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Owner ’ s Manu al All Models of the OWC Mercury On- The- Go Pro Series ...
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OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro T able of Con tents 1.1 SY STEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.2 P A CK A GE CONTENTS 1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1.4 PORT VIEW & C ABLE C ONNECTIONS 1.5 DET AILED VIEW 1.5.1 LED Indicator 2 SY STEM SETUP 5 APPENDIX 6 CUST OMER SERVICE 6.1 BEFORE C ONT A C TING CUST OMER SERVICE 6.2 C ONT A C T ...
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1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 System Requir ements 1.1.1 Mac Requirements •Minimum Pow erPC G4 CPU, 128MB RAM •F ireWire interface, Mac OS X 10.2 or later •USB 2.0 interface, Mac OS X 10.2 or later •USB 3.0 interface - see your interface card manufacturer for specications 1.1.2 PC Requirements •Minimum 500MHz I ntel P entium III CPU, 128MB RAM ? ...
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Cable Connections: (from the right) ➀ DC IN port - Use an auxiliar y power sourc e (not included, and not normally needed) with your OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro with this port. If you need a power adapter , they are available via separ ate purchase at: http://eshop.macsales.com/otgpower ➁ On/O Switch - T urn the OWC Mercur y On- The- Go Pr o ...
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OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro Chapter 2 - Syst em S etup 2 SY STEM SETUP 2.1 Sof twar e I nstallation The OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro is plug & play , no drivers requir ed with any modern OS. 2.2 Comput er Connections The OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro is designed to bus po wer using the Fir eWire or USB 2.0 connection from your computer . NOTE: OWC ...
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OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro Chapter 3 - F ormatting 3 FORMA TTING 3.1 IMPORT ANT INFORMA TION IF Y OU PL AN ON USING Y OUR DRIVE T O BOOT ON A G3, G4, OR G5 SY STEM If you purchased a prec ongured Newer T echnology Guardian M AXimus mini, your new external hard drive has been formatt ed for the Macintosh as a Mac OS X Ex tended (Journaled) volum ...
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3.3 F ormatting your OW C M ercury On- T he - Go Pro on a Macint osh with Mac OS X Open the Disk Utility application, which is located in /Applications/Utilities Select the device with no volumes attached to it; in this picture, that w ould be the 320.07 GB OWC device. Click on the picture of the drive ic on nex t to the text. ➀ OWC Mercury On- T ...
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Once you ’ve selected the OWC device, y ou will notice the above change in the Disk Utility application. Click on the “Erase” tab in this picture. Y ou then need to name the volume that you wan t to format, and erase it. Name the volume as you wan t, choose the V olume F ormat pulldown (Mac OS Ex tended (Jour - naled) is default), and click t ...
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Click the erase button to conrm y ou wish to erase the disk. After a few moments , the erase command will complete and the OWC Mercury Elite - AL Pr o D ual mini volume will moun t on your desktop. Y ou can quit Disk Utility , you’ re all set! ➄ ➃ OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro Chapter 3 - F ormatting ...
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3.4 Removing the GUID P ar tition Scheme Only for XP , 2000, ME and earlier . (XP 64-BIT , Vista & Windows 7 can c ontinue to the next sec tion) ➆ T ype exit and hit enter . ➇ Close the command prompt window . Y ou may now proceed with f ormatting the drive. Y our new OWC Mercury On- The- Go Pro is pr eformatted for use with a Macintosh. Un ...
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3.5 F ormatting your OW C M ercury Elite -AL Pr o Dual mini on W indows 2000 and lat er Instructions for other operating systems can be found at h ttp://w ww .macsales.com/format . ➀ With the drive c onnec ted to the comput er and pow - ered on, right click on the “My Computer” icon and select “Manage” from the menu. The “Initialize and ...
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➃ Your drive will appear similar to how Disk 1 does below. Notice that the space on the low er right reads as “Unallocated.” Right click in this space and choose “New Partition.” ➄ The “New P ar tition Wizard” will launch. Click “Next ” to continue . ➅ Specify your partition type as “P r ima - ry, ” and click “Next. ” ...
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➇ If you like, you can specify the driv e letter designation f or your new drive. Other wise, one will automatically be assigned. Click “Nex t. ” ➈ Before y ou can use the dr ive , it must be formatted . On most systems running Windows 2000 or later , it is advisable to specify the le system as NTFS. Leav e the Allocation unit size as ? ...
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➀➀ Once you have nished with the formatting wizard , you will see that your new drive (r epresented as “Disk E” in this case) will display a message of “F or matting . ” This should only take a couple of minutes if you chose the quick format option. ➀➁ Af ter a moment or two , the drive ’ s status will change from “F ormattin ...
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4.1 T roubleshooting Some of the most simple problems can be traced to po wer , or connectivity issues. V erify that your cables (both ends!) are properly plugged into the comput er and stor - age solution. If they are, and the storage solution is still not w ork ing properly , tr y con - necting to another inter face such as the USB connection and ...
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4.2 T ips Identifying the LED indicators on y our drive The OWC Mercury On- The -Go Pro has a cool blue LED at the fr ont of the hard drive enclosure. They will illuminate blue when powered on, and ash on driv e activity (both reading and writing). T o properly unmount an y connec ted hard driv es from your comput er , you need to follow a f ew ...
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Backup Sof tware F or M ac OS X, we ha ve included Prosoft Engineering ’ s Data Backup . Data Backup makes it easy to backup to F ireWire and USB driv es, network drives, CDs and even DVDs. Make schedules so you don ’t need to ‘ think’ about back ing up … I t does it for you. Y our drive is also fully compatible with Apple ’ s T ime Mac ...
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5.1 F AQ Q: How do I format m y storage solution? A: OWC has detailed instructions online for most popular operating systems , located at: http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/fwhdd.cfm Q: What le system should I choose when formatting m y drive? A: This will depend on how you want t o use the dr ive , but in general we recommend: • Mac OS X ...
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•Read this manual and review Chapter 4: T roubleshooting & Tips. •T r y to conrm the pr oblem is with the hard drive. If you have a sec ond computer , move the enclosur e to that system and verify that the solution does not function with that machine. •Visit our tech c enter for more support suggestions, including F AQs. http://eshop . ...
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