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e. Close and secure the covers.

f. Plug in USB or eSATA cable.

Initialize the HDD accordingly to your operating system.

h.

g.

After selecting the RAID you want, press and 

HOLD

 the confirmation

button in the rear panel till the device shuts down.

 RAID mode setup, users need to press and 

HOLD

 the "RAID" button for

 3 seconds till the LED flashes, press again to change the mode.

Defaut Setting at ”RAID 5” mode. 

Mode button 

RAID Mode Confirmation button 

Rebuild time varies depending on the HDD volume, say about 1 hour for
200GB. 

i.

Red 

/

 rebuild

Orange / RAID 5 

 

Blue / active 

When rebuild completes, rebuild LED goes off.

b. Unlock the cover with the key supplied and press the curricular

depression to open the cover.

c. Release the inner covers anti-clockwise!

a.

Please use the provided screws to secure the handles 
to the HDDs.

Quick Installation Guide

d. Install the HDDs from up to down. Please refer STEP 6 for details.

HDD 1

HDD

HDD

2

2

HDD

HDD

3

3

HDD

HDD

4

4

STEP

Descriptions

HDD1 Error
HDD2 Error
HDD3 Error
HDD4 Error

1.
2.

1.

3.
4.

HDD5 Error

5.

HDD6 Error
HDD7 Error
HDD8 Error

6.
7.
8.

Rear Panel Overview

Rear Panel

Inside Panel

HDD Handle

Keys

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

STEP

4

4

1

1

5

2

3

4

6

Descriptions

Fan
RAID Mode confirmation button
eSATA port 
USB 3.0 port

1.
2.

1.

3.
4.

220 V AC Input port 

5.

Kensington
hole

6.

5

5

Inside Overview

2. Create new partition and format disk. 

If the HDD is uninitialized, you may have to initialize 
it by doing steps as followed: 
At first click “Start”, “Execute” at your PC 
and key in “diskmgmt. msc”.
After that please press “Enter” key.

1. Start disk initialization. 

Note: Please enable GPT if the total capacity is more 
than 2TB and enable MBR if the total capacity is less than 2TB.

Under Windows Vista (32/64-bit) / Windows XP (64-bit), 
if the total capacity is more than 16 TB, it's strongly recommend to 
choose “Allocation unit size” at 8192 when formatting the HDD. 

Under Windows Vista (32/64-bit) / Windows XP (64-bit), 
if the total capacity is more than 16 TB.

Trouble Shooting

Users could find more information about cluster allocation 
at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302873

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