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Using FDISK Under Windows® 2000/XP 

Note: The external hard disk can’t works with ‘Dynamic Disk’ 

type. Do not upgrade the external  hard  disk  to  ‘Dynamic  Disk’ 

type, always use it with ‘Basic Disk’ type. 

1.

 

To partition the external hard disk under Windows 2000 or 

Windows XP, please plug the external hard disk and make sure it 

is recognized, then.,

 

① 

In Windows 2000: Click 

Start 

Ö

 Settings 

Ö

 Control 

Panel 

Ö

 Administrative Tools 

Ö

 Computer 

Management 

to open 

‘Computer Management’ 

window.

 

② 

 In Windows XP: Click 

Start 

Ö

 Control Panel 

Ö

 

Performance and Maintenance 

Ö

 Administrative Tools 

Ö

 Computer Management 

to open 

‘Computer 

Management’ 

window.

 

 

 

2.

 

Click on 

‘Disk Management’ 

on the left part of this window, all 

connected disk drives will be listed in the right part. Find out the 

largest number of Disk #, for example, on the below picture, Disk 

is the largest number, and it is the external hard disk. On the 

right side of the Disk 

1

 is the status of the partitions of this disk 

drive, you can create a new or delete an exist partition by 

Summary of Contents for S-190

Page 1: ...Nov 06 MN6000000014 1 3 5 External SATA PATA HDD Enclosure USB 2 0 Interface User Manual Ver 3 00 All brand names and trademarks are properties of their Respective owners...

Page 2: ...rd disk type 3 5 SATA or PATA HDD z Interface USB 2 0 z Power Supply DC12V z Size 212 0 118 0 33 0 mm z Connectors 1 x USB Type B Port 1 x DC Jack z Power On Off Switch z LED Status On Power On z Cool...

Page 3: ...CD z 1 x Power Adapter Assembling the 3 5 HDD Enclosure Kit To begin using the 3 5 HDD Enclosure Kit simply place your 3 5 Hard Disk Drive in the Enclosure Kit and if required install the software Har...

Page 4: ...Nov 06 MN6000000014 4 1 Disassemble the rear panel from the housing by removing one screw from each side of the housing with a screwdriver 2 Push the bottom panel out of the housing...

Page 5: ...d insert the control board power cable into the receptacle on the hard drive 4 Turn the enclosure so that the bottom side is facing up and insert the first screw Tighten the first screw ensuring that...

Page 6: ...rive platform and carefully slide the assembled platform into the enclosure housing 6 Fasten the rear panel to the enclosure housing by replacing the 2 screws removed in step 1 7 The Enclosure Kit is...

Page 7: ...ctor into an available port on the computer Software Installation Windows ME 2000 XP and Macintosh Just insert the USB interface cable into computer the hard disk will be recognized automatically Wind...

Page 8: ...osure and plug in a USB cable to the USB connector port of the drive Plug in other end of the USB cable to the USB port of your computer 7 Windows will automatically detect the drive and will use the...

Page 9: ...isk in the Disk drives And also can find JM20338 SATA USB Combo and USB Mass Storage Device in the Hard disk controllers Partition The External Hard Disk Drive Using FDISK Under Windows 98 98SE Me FDI...

Page 10: ...e large disk support Y if you want to create a partition larger than 2GB FAT32 N if you want to create a partition small than 2GB FAT16 5 The next screen is FDISK OPTIONS IMPORTANT you must type 5 on...

Page 11: ...to the external hard disk usually the external hard disk is the fixed disk drive number2 7 Back to FDISK OPTIONS screen type 4 to display the content of the fixed disk drive check the content to make...

Page 12: ...Administrative Tools Computer Management to open Computer Management window In Windows XP Click Start Control Panel Performance and Maintenance Administrative Tools Computer Management to open Comput...

Page 13: ...hole new hard disk with out any partition when the Disk Management is opened a Stop mark indicates this drive is an Unknown type of disk refer to the figure shown on right side In this situation Windo...

Page 14: ...for few seconds the type of the hard disk drive will be changed to Basic type 4 To create a new partition in the external hard disk right click on the right area of Disk 1 click on Create Partition t...

Page 15: ...changed as below Make sure the status of the partition is Healthy 10 Now a partition is created in the external hard disk you can write data to it and if you want one or more partition can be created...

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