NewerTech Guardian MAXimus mini, 1TB
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1. GI CERO Cum PEEL Sora rae nas ans You then need to choose how many partitions you wish your Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini to have For ease of use we re selecting one partition here but of course you could select more if you wish to have multiple volumes created Simply use the pulldown menu under Volume Scheme to create more partitions Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 4 Formatting Volume Scheme S MATSMTA DVD R 857 I Do Cmm TESEN UE BIER Eum auton we senes at hor he the nae trata torch w Choose a name for the volume You will need to repeat this step for each volume if you selected multiple partitions Click Apply to finish jane E 100 03 casritoot2ns F 2 GEN shavers nudam ede lt Format ac 05 Exended Uma 3j ene Then cce AY Creen J ome J You will be asked to confirm that you wish to format the drive agree and then after a few moments partitioning will complete and the Newer Technology Guardian MAXi mus mini volume will mount on your desktop You can quit Disk Utility you re all set 4 4 Removing the GUID Partition Scheme Only for XP 2000 ME and earlier XP 64 BIT Vista amp Windows 7 can continue to the next section Your new OWC Mercury Elite AL mini is preformatted for use with a Ma cintosh Unfortunately this is not readable by Windows without special softw2. and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device Do not open your hard drive or attempt to disassemble or modify it Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk of electrical shock fire short circuiting or dangerous emissions Your hard drive contains no user serviceable parts If it appears to be malfunctioning have it inspected by a qualified Other World Computing Technical Support representative Never expose your device to rain or use it near water or in damp or wet conditions Never place objects containing liquids on the drive as they may spill into its openings Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock short circulting fire or personal injury General Use Precautions Do not expose the enclosure to temperatures outside the range of 5 C to 40 C 41 F to 104 F Doing so may damage the drive or disfigure its casing Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight even through a window Conversely placing your drive in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit Always unplug the hard drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of time Otherwise there is an increased risk of electrical shock short circuiting or fire Use only the power supply shipped with the device Do not use the hard drive near other electrical appliances such as televisions radios or speakers D
3. not covered here Q Why does the LED indicator for one of the drives light up red A A red LED is a warning indicator you either have a failed hard drive or no hard drive is installed in the drive bay Usually the red LED will be accompanied by an alarm Replace the hard drive to correct the problem Q Why does the LED indicator to the right of the drive activity lights light up orange A If the orange LED is lit a rebuild is performing or the device is being reformatted Normally this indicates that you had a failed hard drive or data was written out of sync and the rebuild is correcting the error Q How many drives can fail before lose my data A Since this is a RAID 1 Mirrored solution you can have 1 drive fail without losing any data If both hard drives fail you will lose your data The Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini will alert you using it s LED lights on the front of the enclosure that a drive has failed by turning RED Replace that hard drive immediately to avoid losing data Q Will the hard drives spin down when my computer goes into to sleep or stand by mode A Yes they will spin down to save energy It will take about 30 seconds to access your data after being in sleep or stand by mode 6 2 About Data Backup To ensure that your files are protected and to prevent the loss of your data we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data One copy on your Newer Technol ogy Guardian MAXimus m
4. NJ newertechnoi Guardian MAXIMUS mini Hardware RAID 1 Mirror Performance Storage Solution Users Guide amp Owners Manual ardian 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 1 1 Mac Requirements 1 1 2 PC Requirements 1 1 3 Supported Hard Drives 1 2 CONTENTS 1 3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1 4 PORT VIEW amp INTERFACE CONNECTIONS 1 5 CABLE CONNECTIONS amp QUICK START GUIDE 2 LCD DISPLAY 2 1 LCD INTERFACE amp MAP 2 2 MAXPROTECT RAID 1 USAGE 2 3 MAXPERFORM RAID 0 USAGE 3 ASSEMBLY 3 1 REPLACING HARD DRIVES 4 FORMATTING 4 1 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BOOTING ON AN OLDER MACINTOSH 4 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU PLAN ON USING YOUR DRIVE WITH A PC SYSTEM 4 3 MACINTOSH FORMATTING 4 4 REMOVING AN EXISTING GUID PARTITION 4 5 WINDOWS FORMATTING 4 6 MACDRIVE 8 TROUBLESHOOTING amp TIPS 5 1 TROUBLESHOOTING 5 2 USAGE TIPS 6 APPENDIX 6 1 FAQ 6 2 ABOUT DATA BACKUP 7 CUSTOMER SERVICE 7 1 BEFORE CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE 7 2 CUSTOMER SERVICE HOURS OF OPERATION Guardian MAXimt mini Chapter 1 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 System Requirements 1 1 1 Mac Requirements Minimum PowerPC G4 Processor 128MB RAM eSATA interface Mac OS X 10 3 or later OR FireWire interface Mac OS X 10 2 or later OR USB 2 0 interface Mac OS X 10 2 or later 1 1 2 PC Requirements Minimum 500MHz Intel Pentium 3 Processor 128MB RAM eSATA interface Windows XP Vista OR FireWire interfa
5. OOD DRIVE is removed from GMAX nd then re inserted before the bad drive is replaced Data is fully accessible and will begin rebuilding immediately upon insertion of replacement drive MAXProtect RAID 1 mode LCD Display amp activity light overview i in MAXProtect One Drive Failure Two Drive Failure ALARM Gee ponptens puse spese ALAIN Deepo tseepoesopsae beep Dae Diez Diei Dez z650 v e Blinking Solid Off Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 2 LCD Display 2 3 MAXPerform RAID 0 Usage MAXPerform RAID 0 mode provides the fastest possible speed to your storage array The trade off of this speed is that there is no data redundancy protection What happens if a drive fails in my Newer Technology GMAX mini in MAXPerform mode If a drive fails in your GMAX mini when it is set to MAXPerform mode you will need to replace the defective drive to continue using your GMAX mini Data existing on the GMAX mini prior to the drive failure WILL NOT be recoverable MAXPerform RAID 0 mode LCD Display amp activity light overview DATA LOSS wil occur if ANY or ALL drives tai wie the GMAXmini is in RAID 0 MAXPerform mode One Drive Failure Two Drive Failure ALARM Bean oocboco pause bongbonp ALARM eopirg boscpboop pace boepbeep Deer Der Des m2 Drie 1 be 182 Fours rez logy Guardian MAXimu 3 ASSEMBLY 3 1 Replacing Hard Drives mini To set u
6. ardian MAXimus mini Chapter 2 LCD Display 2 2 MAXProtect RAID 1 Usage MAXProtect RAID 1 mode provides redundant data protection using the live activity backup data protection that mirrors your data on two drives What does it mean when the orange LED is lit on my Newer Technology GMAX mini in MAXProtect mode If there are no red lights indicating a bad drive the GMAX mini is in rebuild mode synchronizing the drives due to a recoverable error What happens if a drive fails in my Newer Technology GMAX mii mode If a drive fails in your GMAX mini your data is still safe and usable as long as you have your RAID configured as a RAID 1 MAXProtect mode However it is very important to replace the defective drive as soon as possible to regain your redundant data protection If you choose to remove the bad drive from your GMAX mini the following scenarios will apply to the usage of your good drive IMPORTANT ALWAYS HAVE GMAX MINI POWERED ON WITH GOOD DRIVE INSERTED BEFORE REPLACING BAD DRIVE IF the GOOD DRIVE is kept installed into GMAX m Data will be fully accessible Data will be rebuilt once the bad drive is replaced IF the GOOD DRIVE is removed from GMAX mini and connected to a computer via another enclosure or directly via a SATA connection All data will be fully accessible and any changes will be reflected when inserted back into the GMAX mini Data including any changes will be rebuilt once the bad drive is replaced IF the G
7. are If you wish to use your storage solution on a computer running Windows you will need to repartition and reformat using the following instructions D Go to the DOS command prompt by selecting Run from the Start Menu Pon E the name oF a progran fer document or Type in cmd in text box and hit the OK Wenn ed ede doti button m E ox cen eee 8 Type diskpart and hit enter WINDOWS system32 cmd exe Ini xj 39 2083 Microsoft Coi BELLA AP Type select disk x replacing x with the number of the disk you want to reformat Typically you will see an asterisk under GPT for the disk requiring formatting Disk Mt Status Arm Online 1 Online DISKPART gt select disk 1 WARNING The clean command will destroy ALL data on the disk you run it on Be sure there is nothing you need to keep on your drive before running any of these commands Type clean and hit enter Type exit and hit enter Close the command prompt window You may now proceed with formatting the drive Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini apter 4 Formatting 4 5 Formatting your Guardian MAXimus mini on Windows 2000 and later Instructions for other operating systems can be found at http www newertech com format With the drive connected to the computer and pow ered on right click on the My Computer icon and select Manage from the menu The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizar
8. ce Windows 2000 XP Vista OR USB 2 0 interface Windows 2000 XP Vista Windows 7 1 1 3 Supported Hard Drives Supports two 2 5 SATA Hard Disk Drive HDD Solid State Drive SSD or Solid State Hybrid Drive up to 9 5mm in height Supports up to 64MB Data Buffer HDD only Supports up to 7200RPM speeds HDD only Hard Drives of identical capacity model are recommended 1 2 Contents 9 Item uanti Guardian MAXimus mini Hard Drive Trays with hard drives eSATA cable 1394B FireWire 800 cable USB 2 0 mini A to B cable Power cable Software CD Bundle User Guide amp Owner s Manual ETE Contents may vary Please see item listing for exact contents Bare solutions do not include hard drives Qo e 1 3 About This Manual Firmware images and descriptions may vary slightly between this manual and the unit shipped Functions and features may change depending on the firmware version Please visit the product web page for the most recent specifications Drive 1 DON USD E The Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini has multiple interfaces to work with any computer system DCIN port The Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini requires power to operate You either need to plug in the included external power adapter into this port or power the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini using the FireWire 800 connection for use with an eSATA connection see G
9. d window should appear If the Wizard does not appear expand the Storage menu by clicking on the plus sign Then right click next to the disk number of the drive that you have just connected and click Initialize to bring up the Wizard Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard In the next window there should be only one drive listed That will be the drive that you connected via eSATA FireWire or USB Make sure the box next to the drive name is checked and click Next Select Disks to Initialize You must iiic a dek before Logical Disk Manager can acces Select one or nore disks lo ellen Diis S The Wizard will perform its tasks and you will get the following screen Completing the Initialize and You may click Finish Convert Disk Wizard You hae successuy coupled the Isic nd Cone Oak Wand Initialize and Conve You selected e wing sting Dik To close thir vizand ciek Frish Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 4 Formatting Your drive will ap pear similar to how Disl 1 does below Notice that k B sa we omm pn mm e Pu Compter namen ca une Layo Type rie Spem tatur Tamay Tr rte Tod Peus Base FAT Meaty ESACavigwaien si 24 thespaceonthelower gen Deere cmm eon i right reads as Unallo i rain ENE cated Right click in this Gr Performance Logs and Alerts 2 Dave Manager space and ch
10. e to give the drive whatever name you prefer Be sure to check the box Perform a quick format If you do not it will likely take several hours for your drive to format Click Next At the end of the Wizard you will see a summary of the information that you specified during the previous steps Click Finish imus New Partitios nini Chapter 4 Formatting Assign the folowing dive letter OM the following empty NTFS folder O Do not assign a dive letter or dive path New Partition Wizard Format Partition To store data on thit pain you must format fast Choose whether you want to format this patio andi o what settings you want to use O Do not fomat this patton Format this parition vith the folowing setting Fie system NTFS E Alocaton unit sie Default E Volume labet Newer Technology Pelom a quick format Enable ie and folder compression E Wi Completing the New Partition Wizard You have successfully completed the New Patton Wizard You selected the folowing settings Partition ype Primary pation Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 19089 MB Dive letter or pali E Fie system NTFS Allocation uit size Defaut Volume labet Newer Technology To cse this wizard cick Fish Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 4 Formatting D Once you have finished with the format ting wizard you will see that you
11. for more information USB mini Port Connect one of your computer s USB ports to the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini using the included cable Using the USB port requires the external power supply to be used FireWire 800 1394B Ports Using the included cable connect one FireWire 800 port to your computer and have an extra FireWire 800 port to add peripherals Alternately the FireWire 800 port has the ability to use power from your computer to operate the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini when connected via the FireWire 800 port or via the eSATA port eSATA Port The utmost in speed If you re trying to make your Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini the fastest it can be attach an eSATA cable to this port Using the eSATA connection requires either the external power adapter to be used orthe FireWire 800 cable can also be used to power the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini 1 5 Cable Connections amp Quickstart Guide Attachment of the cables is simple on any platform 1 Plug the power input cord into the wall and to the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini 2 Connect the eSATA FireWire 800 FireWire 400 or USB 2 0 cable appropriate for the interface your computer supports into the drive and computer For best performance use the eSATA connection If you purchased your Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini with drives it is preconfigured as a RAID 1 Mirror formatted Mac OS Extended for the Macintos
12. h and is ready to use If you want to change this configuration please follow the instructions in Chapter 3 to do so If you purchased an empty enclosure you have to format the drives yourself that is explained in Chapter 4 The Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini has an LCD display at the front of the hard drive enclosure It will illuminate blue when powered on and the activity lights below the LCD display will also illuminate The LCD display is covered in more detail in the next pages The lights numbered 1 and 2 denote the 2 internal hard drives They illuminate Green Data access read write Red Error or empty drive bay also accompanied by an alarm The indicator to the right of drive 1 and 2 will only illuminate during the rebuilding of data OFF HDD status normal Orange not illuminated in this photo Rebuilding data Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 2 LCD Display The Newer Technology Guardian M us mini utilizes an LCD display to configure many of it s functions use the following diagram to navigate the menu system E a omm LEFT button cycles through menus and options RIGHT button enters menus and selects options Y pmo rc pcr Screen showing the new RAID made and capacity will appear for afew seconds Click the LEFT button to ABORT the m GE NEM RAID mode Click the RIGHT button to CONFIRM the mode switching unit wil enter the new RAID mode Newer Technology Gu
13. ini and a second copy on either your internal hard drive or another storage medium such as an optical backup or on a second external hard drive Any data loss or corruption while using the Newer Technology Guardian MAXi mus mini is the sole responsibility of the user and under no circumstances will Newer Technology be held liable for compensation or the recovery of any lost data chnology Guardian MAXimus 7 CUSTOMER SERVICE 7 1 Before Contacting Customer Service Read this manual and review Chapter 5 Troubleshooting amp Tips Try to confirm the problem is with the hard drive If you have a second computer move the enclosure to that system and verify that the solution does not function with that machine nini Visit our tech center for more support suggestions including FAQs http www newertech com support If you still need support please have the following available to you The serial number of the enclosure Your invoice number What operating system you are using Which kind and model of computer you are using All of this will help speed your support contact along 7 2 Customer Service Hours Of Operation Telephone 815 308 7001 8AM 10PM CST Monday Friday 9AM 4PM CST Saturday Live Chat Available 24 hours a day 7 days a week through NewerTech s distributor OWC For more information visit http www newertech com support Email Submit your email at http www newertech com supp
14. ll be rebuilt automatically During the rebuild process the rebuild LED will blink orange Rebuilding the RAID array will take several hours depending on drive capacity NOTE We recommend not turning the power off during the rebuild process but if it is interrupted it will continue rebuilding the data as soon as the power is restored Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 3 Assembly To remove the drives turn the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini around to the rear and remove the hard drive cover plate by unscrewing the 2 Phillips screws from the top corners Once you have removed the back of the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini the two 2 5 hard drives are held into the chassis using friction fit trays To remove the two drives and their trays you need to pull the trays out of the back of the enclosure using the silver metal tabs in the center of the drive tray To keep vibration to a minumum the silver trays are a very tight fit Use constant gentle pressure when removing and installing Turn the drive tray over and you will see 2 Phillips screws that are holding the drive A into the tray Remove those two Phillips a screws Then Slide the hard drive out of ETT the drive tray pushing the drive out of the tray Replace the drive in the reverse order insert the screws and then place the drive tray assembly back into the enclosure Replace the back access cover and rein sert the 2 Phi
15. llips screws you removed to take the back cover off Guardian MAXimus mini 4 FORMATTING 4 1 IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU PLAN ON USING YOUR DRIVE TO BOOT ON A G3 G4 OR G5 SYSTEM If you purchased a preconfigured Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini your new external hard drive has been formatted for the Macintosh as a Mac OS X Extended Journaled volume using the GUID Partition Table scheme This means that your new drive is ready to use immediately out of the box if you have an Intel based Macintosh computer For your new OWC external hard drive to provide boot compatibility meaning you wish to run the operating system from the external drive with Power PC based computers G3 G4 G5 using Mac OS X you will need to repartition format the drive and change the partition mapping from GUID to APM Apple Partition Map If you do not plan to use your new external drive as the start up drive you do not need to perform this procedure your new drive will work as formatted for normal external storage use and step by step instructions to do so are covered on the next pages of this manual Notes GPT GUID Partition Table To use the disk as a boot volume on an Intel based Mac or to use the disk as a non boot disk with any Mac with Mac OS X version 10 4 or later APM Apple Partition Map to use the disk as a boot volume on a Power PC based Mac or to use the disk as a non boot disk with any Mac If you are usi
16. ng Mac OS X 10 3 9 or earlier you must repartion and format the hard drive using this method Apple also has an article about repartitioning available at http support apple com kb TS1600 4 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU PLAN ON USING YOUR DRIVE WITH A PCSYSTEM Please turn to section 4 3 and proceed from there to reformat your drive to use with a PC Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 4 Formatting 4 3 Formatting your Guardian MAXimus mini on a Macintosh with MacOS X IMPORTANT NOTE This procedure will erase all data on your hard disk drives in the Guardian MAXimus mini Back up any important data before proceeding The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer a Cm SD Click on the Initialize button T macsook ro 540 08 G3 NewerTec Selecta disk volume or image Select the device with no volumes attached to it in this picture that would be the 640 GB Newer Technology device Click on the picture of the drive icon next to the text Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 4 Formatting o ji Gron cession iik cana amas spat sense ote am fet ye Xn ek vaniy oak ames p Cerestar Tyas D EU o es SISter ieser paren tn Scheme norton Once you ve selected the Newer Technology device you will notice the above change in the Disk Utility application Click on the Partition tab in this picture e amna
17. nications Operation of this equipment ina residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equip ment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference with radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Health And Safety Precautions Use proper anti static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure Fallure to do so can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and or the hard drive enclosure Read this Users Guide carefully
18. oing so may cause interference which will adversely affect the operation of the other products Do not place the drive near sources of magnetic interference such as computer displays televisions or speakers Magnetic interfer ence can affect the operation and stability of your hard drive Do not place heavy objects on top of the drive f you detect a problem consult the Troubleshooting section in this manual Protect your hard drive from excessive exposure to dust during use or storage Dust can build up inside the device increasing the risk of damage or malfunction Other World Computing recommends the use of normal glass cleaning products to keep the high lustre finish at its finest with this product Be sure not to get any moisture inside the holes and if you do allow time to air dry before use Do not block the ventilation outlets on the rear of the drive These help to keep your drive cool during operation Blocking the ventilation outlets may cause damage to your drive and cause an increased risk of short circuiting or fire n gt newertechnology R3 3 3 11 JD NWTMANGMAXMIOM Comma 201001 Nee Tecan Hs eene Never eclogite Hanan entree aes tn
19. oose New f Sare B tenore Sue ition Oh Defopnerter Partition remi Ka rouo mm C p We inrer 1861 aes e as E15 Hest yt ows p eec E re Unsested E B Unstocsted M Pine pation B rhe New Partition Wiz MA A ard will launch Click Next to K Welcome to the New Partition continue Wizard This wizard helps you create a pation on a basic disk A basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical dives You can use any version of Windows or MS DOS lo gain access lo parlons onbasic To continue cick Nex Specify your partition type as Primary and click Next Select the partition you want lo create ON Primary partition Extended partition Logical dive Q The wizard will display the maxi N mum partition size for your drive It is Maxium disk space in megabytes MB 13069 strongly recommended that you do not Minimum disk space in MB 8 change the default value Click Next Partition size in MB Newer Technology Guardian MAX If you like you can specify the drive letter designation for your new drive Otherwise one will automatically be assigned Click Next Before you can use the drive it must be formatted On most systems running Windows 2000 or later it is advisable to specify the file system as NTFS Leave the Allocation unit size as Default and feel fre
20. ort Copyrights Copyright 2010 Newer Technology Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of Newer Technology Changes The material in this document is for information only and subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy Newer Technology assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information contained herein Newer Technology reserves the right to make changes or revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes FCC Statement Warning Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user s authority to operate this device NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio commu
21. p a new RAID install new hard drives or if you have had a failure of a hard drive you will need to either install new or replace existing hard drives If you have an existing RAID and need to remove a hard drive Should one of the hard drives fail the corresponding HDD LED will light up red and an alarm will sound If only one drive is defective the data can still be accessed if the Guardian MAXimus mini is configured as a RAID 1 but we strongly suggest that you replace the faulty drive mechanism immediately to assure continued backup and data safety Once you replace the faulty drive the Guardian MAXimus mini will automati cally copy or rebuild the data from the existing drive to the new drive If your Guardian MAXimus is configured as a RAID 0 data cannot be recovered Should both drives fail at the same time the data will be lost and the system cannot be accessed again until the drive s are replaced and a new RAID is set up While this is unlikely OWC always recommends a separate backup in a different location for more comprehensive data protection To change a hard drive in the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini 1 Check the HDD LED and replace the faulty drive s using the instructions on the next page The red LED indicates the defective HDD The power does not have to be turned off when replacing the drive s 2 A few seconds after installing the new drive the corresponding LED will turn green 3 The RAID array wi
22. r new drive represented as Disk E in this case will display a message of Formatting This should only take a couple of minutes if you chose the quick format option Qo After a moment or two the drive s status will change from Format ting to Healthy Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Chapter 4 Formatting 3 Atthis point you may close the Computer Management window Your drive is ready to use and can be found in My Computer My Computer Fie Edt View Favortes Tools Help O O spe By Address E My Computer Hard Disk Drives System Tasks E View system information lt Local Disk C lt Newer Technology E dE Add or remove programs Devices with Removable Storage H 31 Floppy A 4 6 MacDrive 8 Using your new Storage Solution on both Macs and PCs MacDrive takes the guesswork out of sharing files Whether you are trans ferring files between home and the office a class room lab and your dorm room or even on the same computer MacDrive makes it painless In fact you ll hardly know MacDrive is working Once installed MacDrive will automatically give you access to any Mac disk you pop into your com puter MacDrive even puts an apple icon on the Mac disk just to keep things clear You can access files on the Mac disk just like you would with a Windows formatted disk Open files from the disk or from within a program Mac files automatically get the righ
23. t icons and file name extensions under both CD Drive D cu 1d Windows shar files between Mac disks an MacDrive 8 FOR WINDOWS Windows and Mac OS Works great fcis with software from Microsoft Adobe reo Quark FileMaker Avid Digidesign watar Corel NewTek and more You can find MacDrive 8 at http eshop macsales com search macdrive Guardian MAXimu 5 TROUBLESHOOTING amp TI 5 1 Troubleshooting mini Some of the most simple problems can be traced to power or connectivity issues Begin your troubleshooting by verifying that power is plugged into the external stor age solution and if connected to a power strip Make sure that the power is turned on atthe switch on the strip Then simply verify that your cables both ends are properly plugged into the com puter and storage solution If they are and the storage solution is still not working properly try connecting to another interface such as the USB connection and see if the device works properly 5 2 Tips To properly dismount any connected hard drives from your computer you need to follow a few simple steps For Macintosh systems For the safe removal of your drive and to assure that no data is lost always eject or unmount the drive from your operating system before powering off There are two methods to umount disks with Macintosh systems Either drag the icon for the hard disk you wish to dismount to the
24. trash can or click the eject icon next to the hard disk name in under the DEVICES tab in the sidebar in any finder window For Windows systems 1 Go to the System Tray located in the lower right corner of your screen Click on the Eject icon a small green arrow over a hardware image 2 A message will appear detailing the devices that the Eject icon controls i e Safely remove Click on this prompt 3 You will then be given the following message Safe to Remove Hardware It is now safe to unhook the Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini General information Donotexpose the product to water or humid conditions Do not cover the enclosure s ventilation holes In order for the computer to access volumes larger than 2TB both the hardware and Operating System need to support large volumes e g Windows Vista 32bit 64bit or Mac OS X 10 4 and above Guardian MAXimus mini 6 APPENDIX 6 1 FAQ low do format my storage solution A OWC has detailed instructions online for most popular operating systems located athttp www newertech com format Q What file system should I choose when formatting my drive A This will depend on how you want to use the drive but in general we recommend Mac OS X HFS Mac OS Extended Windows 2000 XP Vista For cross platform compatibility FAT32 is compatible but single file sizes are limited to 4GB Other options using 3rd party software exist but are
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