Rosewill RX-35MV - Manual (Page 4)

ENCLOSURE RX-35MV Series User Manual
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For new HDD: Before connecting USB Enclosure, please partition and format
your HDD into FAT16 or FAT32. If your HDD partition is NTFS, UNIX, please let
your HDD be FAT16 or FAT32 before connecting USB Enclosure .Furthermore,
USB HDD in PC system is available in Mac system; USB HDD in Mac system is
not available in PC system, please make it to be PC partition
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USB can provide a rated 5V/500mA power to USB device . For 2.5” USB
Enclosure series: if your HDD operation current is not over 500mA, no need to
provide power to USB Enclosure through PS/2 cable. Otherwise, you’d better to
connect the PS/2 end of PS/2 cable with keyboard and other PS/2 end for USB
Enclosure.
Tips
If your computer cannot setup the driver automatically, please choose “setup
from floppy” through “controller”/”add new hardware”, and choose available
setup path according to the product type , follow setup suggests to finish the
procedure .
Partitioning & Formatting
Please be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, so make
sure you have a backup!! This step is usually only required the first time you
install the HDD or if you have a factory new HDD.
Windows 98SE, Windows ME
1.
Dos command “fdisk”.
2. Type “fdisk” and press Enter.
3. Select “Y”.
4. Enter “5” to change the disk.
5. Select the drive you want to format.
6.
Choose “1” follow the instruction.
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows VISTA
Disk management program:
1.
Select “My Computer”, then right click --> “Manage”.
2.
Select “Disk Management”.
3. Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for further
commands.