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Pleiades - Taurus                                                                                            User Guide 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS 8.6 users 

should use USB 

extension 1.41 or 

Firewire extension 

2.6 and later, to be 

able to use USB 1.1 

or 1394a. 

 

 

 

Package Content 

may vary, 

depending on 

vendor & version. 

 

System Requirements 

PC Requirements 

  Minimum Intel Pentium II CPU 350MHz, 64MB RAM 

  USB 1.1 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP 

  USB 2.0 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP 

  1394a equipped PC; Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP 

  1394b equipped PC; Win2000, WinXP 

 

Mac Requirements 

  Minimum Apple G3 processor (G4 for 1394b), 64MB RAM 

  USB 1.1 equipped Mac; Mac OS 9.2, 10.1.5 or above 

  USB 2.0 equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2 or above 

  1394a equipped Mac; Mac OS 9.2, 10.1.5 or above 

  1394b equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2 or above 

 

 

Package Contents 

 Pleiades Taurus 

 External Power Adapter; 

Input 100-240V, 12V/3A, +5V/4.2A 

 Power Cord 

 Interface Cables 

 Manual 

 

 

About Data Backup 

To protect your files and help prevent the loss of your data, we 

strongly recommend that you keep two copies of your data, one 

copy on your Taurus and a second copy either on your internal 

drive or another storage media such as DVD, Tape or an 

additional external drive. Any loss or corruption of data while 

using the Taurus is the sole responsibility of the user, and 

under no circumstances will the manufacturer be held liable for 

compensation or the recovery of this data. 

 

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Summary of Contents for Dual-Bay Storage Enclosure for 3.5" Serial ATA Hard...

Page 1: ...Pleiades Taurus Dual Bay Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Serial ATA Hard Drives User Manual v1 0 EN...

Page 2: ...IEW 2 RAID 0 SPANNING 6 REAR VIEW 2 RAID 0 STRIPING 6 RAID SETTING 2 INSTALLATION ON A PC 7 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3 REMOVE PROCEDURE 7 PC REQUIREMENTS 3 INSTALLATION ON A MACINTOSH 8 MAC REQUIREMENTS 3...

Page 3: ...and rugged offering more than enough capacity to store all your digital media files Not only that the Pleiades Taurus can also back up and secure all of your data thanks to RAID protection Great perf...

Page 4: ...itch for RAID Setting 2 Fan for Ventilation 3 Firewire 800 ports 4 USB 2 0 port 5 Power Receptacle RAID Setting Non RAID RAID 0 Striping 1 Up 2 Up 1 Down 2 Up Not in Use Non RAID RAID 0 Spanning 1 Dow...

Page 5: ...ve USB 2 0 equipped Mac Mac OS 10 2 or above 1394a equipped Mac Mac OS 9 2 10 1 5 or above 1394b equipped Mac Mac OS 10 2 or above Package Contents Pleiades Taurus External Power Adapter Input 100 240...

Page 6: ...Assembly 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 7: ...Install the second hard drive and mount it with two screws on each side 5 Connect the SATA and power cables to your hard drives Be careful not to damage any components and confirm that the cables are...

Page 8: ...device is next restarted When not in use turn off the power For the hard drives to go into stand by with the Operating System we recommend using SATA II hard drives set up as RAID 0 RAID Setup Non RAI...

Page 9: ...you do not need to change anything unless you prefer a different setup Turn on your Computer and start Windows Connect the Taurus and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically...

Page 10: ...a Macintosh Before connecting the device setup the RAID using the switches at the back of the enclosure See page 2 and 6 for more details about the RAID setup If the drives have been pre installed and...

Page 11: ...a 3rd party software 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...

Page 12: ...y 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 the Partition Wizard For Win2000 or WinXP...

Page 13: ...the Disk Utility to format and create partitions on your external disk Select Disk Utility in the utilities folder Choose your external drive and format it according to your requirement For Mac OS X...

Page 14: ...ower Tytech Technology Co Ltd all Rights Reserved The information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable Macpower Tytech Technology assumes no responsibility for any errors c...

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