please be sure that the connection at the host computer is High Spee...

Page 35: ...small size Reduces power consumption with hard drive spin down support Daisy chain multiple FireWire devices as storage needs grow Automatic configuration pre formatted for plug and play Compatible wi...

Page 36: ...anasonic s name not to be camcorder tapes It is a serial bus speed communications and time data transfer frequently used in a digital audio digital video Pin connector can transfer data between device...

Page 37: ...e full IEEE 1394b specification supports data rates up to 3200 connections up to 320 Ft 100 meters user manual pin FireWire 800 3200 IEEE 1394b connector was introduced commercially by Apple in 2003 T...

Page 38: ...ipherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket and to improve Plug and play capabilities by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer hot...

Page 39: ...ireWire 3200 3144 393 100 Cables available for 100m 12 25 V 15 W 63 FireWire 800 786 98 25 100 11 m 12 25 V 15 W 63 FireWire 400 393 49 13 15 Ft 4 5 m 12 25 V 15 W 63 USB 2 0 480 60 5 14 m 5 V 2 5 W 1...

Page 40: ...he NT line native support for FAT32 arrived in Windows 2000 Windows 2000 and Windows XP can read and write to FAT32 file systems of any size but the format program included in Windows 2000 and higher...

Page 41: ...characters in length and n forked files similar to NTFS though almost no software takes advantage of forks other than the data fork and resource fork HFS Plus also uses a full 32 bit allocation mappi...

Page 42: ...ease of the product is your proof of the purchase or lease date You may be required to provide proof of purchase or lease as a condition of receiving warranty service You are entitled to warranty serv...

Page 43: ...agent or employee of Rocstor that may have been made in connection with your purchase or lease of the Rocstor branded product No change to the conditions of this Limited Warranty is valid unless it i...

Page 44: ...Labor This Limited Warranty extends only to the original purchaser or lessee of this Rocstor branded product and is not transferable to anyone who obtains ownership of the Rocstor branded product from...

Page 45: ...T WARRANTY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS OR THE OPERATING SYSTEM PREINSTALLED BY ROCSTOR Rocstor s only obligations with respect to software distributed by Rocstor under the Rocsto...

Page 46: ...and Rocpower are registered trademarks of Rocstorage Inc Rocpro Airhawk Rocbit Rocsafe are the trademarks of Rocstorage Inc store your future secure your future and power your future are the slogan m...

Page 47: ...omers Our Corporate Sales Team s goal is to help our U S A and Canadian customers find a storage solution that best serves their needs We will help you determine your best purchasing options For more...

Page 48: ...Page 48 ROCSTOR ROCPORT ID9 user manual Rocport ID 9 is available in Red Silver Charcoal Black and Yellow Thank you for purchasing Rocport ID9 Rocstor Ver 0426I...

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