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If the system 

doesn’t recognize 

the drive, turn on 

the power first, 

before connecting 

the USB/Firewire 

cable. 

 

 

Win98 does not 

support Firewire, 

you need to 

upgrade your OS to 

Win98SE or higher. 

 

 

The RX30-U2FAB 

does not support 

Win98/SE, you 

need to upgrade 

your OS to WinME 

or higher. 

 

 

For safe removal of 

your drive and to 

assure that no data 

is lost, always 

follow the unplug 

procedure. If not, an 

error message will 

show up. 

Installation on a PC (Microsoft Windows) 

Win2000 or WinXP with a USB or Firewire connection

  Turn on your Computer and start Windows 

 Connect the RX30 and turn it on 

  Let Windows search and install the driver automatically 

  Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive ** 

 

Win2000 or WinXP with a Serial ATA connection

  Turn on your Computer and start Windows 

 Connect the RX30 and turn it on 

  Let Windows search and install the driver automatically 

  Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive ** 

 

Win98SE with a Firewire connection

  Turn on your Computer and start Windows 

 Connect the RX30 and turn it on 

  Let Windows search and install the driver automatically 

  Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive ** 

 

Win98/SE with a USB connection

  Turn on your Computer and start Windows 

  Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM 

 Connect the RX30 and turn it on (in some cases the 

driver must be installed before connecting the device, see 

note on CD or readme file) 

  Follow the onscreen instructions and install the drivers 

  Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive ** 

 

Unplug Procedure

  Click on the taskbar icon for external hardware 

  Choose your external hard drive and confirm to remove it 

 

 

 

** For factory new drives and formatting, see “Partitioning & 

Formatting”

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Summary of Contents for RX30

Page 1: ...External Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Hard Drive Rosewill RX30 User Manual Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 6 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 6 INSTALLATION ON A PC MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 WIN2000 OR WINXP WITH A USB OR FIREWIRE CONNECTION 7 WIN2000 OR WINXP WITH A SERIAL ATA CONNECTION 7 W...

Page 3: ...gh quality aluminum excellent for heat dissipation Available with various types of interfaces this is the perfect solution for additional external storage data backup as well as for transferring data...

Page 4: ...Possibly caused by a sudden voltage slump in the power supply or faulty power adapter Indication Blue LED on Red LED on Inverse Polarity Protection to prevent any damage to the device or Hard Drive ca...

Page 5: ...equipped PC Win98SE WinME Win2000 WinXP 1394b equipped PC Win2000 WinXP Serial ATA equipped PC Win2000 WinXP Mac Requirements Minimum Apple G3 processor G4 for 1394b 64MB RAM USB 1 1 equipped Mac Mac...

Page 6: ...other notes from your vendor carefully before doing so as this might void your warranty Chapter 2 Installing the Hard Drive Preparing the Enclosure Remove the 4 screws on the bottom slide the case off...

Page 7: ...ard drive before you close up the case Hard Drive Assembly Connect the ATA cable and the power line to your hard drive Install the hard drive and fasten the screws Align the top cover with the body an...

Page 8: ...be used Only one computer at the time can access the drive To use one drive on several computers it can be shared through one computer on the network 1394 network company network Firewire can be daisy...

Page 9: ...d start Windows Connect the RX30 and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard drive Win98SE with a Firewire connection Turn on your...

Page 10: ...0 x with a Firewire or USB connection Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the RX30 and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and show up on your desktop M...

Page 11: ...ftware 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 s...

Page 12: ...8SE or WinME or change to NTFS format If you can not see the drive make sure the jumper settings of your hard drive are correct the drivers are installed and the power is turned on PC running Win2000...

Page 13: ...ere are no extension conflicts and the power is turned on Mac OS Mac OS9 2 and earlier does not support creating partitions on an external drive To do that you would need to purchase additional 3rd pa...

Page 14: ...vendor or check out their online support area About this Manual This manual covers all interfaces and combinations for the RX30 Enclosure Images and descriptions might therefore slightly vary between...

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