Rosewill RX81-MP Series User Manual Download

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External 3.5” SATA Enclosure

User Manual

Installing the Hard Drive

Preparing the Enclosure

Remove the 4 screws on the bottom, slide the case off the body, remove the screws for the top cover and open up the

case.

Your unit might come with an 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 might void your warranty.

Summary of Contents for RX81-MP Series

Page 1: ...RX81 MP Series External 3 5 SATA Enclosure RX81 MP Series User Manual...

Page 2: ...r 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 between computers and platforms...

Page 3: ...Mac OS 10 2 or higher 1394a equipped Mac Mac OS 9 1 9 2 10 1 5 or higher 1394b equipped Mac Mac OS 10 2 or higher Serial ATA equipped Mac eSATA Mac OS 10 2 or higher Mac OS 8 6 users should use USB e...

Page 4: ...on the bottom slide the case off the body remove the screws for the top cover and open up the case 1 2 3 4 Your unit might come with an installed hard drive Before opening such an enclosure please re...

Page 5: ...he screws Align the top cover with the body and fasten the screws before you slide it back into the casing Fasten the 4 screws on the bottom and connect your power adapter and interface cable Be caref...

Page 6: ...etwork Firewire can be daisy chained All devices in a daisy chain have to be switched on to permit the hub daisy chain function Do not cover the Enclosure and leave enough room around it for the drive...

Page 7: ...connection Turn on your Computer and start Windows Connect the Pleiades for SATA and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard driv...

Page 8: ...B 2 0 Firewire 800 or SATA connection Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the Pleiades for SATA and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and show up on y...

Page 9: ...tioning Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive so make sure you have a backup This step is usually only required the first time you install a factory new hard d...

Page 10: ...if you want to use your drive on those platforms we recommend you to use FAT32 instead If you use this device to backup your data using a 3rd party software running MS DOS we recommend you to format...

Page 11: ...n not see the drive make sure the drivers are installed properly 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...

Page 12: ...ing and do not change anything on the partition or format on your Mac otherwise the PC will not be able to recognize the drive anymore If you can not see the drive make sure there are no extension con...