Xcarét pro expansion bay cdrw drive 7, Troubleshooting – MCE Technologies Xcart Pro User Manual

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Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive

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Important Usage Notes

The MCE Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive is designed to
withstand the normal, reasonable handling involved with mobile use. It
is not designed to handle abrupt shock such as that experienced in
dropping, pounding, banging or otherwise smashing the Xcarét Pro
CDRW drive. Exercise care when handling the Xcarét Pro drive and it
will provide you with reliable and extended storage capabilities. To
avoid possible damage to the CD tray or the drive, keep the tray closed
when you are not using it. Also, be sure to always store the Xcarét Pro
CDRW drive in its handy protective case during transport when it is not
in the PowerBook, such as when it’s inside a computer carrying case.

Troubleshooting

I can't boot from the Xcarét Pro CDRW drive.

• Verify that the CD in the Xcarét Pro CDRW drive is bootable
• Make sure it is selected in the Startup Disk control panel.
• Make sure you hold down the "C" key while selecting restart and

continue holding it down until the PowerBook begins booting from
the CD.

Can I get rid of the Toast message concerning the unknown driver?

Yes. You must disable all Apple CD/DVD extensions and/or any third
party CD-ROM extensions and restart your machine. When you launch
Toast, a driver will be dynamically loaded by Toast for the Xcarét Pro
CDRW drive, and this message will not appear.

My hard drive won't boot my computer. Can I boot from the Xcarét Pro
CDRW even though I didn’t select it in the Startup Disk control panel?

Yes. Once your PowerBook is turned on and finds that it can't boot from
your internal hard drive, it will look to boot from the Xcarét Pro CDRW
drive. Make sure that you have a bootable CD in your Xcarét Pro
CDRW drive and your PowerBook will boot from it. To force your
PowerBook to look for the boot volume on a CD in the Xcarét Pro,
simultaneously press the keyboard keys Command, Option, Shift and
Delete at startup.

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