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Add NetDisk 

 

1.  Add more NetDisk. 
 

A. Click 

NetDisk™ Administrator Tool  

 and then click 

New 

NetDisk

.  Fill in the NetDisk ID.  NetDisk Name is optional.  

Write 

Key

 is needed to write on NetDisk. 

 

 

 

Click 

Add. 

 

i.  If the 

Write Key

 was entered, the NetDisk is registered as 

Read/Write

 

 

 

 

 

ii.  If the 

Write Key

 was not entered, the NetDisk is registered as    

     Read Only

 

 

     

 

 

B.  If you are adding a new NetDisk 

Found New Hardware Wizard

 will  

        appear.  Otherwise, continue to the next step. 

 

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Summary of Contents for NetDisk NDU10-80

Page 1: ...NetDisk TM Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...ested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a...

Page 3: ...ware described in this document is furnished under a license agreement The software may be used only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement All trademarks are the property of their resp...

Page 4: ...NetDisk on their PC s and network The NetDisk Installation Guide assumes a basic understanding of PC s and networks Please follow these instructions to setup your NetDisk on your network so you can b...

Page 5: ...sers 7 Installation for USB Users 8 Software Installation 9 NetDisk Registration 12 NetDisk Mode Read Write RW 15 Read Only RO 20 Installation of New NetDisk 26 Add NetDisk 28 Change READ ONLY to READ...

Page 6: ...Users Wi Fi WLAN 802 11a or 802 11g 54 Mbps or higher is recommended for best data transfer rate USB Users USB 2 0 or higher is recommended for best data transfer rate Software Requirement NetDisk so...

Page 7: ...nect one end of the Ethernet LAN Cable into Hub or Router the other end into NetDisk LAN Interface RJ45Jjack 3 Once the NetDisk is connected to the LAN the LED will light up indicating power and data...

Page 8: ...k and plug Power Cord into the power outlet 2 Connect one end of the Cross wire Cable into the PC s Ethernet port and the other end into the NetDisk Ethernet port 3 Toggle switch on NetDisk should be...

Page 9: ...g Power Cord into the power outlet 2 Connect one end of the USB Cable into the PC s USB port and the other end into the NetDisk USB port 3 Toggle switch on NetDisk should be on USB Toggle Switch is lo...

Page 10: ...on CD ROM included in the box into the CD ROM drive B Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NetDisk will appear on the screen Click Next C License Agreement will appear on the screen Select I accept...

Page 11: ...D Setup Type a General Users Select Complete and then click Next b Advanced Users Select Custom and then click Next E Ready to Install the Program will appear on the screen Click Install 11...

Page 12: ...F InstallShield Wizard is being installed G Installation is completed Click Finish H You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect Click Yes 12...

Page 13: ...ess to NetDisk Read Write allows users to write and read to and from NetDisk Add button will be enabled only when the right NetDisk ID is entered Click Add 4 NetDisk Administrator window will appear c...

Page 14: ...new NetDisk Found New Hardware Wizard will appear See Installation of New NetDisk on 26 and follow the instructions If you are re registering a NetDisk that has been removed before Found Hardware Wiza...

Page 15: ...ii NetDisk with Read Only mode 15...

Page 16: ...ng used by someone else A White NetDisk has same functionalities as a Gray NetDisk A NetDisk Place the cursor on the word NetDisk to view the functions i Plug in Read Only Enables you to change NetDis...

Page 17: ...d by Gray Circle a Once a NetDisk is unplugged NetDisk can be enabled back to Read Only or Read Write by selecting Plug in Read Only or Plug in Read Write NOTE If you are enabling Read Write and did n...

Page 18: ...NetDisk click OK To check whether the NetDisk has been removed click NetDisk Administrator Tool The removed NetDisk will be no longer visible The word No NetDisk indicates that there is no NetDisk reg...

Page 19: ...ou remove the Black NetDisk and re register C New NetDisk Registers new NetDisk to your computer Enter NetDisk ID if you want to just read from NetDisk Enter both NetDisk ID and Write Key if you want...

Page 20: ...r See Installation of New NetDisk on 26 to complete the registration D About Displays NetDisk Administrator version E Exit Exit NetDisk Administrator Click Yes if you want to exit Otherwise click No N...

Page 21: ...lace the cursor on the word NetDisk to view the functions i Plug in Read Write Enables you to change NetDisk mode from Read Only to Read Write ii Refresh Updates the NetDisk s data you are reading You...

Page 22: ...cannot unplug after several attempts reboot your computer This may occur when unseen programs are still using the NetDisk Unplugged NetDisk is indicated by Gray Circle a Once a NetDisk is unplugged Ne...

Page 23: ...et Disk click Ok To check whether the NetDisk has been removed click NetDisk Administrator Tool The removed NetDisk will be no longer visible The word No NetDisk indicates that there is no NetDisk reg...

Page 24: ...rations of other NetDisk to be slowed down We recommend you remove the Black NetDisk and re register C New NetDisk Registers new NetDisk to your computer Enter NetDisk ID if you want to just read from...

Page 25: ...If you are registering a new NetDisk Found New Hardware Wizard will appear See Installation of New NetDisk on 26 to complete the registration D About Displays NetDisk Administrator version F Exit Exit...

Page 26: ...by now you know that you can only write to NetDisk if you are in Read Write mode If you are writing to the NetDisk with Read Only mode you are not actually writing the data to the NetDisk but writing...

Page 27: ...nd New Hardware Wizard will appear Select Install the software automatically and click next B Searching for the new NetDisk C Hardware Installation warning will appear Click Continue Anyway D Installa...

Page 28: ...E New NetDisk has been added to your computer To view it click My Computer and see under Hard Disk Drive 28...

Page 29: ...Name is optional Write Key is needed to write on NetDisk Click Add i If the Write Key was entered the NetDisk is registered as Read Write ii If the Write Key was not entered the NetDisk is registered...

Page 30: ...See Installation of New NetDisk on 26 2 Go to the NetDisk Aggregation Mirroring window If you do not see all the NetDisk you registered click Refresh 30...

Page 31: ...t to change NOTE Green Circle indicates Read Only and Blue Circle indicates Read Write B Click Plug in Read Write If Write Key has not been entered during the registration warning window will appear N...

Page 32: ...will be enabled D If another user has already registered NetDisk as Read Write their write privilege will be taken away from him her and given to you Click Ok if you want to access write privilege E C...

Page 33: ...istrator Tool A Select a NetDisk you want to change NOTE Green Circle indicates Read Only and Blue Circle indicates Read Write B Click Plug in Read Only C Click NetDisk Administrator Tool to view the...

Page 34: ...being used by someone else Occupied NetDisk will be indicated by white colored NetDisk 1 Click Start Program NetDisk NetDisk Aggregation Mirroring NetDisk Aggregation Mirroring window displays all th...

Page 35: ...and Mirroring 2 Before binding the NetDisk the NetDisk must be unplugged NOTE Only two NetDisk can be bound at a time Therefore unplug the two NetDisk you want to bind To unplug NetDisk click NetDisk...

Page 36: ...Mirroring NOTE Both NetDisk are unplugged Indicated by the Gray colored NetDisk If the color of the NetDisk has not been changed to Gray click Status If the color of the disk is still Green or Blue r...

Page 37: ...will not be enabled 9 Click bind button i If NetDisk you choose does not have a Write Key the following message will appear NOTE Remember NetDisk has to be unplugged and have a Write Key Click Ok then...

Page 38: ...u can choose from to bind with the first NetDisk 10 Select a NetDisk from the NetDisk Available box that you want to bind 11 Then click button A If NetDisk you selected from NetDisks Available box doe...

Page 39: ...word Aggr Master NetDisk 1 The NetDisk from the NetDisks bound box becomes the Master NetDisk and the NetDisk from the NetDisks available box becomes the Slave NetDisk The slave gets added to the mas...

Page 40: ...Only 15 Go to NetDisk Aggregation Mirroring window You will notice the change in the color of the master NetDisk NOTE Blue NetDisk is Read Write and Green NetDisk is Read Only 16 Before you can use th...

Page 41: ...l appear NOTE If the NetDisk is being used by any applications NetDisk will not be unplugged In this case wait until all the applications are finished using NetDisk Then try unplugging it again Click...

Page 42: ...5 Select a NetDisk you want to unbind and click unbind button 6 The bound NetDisk will unbind into the two original NetDisk Two unbound NetDisk is also visible from NetDisk Administrator Tool 42...

Page 43: ...or Plug in Read Only Repeat this step for the second unbound NetDisk 8 Right click My Computer Management Disk Management If any of the unbound NetDisk are not initialized indicated by go to Initiali...

Page 44: ...han the NetDisk you are copying the data from This must always hold true Otherwise the NetDisk you are saving the data to may run out of space 1 Click Start Program NetDisk NetDisk Aggregation Mirrori...

Page 45: ...Aggregation and Mirroring 2 Before mirroring the NetDisk the NetDisk must be unplugged NOTE Unplug both NetDisk you want to mirror from and mirror to To unplug NetDisk click NetDisk Administrator Tool...

Page 46: ...sk If the color of the NetDisk has not been changed to Gray click Status If the color of the disk is still Green or Blue repeat steps 2 and 3 for every NetDisk that has not been unplugged 7 Once two N...

Page 47: ...will not be enabled 10 Click mirror button A If NetDisk you choose does not have a Write Key the following message will appear NOTE Remember NetDisk has to be unplugged and have a Write Key Click Ok G...

Page 48: ...o be mirror to 10 Click button A If NetDisk you selected from NetDisks Available box does not have a Write Key the message window will appear Click Ok Click cancel on the Bind window Go to page 30 and...

Page 49: ...it from warning window will appear Click Ok Click Cancel from the Bind window and repeat from step 8 again 11 Mirroring of NetDisk can proceed Click Ok 12 AggrMirUI will appear Click Ok then go to Pa...

Page 50: ...le box becomes the Slave NetDisk The master NetDisk is mirrored to slave NetDisk 14 Click NetDisk Administrator Tool NOTE NetDisk 1 is unplugged master NetDisk and NetDisk 2 is slave NetDisk 15 Plug i...

Page 51: ...16 Go to NetDisk Aggregation Mirroring window You will notice the change in the color of the master NetDisk NOTE Blue NetDisk is Read Write and Green NetDisk is Read Only 17 Mirroring is completed 51...

Page 52: ...Undo Mirroring Please follow the Aggregation Unbind on 39 to undo Mirroring 52...

Page 53: ...t click My Computer and select Manage 2 Computer Management will appear Click Disk Management under Storage 3 The plugged disk will be shown on the Computer Management 4 Right click on the box and sel...

Page 54: ...hen you delete partition all the data on the disk will be last Click Yes if you want to continue partitioning Otherwise click No 6 Partition has been deleted indicated by the word Unallocated 7 Right...

Page 55: ...Partition Wizard Click next 9 Select Partition Type Select Primary partition and click Next 10 Specify Partition Size Click Next NOTE The partition size is automatically set No need to change the siz...

Page 56: ...se the name of the drive from the driver letter then click Next 12 Format Partition Select Format this partition with the following Settings and Perform a quick format Recommended Click next 13 Partit...

Page 57: ...14 You can see the partitioned disk 57...

Page 58: ...omputer Management window will appear Click Disk Management under Storage 3 Computer Management window will list all the disks in the computer Find NetDisk you want to format and right click NOTE NetD...

Page 59: ...k window will appear Select the right disk and click Ok 5 NetDisk will be automatically initialized NOTE Unknown becomes Basic 6 Right click Unallocated box then select New Partition Go to Partition N...

Page 60: ...Explorer must be closed There are two different ways in which you can uninstall NetDisk 1 Click Start All Programs NetDisk Uninstall NetDisk Windows Installer will appear Click Yes if you want to cont...

Page 61: ...nistrator input NetDisk ID and Write Key NetDisk Administrator is located on bottom right icon tray look for an icon that looks like a disk Click on it and NetDisk popup menu will appear Question NetD...

Page 62: ...estion Can t change to Read Write Mode even after Write Key is entered Answer Someone else is currently using NetDisk in Read Write Mode A screen will appear asking if you would like to take over Read...

Page 63: ...ogy Inc for technical support please have the following information available Product name model serial number and software version number Technical Support on the Internet For the latest information...

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