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HARD DRIVE PARTITION and FORMAT PROCEDURES in
PC WINDOWS 2000/XP/Vista

If you can see a new entry under Disk drives of Device Manager, you are
ready to partition and format the drive.
1.  Open Control panel, “Administrative Tools” and “Computer 
management”.

Step 2

2.  Click on “Disk Management”.

Step 3

3.  “Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard” windows will show up and

click “Next”.

Summary of Contents for G-S350SUAB

Page 1: ...IEEE1394A IEEE1394B FireWire Hi Speed USB2 0 eSATA 3 5 Serial ATA Hard Drive Enclosure G S350SUAB User s Manual...

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Page 3: ...b s 1394B 800Mb s USB2 0 480Mb s USB1 1 12Mb s G S350SUAB can support the speed specification listed above however its transfer rates are possible to be lower and will vary depending upon the Operatin...

Page 4: ...ce surge protection is recommended for all telecommunications devices Surge suppressors and or line conditioning should be used on the input power supply ON OPERATION Do not move the chassis during op...

Page 5: ...o not pull the cord Warning If any of the following conditions occur immediately disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet and contact your dealer or an authorized service station Continuing to u...

Page 6: ...our hand is dry and remove static from your body by touching metal parts of your computer chassis 6 1 Back Panel 2 2 6mm Screws 3 Enclosure Sleeve 4 Base Tray bridge 5 6 5mm Screws 6 8 4mm Screws 7 Fr...

Page 7: ...7 Hardware Installation Note The diagrams below uses the G S350U Enclosure as an example 1 Unscrew to loosen the Enclosure Back Panel Remove the Back Panel 2 Use your fingers to push the Base Tray out...

Page 8: ...Tray and place it aside 4 Align the black Power SATA connector on the hard drive to the black female SATA connector on the Base plate bridge and push the drive into the connector completely 5 Secure t...

Page 9: ...osure Sleeve 7 Secure the Base Tray and Enclosure Sleeve with two 6mm screws 8 Plug the AC DC adapter into the Enclosure and connect the unit to your computer using a USB cable Firewire cable or eSATA...

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Page 11: ...able from the computer we recommend you to shut down the computer first because current system driver and SATA host specification do not make SATA hard drive 100 removable like USB or Firewire hard dr...

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Page 13: ...see a new entry under Disk drives of Device Manager you are ready to partition and format the drive 1 Open Control panel Administrative Tools and Computer management Step 2 2 Click on Disk Management...

Page 14: ...14 4 Write a signature to the new drive click Next 5 Click Finish to close the wizard Step 4 Step 5...

Page 15: ...rtition Step 7 7 Follow the onscreen instruction to partition and fully format the drive note If it assigns a new hard drive letter but format dose not run automatically please exit Computer Managemen...

Page 16: ...II hard drives use plug and receptacle interface with L shaped key as shown below This connectors and cable flat with L shaped key support both SATA 1 5Gb s and 3 0Gb s however the cable length is li...

Page 17: ...controller and sometimes OS you use some controllers support hot plug and unplug function some don t You have to find out its capability To prevent data corruption the safest way to disconnect SATA c...

Page 18: ...nterfaces Above data are quoted from www sata io org The performance of G S350SUAB in your application might be higher or lower depending upon the hard drive used SATA and USB host and computer hardwa...

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