Icy Box IB-141CL-U3, Manual

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IB-141CL-U3

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4.3 HDD Initialization

A new HDD must first be initialized, partitioned and formatted by the operation system to be displayed 

by the system.

4.4 4bay docking function

The IB-141CL-U3 allows you to run 4 different HDDs regardless their brands, models, or capacities via 

one USB connection. Just connect the IB-141CL-U3 to the computer and the HDDs will be detected as 
independent drives. Thanks the hot-plug supporting you can exchange the HDDs by running system (not 
recommended).

4.5 HDD cloning-function

-  Before the cloning process, please remove the USB cable from the device. 
-  Insert the source drive into slot Source and the target drive to slot Target 1-3.
-  Press Power button to power on the device. Power LED will be lit in blue as PC mode. 
-  Press and hold the MODE button for 3 seconds to change to clone mode. Power LED will be changed  
 

from blue to red.

-  Press the Start button. Source and Target 1-3 LED will start to blink. The first LED of progress indica 

tor (25%) will start to blink as well. The cloning is in process.

-  When the status indicator reaches 100% and stops blinking, your cloning process is completed. Press  

power button to turn off the power then remove the HDDs.

4.6 Advices to the cloning-function
The clone function creates an identical copy of your hard drive – no need to connect to any 
computer. You can copy a bootable system disk without additional software or professional 

skills.

-  Since the cloning process copies every single byte of the source HDD the process may take several  
 

hours depending on the HDD capacity.

-  After the cloning process is completed, in some cases the computer may not be able to identify both  
 

drives since they are assigned to the same drive letter. To separate the drives, you must assign one  

drive to a new drive letter under “disk management” (Windows).

-  If only one drive is plugged into Source, there will be no action when you press the start button.

-  The target HDD 1-3 must be of the same size or bigger than the source HDD.

-  If the targets 1-3 drives are smaller than the source drive, after pressing the start button, Source  

and Target 1-3 LED will blink in high frequency. Please press the power button to turn off the power  

and remove the HDDs

-  You may create a new volume with the remaining space on the target HDD after cloning.