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Quick Start Guide for Tempo Serial ATA

Figure 7

 

4.

 Click on the Partition tab 

(Figure 7)

. When the Partition window 

appears, click on the drop down menu beneath “Volume Scheme:” and 
select a number of partitions for the volume; you may optionally choose to 
partition each drive to create two or more smaller “virtual” drives to store 
and retrieve data faster and more effi ciently. 

 

5.

 Click to highlight a partition, and then type a name in the Name fi eld; 

repeat for each partition 

(Figure 7)

. After formatting, each will appear in 

the Finder window as a drive. If you need to access a drive or partition 
from Mac OS 9, be sure to click the Install Mac OS 9 Drivers checkbox.

 

6.

 Click Partition 

(Figure 7)

.

 

7.

 When the Warning window appears, click the Partition button 

(Figure 7)

. If necessary, repeat steps 3–6 to partition the second drive con-

nected to the Tempo Serial ATA. When partitioning and formatting are 
complete, close the Disk Utility application; you can now use your drive(s).

Figure 8

Summary of Contents for TEMPO SERIAL ATA

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Page 2: ...r drive mounting sleds may be required to install your hard drives Refer to your computer s user manual 4 Plug the supplied Serial ATA data cable s right angle connector into your drive verify the connector is plugged in securely If you are connecting two drives you will need an additional Serial ATA data cable 5 Locate the power connector plugged into your computer s existing hard drive You shoul...

Page 3: ...er If you wish to format your drives with Disk Utility under Mac OS X please skip to the next section 1 Turn on your computer Figure 3 power supply access cover support stand Support Note Power Macintosh 7200 7300 7500 7600 and G3 Desktop users must remove the access panel on the main chassis to route the Serial ATA data cables from the drives to the Tempo card You may need tools to perform this p...

Page 4: ...rsion 10 2 the process under Version 10 3 is very similar The drive formatting utility is located in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder on your Mac OS X volume 1 Turn on your computer 2 Open Disk Utility Figure 6 Note that all attached drives appear in the Information window regardless of being formatted or not 3 Select the drive you want to format by single clicking the drive sym...

Page 5: ...highlight a partition and then type a name in the Name field repeat for each partition Figure 7 After formatting each will appear in the Finder window as a drive If you need to access a drive or partition from Mac OS 9 be sure to click the Install Mac OS 9 Drivers checkbox 6 Click Partition Figure 7 7 When the Warning window appears click the Partition button Figure 7 If necessary repeat steps 3 6...

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