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Orion                                                                                                                User Guide 

 

 
 

 

If the system 
doesn’t recognise 
the drive, turn on 
the power first, 
before connecting 
the interface cable. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Installation on a PC 

If the drive has been pre-installed and setup already, you do 
not need to prepare anything else and can use it straight away. 
If you have installed the drive yourself and this is a brand new 
HDD, you will have to create a partition first and format the 
drive before it can be used. 
 

  Turn on your Computer and start Windows 

  Connect the Orion and turn it on 

  Let Windows search and install the driver automatically 

  Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive 

 

For factory new drives and more info about formatting, see 
following pages under “Partitioning & Formatting”. 

 
 
 

Removal Procedure 

For the safe removal of your drive and to assure that no data is 
lost, always follow the correct unplug procedure. Otherwise, an 
error message will appear. 
 

  Click on the taskbar icon for external hardware 

  Choose your external hard drive and confirm to remove it 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Chapter 3 - System Set Up 

 

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Summary of Contents for Storage enclosure

Page 1: ...Orion Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Hard Drives User Manual English v1 0 October 18 2006 EN...

Page 2: ...ABOUT DATA BACKUP 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE HDD 3 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 5 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 5 DETAILED VIEW 5 REAR VIEW 5 INSTALLATION ON A PC 6 REMOVAL PROCEDURE 6 INSTALLATION ON A MAC...

Page 3: ...aluminium plastic enclosure fits together perfectly to secure your valuable data content Orion stays cool without a fan or heat sink keeping the design compact and virtually silent during operation Pr...

Page 4: ...g port eg USB 2 0 or PCI card LED Indicator The Orion is using a single blue LED Blue LED Status ON power ON ON Status ON data access Flickering Status OFF OFF About Data Backup To protect your files...

Page 5: ...the HDD Your unit may come with a pre installed hard drive Before opening such an enclosure please read the warranty and any other notes from your vendor carefully before doing so as this could void...

Page 6: ...n Be careful not to damage any cables or components and double check the connection between the cables the bridge board and your hard drive before you close up the case 5 Slide the cover back into pla...

Page 7: ...hat the Host Card driver is up to date Do not cover the Enclosure and leave enough room around it for the drive to cool down Do not expose the product to water or humid conditions Always check for vis...

Page 8: ...it can be used Turn on your Computer and start Windows Connect the Orion and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard drive For fa...

Page 9: ...ion first and format the drive before it will show up Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the Orion and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and show up...

Page 10: ...running MS DOS we recommend you to format the drive using FAT32 Partitioning Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive so make sure you have a backup This step is...

Page 11: ...P Disk Management Program Right click on My Computer and choose Manage Select Disk Management Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for further commands Choose New Partition Follow...

Page 12: ...change this at a later point it s required to format the drive again If you are formatting the drive using the file system FAT32 the maximum size for a single file will be restricted to 4GB Select Dis...

Page 13: ...covers all interfaces and combinations for the Orion enclosure Images and descriptions might therefore slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have Copyright 2006 by Macpower Tyt...

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