Instruction manual
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Insert a drive
Warning!
You should handle your drives carefully, especially when you’re transporting
them. If you’re not careful with your drives, you may lose data as a result. Always
handle storage devices with caution. Make sure that you’re properly grounded
by wearing an anti-static strap. If an anti-static strap isn’t available, touch a large,
grounded metal surface for several seconds to discharge any built-up static electricity.
Caution!
When you insert a second drive into the drive docking station, it resets. If
you’re accessing a drive in the docking station, wait for the drive activity LED to stop
blinking before you insert the second drive.
1. Align the SATA power and data connectors on a 2.5” or 3.5” SATA drive with the
connectors in drive slot A or drive slot B, and insert the drive into the slot.
2. If necessary, repeat step 1 to install a second drive.
3. Press the power button on the drive docking station.
When the drive docking station is turned on, the computer should automatically
recognize the drive and it should be accessible as though the drive were installed in
the system internally. If your computer fails to automatically recognize the drive, you
may need to initialize the drive. For more information, see the “Prepare a drive for use”
section.
Prepare a drive for use
Windows® OS
If you install a drive that already has data on it, after you connect the drive docking
station to your computer, the drive appears under
My Computer
or
Computer
with a
drive letter assigned to it. If you install a brand-new drive that doesn’t contain any data,
you must prepare the drive for use.
Warning!
When you complete the following steps, all of the data on your drive will be
deleted. If your drive has data on it that you require, you should create a backup file or
use a different drive.
