Instruction Manual
7
How to Use
Connecting the Hard Drive
Once the drive has been installed in the drive bay, the drivers will install automatically,
and the inserted drive will be accessible as though it were installed within the system.
Note:
some operating systems may require that the system be scanned for hardware
changes from within device manager, for the newly connected drive(s) to be
recognized.
Prior to using the drive, it will need to be formatted according to your operating
system requirements.
Refer to Initializing the Hard Drive.
Disconnecting the Hard Drive
Windows
The drive should be uninstalled from device manager, or unmounted using third party
hot swap software.
Note:
Removing the connected drive while it is active in the system could result in
losing or corrupting data stored on the drive.
Mac OS X
To safely disconnect the attached drive from the host computer, close any windows
listing the contents of the removable drive. Once all windows are closed, click on the
icon for the drive on the desktop, and drag it to the Trash Can icon on the desktop.
Allow 5 seconds before physically removing the enclosure/drive from the computer.
Initializing the Hard Drive
1. If the SATA Hard Drive is blank it may need to be initialized and formatted before
use. From the main Windows desktop, right-click on “My Computer” (“Computer” in
Vista/ 7 / 8), then select Manage. In the new Computer Management window, select
Disk Management from the left window panel.
