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Sabrent USB-DSC8 

3.0 USB to SATA/IDE Hard Drive Adapter 

 

 

 

 

2.5” Notebook IDE Hard Drive 

 

1.

 

Connect

 

the short 2.5” IDE connector from the Sabrent adapter to the pins on your 2.5” Hard Drive. Note the 

keyed pin and slot and make sure that the drive and the device line up properly and are securely connected:

 

 

Figure A: 

 

 

Figure B: 

 

Please Note:

 When you remove a hard drive from an existing laptop, you may need to first remove the outer cage and 

sometimes an additional converter that is covering the IDE or SATA connectors. 

(The hard drive is in a cage that needs to be removed, and there is a converter covering the pins.) 

Содержание Sabrent USB-DSC8

Страница 1: ... and slot and make sure that the drive and the device line up properly and are securely connected Figure A Figure B Please Note When you remove a hard drive from an existing laptop you may need to first remove the outer cage and sometimes an additional converter that is covering the IDE or SATA connectors The hard drive is in a cage that needs to be removed and there is a converter covering the pi...

Страница 2: ...The Hard Drive connectors must be exposed to connect the Enclosure Figure C ...

Страница 3: ...Figure D ...

Страница 4: ...gure A 3 In most cases the USB cable will supply sufficient power for the drive to spin up and initiate Some larger capacity Hard Drives may require more power than USB to provide sufficient power to initiate You may need to use the supplied power supply to provide the extra needed power Figure A ...

Страница 5: ...Figure B Figure C Figure D ...

Страница 6: ...Figure E Figure F ...

Страница 7: ...op IDE Hard Drive 1 Most 3 5 IDE Hard Drives have Jumpers Make sure they are set to Master Only Note Please refer to the drive manufacturer s website for more information regarding your specific hard drive model Figure A ...

Страница 8: ...2 Connect the IDE power adapter directly in the IDE drive Figure A Figure B Figure C ...

Страница 9: ...D 3 Connect the long 3 5 inch IDE connector to the pins on your hard drive Note the keyed pin and slot and make sure that the drive and the device line up properly and are securely connected Figure A Figure B ...

Страница 10: ...Figure C 4 Connect the USB cable from the DSC5 to a USB port on your computer Figure A ...

Страница 11: ...2 5 3 5 Inch SATA Drive 1 Connect the Sabrent converter to the power adapter and then plug the SATA power end into the SATA drive directly Figure A Figure B ...

Страница 12: ...Figure C Figure D Figure E ...

Страница 13: ...2 Connect the SATA data cable into the Sabrent Converter and then connect the other end directly into the SATA drive Figure A Figure B Figure C ...

Страница 14: ...Figure D Figure E Figure F ...

Страница 15: ...tioning hard drive HDD Enclosures can only access working drives e A Drive letter should appear in MY COMPUTER indicating that the Hard Drive has mounted and the data is accessible 1 try connecting to a different USB port on the computer Sometimes rear ports work more reliable than front panel ports 2 try connecting to a different computer 3 Try using a different Hard Drive If that still does not ...

Страница 16: ...d Drive is brand new you may need to initialize it first in order to cause the Drive Letter to appear 1 Click the Start button right click on My Computer and select Manage 2 Click on Disk Management 3 Locate the drive in the right column and right click on the drive and click New Simple Volume ...

Страница 17: ...4 At the following prompt click Next 5 Click Next ...

Страница 18: ... drive then click Next 7 Click on Format this volume with the following settings Change the File system to NTFS Change the Volume label to what you want the drive to be named Click the checkbox for Perform a quick format Click Next ...

Страница 19: ...8 Click Finish Windows will now begin formatting and initializing the disk 9 Open My Computer and verify that the drive shows up properly ...

Страница 20: ... to disable disk drive password protection Frequently Asked Questions 1 My drive died or was damaged in my previous computer Will it work with this adapter This adapter is the equivalent of plugging in the drive directly into your computer s IDE or SATA port If the drive was damaged to the point where it doesn t work when plugged directly into the computer then it is likely that it will not work u...

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