Sharkoon DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0, Manual

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DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0
฀ c)฀฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀IDE฀devices฀connect฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀ ฀ port฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0฀via฀the฀included฀
฀ ฀ IDE฀data฀cable.฀Power฀is฀provided฀via฀the฀included฀4-pin฀
฀ ฀ power฀cable฀for฀IDE฀devices.
฀ d)฀฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀SATA฀devices:฀
SATA devices are directly plugged to the respective port
฀ ฀ of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀
฀ ฀ them฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.
4.฀฀Switch฀on฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0.฀The฀device฀will฀be฀
฀ detected฀and฀installed฀automatically.฀Connected฀HDDs/
฀ optical฀devices฀will฀be฀displayed฀in฀the฀file฀manager.
Note:
There is no need to install additional drivers.
Before you shut down your PC, remove the DriveLink
Combo USB3.0 from your system’s hardware configura-
tion by double-clicking the symbol in the task bar. A
menu will open up. Select the DriveLink Combo USB3.0
to securely remove it. Then switch off the DriveLink and
shut down your PC.
4. Installing the hardware
Note:
Before you plug the DriveLink Combo USB3.0 into your PC/
Laptop, connect the peripheral devices to the DriveLink Combo
USB3.0.
Before using the hard disk drive for the first time, it must be pro-
perly partitioned and formatted. To format the HDD, right-click
on COMPUTER and then select MANAGE.
If using Windows 7: select START, right-click COMPUTER and
then select MANAGE.
After that, select DISK MANAGEMENT. Here all formatable HDDs
and drives will be clearly displayed. Right-click the USB HDD
and select PARTITION. The HDD will probably need to be initia-
lized; we suggest using the NTFS data system for Windows PCs.
Format the HDD to complete the procedure.
Warning:
Make sure to select the correct USB hard disk drive for format-
ting, due to all data saved on the HDD being lost when partitio-
ning and formatting!
1.฀฀Connect฀the฀included฀power฀adapter฀to฀the฀DriveLink฀
฀ Combo฀USB3.0฀and฀a฀power฀outlet.
2.฀฀Connect฀the฀included฀USB3.0฀cable฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀ connector฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0฀and฀a฀USB3.0฀
port on your PC.
3.฀฀Connect฀IDE฀and฀SATA฀devices฀to฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀
฀ USB3.0฀as฀described฀below:฀
฀ a)฀฀2.5"฀IDE฀HDDs฀are฀directly฀plugged฀to฀the฀respective฀port฀
฀ ฀ of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀them฀
฀ ฀ without฀any฀additional฀cabling.
฀ b)฀฀2.5"฀SATA฀HDDs฀are฀directly฀plugged฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀ ฀ port฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀
฀ ฀ them฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.
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