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Owner’s Manual

Copyright © 2007 Vantec Thermal Technologies. All Rights Reserved.

All Registered Trademarks Belong To Their Respected Companies.

www.vantecusa.com

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Summary of Contents for NEXSTAR SX

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Copyright 2007 Vantec Thermal Technologies All Rights Reserved All Registered Trademarks Belong To Their Respected Companies www vantecusa com...

Page 2: ...e Screwdriver Driver Disc USB Cable Installation Screws TRADEMARKS MS DOS Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT 2000 ME XP Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of...

Page 3: ...tion pg 2 2 Specifications Features pg 3 3 System Requirements pg 4 4 Installation pg 5 5 Driver Installation pg 10 6 Disconnecting the Nexstar SX pg 12 7 Creating A New Partition pg 14 8 Troubleshoot...

Page 4: ...otects your hard drive while the aluminum case effectively draws away the heat protecting your drive from overheating The NexStar SX also utilizes USB 2 0 offering speeds up to 480Mbps 40 times the sp...

Page 5: ...peed USB 2 0 1 1 Easy Installation Powered by USB Compatible With 2 5 IDE Hard Drives NST 285U2 Compatible With 2 5 SATA Hard Drives NST 285S2 Aluminum Casing Cools Down Your Hard Drive Interface IDE...

Page 6: ...entium II 350MHz compatible or Apple G3 processor and greater Microsoft Windows 98SE ME 2000 NT XP Vista or Mac OS 8 6 and greater USB equipped system For USB 2 0 speeds the system must support USB 2...

Page 7: ...Installation 5 4 Installation 1 Press the buttons on both side of enclosure and remove the top cover...

Page 8: ...Installation 6 4 Installation 2 3 3 Press the buttons on both side of the enclosure and remove the bottom cover 2 Connect the 2 5 hard drive to the Connector...

Page 9: ...Installation 7 4 Installation 4 Secure the hard drive to the hard drive caddy by screwing it in place through the back of the caddy...

Page 10: ...Installation 8 4 Installation 5 Slide both the top bottom cover back in place...

Page 11: ...tect the Nexstar SX and automatically install the necessary drivers if you have Windows 98SE MacOS 8 6 you will need to install drivers Once your operating system finishes setting up the NexstarSX it...

Page 12: ...on Next Check the Search for the best driver for your device and click on Next again 3 Insert the device driver CD into your CD ROM drive if you have not already done so and click on Next a screen sh...

Page 13: ...Unplug the NexStar 3 if you currently have it connected 2 USB Mass Storage Support 1 3 5 must be installed on your system If it is not you can download the USB Mass Storage Support 1 3 5 from the App...

Page 14: ...Eject Hardware icon in the system tray and select Safely Remove Hardware Select the device you wish to remove and click on Stop The system should prompt It is now safe to remove the USB device If not...

Page 15: ...erations using the hard drive within the Nexstar SX have ceased 2 Close any windows and programs pertaining to the Nexstar SX 3 From the Desktop drag the Nexstar SX hard drive to the trash 4 Unplug th...

Page 16: ...ard drives should come with a CD that includes its installation program If not a download should be available on the manufacturers website The best way to partition a new hard drive is by using the ma...

Page 17: ...not be required for some hard drives 4 Go through the wizard 5 Once complete locate your hard drive in the bottom right pane Right click on the area with a status bar to the right of the Disk area and...

Page 18: ...Mac OS CD and double click it to open the folder 3 Double click the Drive Setup icon to open the program 4 In the list of drives select the drive you want to initialize 5 Click Initialize To format yo...

Page 19: ...d on your desktop Note If the hard drive will not mount on your system format the drive with a FAT32 or NTFS partition first through a PC system Once formatted connect the NexStar Enclosure to your Ma...

Page 20: ...not a valid format Please refer to the section Creating A New Partition for information on how to create a useable partition on your drive If your drive is formatted look in device manager and see if...

Page 21: ...tten to the hard drive Doing so may cause the hard drive to become corrupt Make sure all applications being run off the disk and all files in use are no longer in use before removing the unit Q Why is...

Page 22: ...SX A You have probably formatted the hard drive in the FAT32 file system FAT32 limits the file sizes to 4GB maximum The NTFS file system does not have this limitation Q Why does my Nexstar SX work wi...

Page 23: ...defects and missing parts are not covered under this warranty Please check the contents of the unit to make sure you received all parts Also check for any cosmetic flaws If any parts are missing or i...

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