Rocstor Rocpro 850 2TB User Manual

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ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 10 INSTALLING YOUR DRIVE All Rocstor hard drives are formatted as blank FAT32 (32-bit file allocation ta

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 11 Mac The easiest way to safely unmount an external hard drive is to drag its Finder icon to the Trash

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 12 How to Daisy-Chain through FireWire ports to your Rocpro Drive at one time Daisy-Chain (Connecting M

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 13 PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING THE ROCPRO DRIVE ON A MAC OS All Rocstor drives are factory formatted wi

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTITIONING AND FORMATING FROM FAT32 to HFS+: 1. Connect the Rocstor drive to the computer via a p

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual 3. Once the icon appears on the 4. In the “Macintosh HD” menu, click on the “Applications” icon.

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual 5. In the “Applications” menu, click on the 6. In the “Utilities” menu, click on the “Disk Utility” icon.ROCPRO 850

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual 7. On the left side of the “Disk Utility” menu is a list of available drives. One will be the Rocstor drive. Click

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual 11. If you are using Tiger, click on Options on the lower center of the window. Select the Partition Scheme for you

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual 12. Volume Information: select a name for your drive.13. Format: Click on either the “Format” area or the Blue up/

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT NOTICES 4 • Safety Notices __________________________

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual 15. The drive will begin to format and upon completion; the same icon that first appeared on the Desktop will reappe

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 21 PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING THE ROCPRO DRIVE ON WINDOWS 2000, XP AND VISTA All Rocstor drives are fa

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 22 DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO THE CONTROL PANEL: (You may use any one of the following methods) 1. If t

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 23 3. If the icon “My Computer” does not show on your desktop, click on the Start icon on the lower lef

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 24 INSTRUCTIONS UPON REACHING CONTROL PANEL a. After reaching the Control Panel, click on Administrat

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 25 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTITIONING AND FORMATING FROM FAT32 to NTFS 1. In the “Disk Management” window,

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 26 4. The Rocstor drive will show up in the lower menu as an “Unallocated” disk. 5. Right click a

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 27 8. Click on “Primary partition” (it should be selected as the default partition). Click “Next”. 9.

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 28 10. Under “Assign Drive Letter or Path,” accept the default letter and click “Next”. 11. In the “Fo

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 29 12. The “Volume label” can be changed to any name up to 11 characters. 13. Suggest that “Quick Format

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 3 TROUBLESHOOTING 31 • Troubleshooting for Macintosh computers ____________________

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 30 15. You will return automatically to the “Disk Management” window and will see the newly formatted Ro

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 31 Troubleshooting Rocstor data storage products are subjected to several quality control tests before

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 32 • Have you checked to confirm that the computer’s operating system works with the file system? • R

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 33 Troubleshooting for PC WINDOWS based computers Problem: The computer does not appear to recognize th

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 34 Problem: The performance and/or transfer speeds are slow when the Rocpro drive is connected to my USB

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 35 KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE BBAASSEE Rocpro 850 Unique Features • Built-in power supply (No bulky AC adap

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 36 Specifications • Dimensions: 5.8 x 8.7 x 1.6 inches 14.7 x 22.0 x 4.1 cm

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Introductions: Interfaces (ports) FireWire is Apple Inc.’s brand nameinterface (although the 1394 standard also defi

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) 9-pin FireWire 800/3200 (IEEE 1394b) was introduced commercially by Apple in 2003. This ne

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to interface designed to allow peripherals to be connected using

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 4 IMPORTANT NOTICES Safety Notices • The warranty is void if an unauthorized person attempts and/or re

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 40 Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) is a computer bus primarily designed for transfer of dat

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 41 Raw Bandwidth Transfer Speed (Mbits/s) (Mbits/s) Max. Cable Length Feet (meters) Power

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 42 Introductions: Formatting File Allocation Table (FAT) FAT is a file system developed by Microsoft f

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 43 HFS Plus or HFS+ This is a file system developed by Apple Inc. to replace their Hierarchical File Sy

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 44 LIMITED WARRANTY This Limited Warranty is provided by Rocstorage, Inc. (hereinafter: Rocstor) for a

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 45 YOU SHOULD MAKE PERIODIC BACKUP COPIES OF THE DATA STORED ON YOUR HARD DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 46 MALFUNCTION IN CONDITIONS OF NORMAL USE. ROCSTOR IS NOT LIABILE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PRODUCT C

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 47 Rocstor Replaceable Parts Program Where available, the Rocstor Replaceable Parts program ships appro

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 48 “Rocstor” makes no representation or warranty as to the suitability or fitness of these devices for a

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 49 Contact Information Corporate Headquarters 8130 Remmet Avenue Canoga Park, CA 91304-4129 Office: +

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 5 • Do not spill any liquid or insert any object into the device. • Do not attempt to disassemble an

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 50 Available in Silver, Red, White, and Black Thank you for purchasing Rocpro 850. Rocstor

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 6 GENERAL Introduction ROCPRO 850 – FireWire (800/400) eSATA and USB (1.1/2.0) The new generation o

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 7 Minimum System Requirements Mac Users: Window Users: * Man

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Page | 8 QUCIK INSTALLATION How to Connect the Interface Cables - Connecting the Drive 1. Turn ON your compute

ROCSTOR | ROCPRO 850 user manual Cable Types FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) 6-Pin FireWire 400 connector• FireWire 400 can transfer data between de