RocketFish RF-HD3025 manual

USB 3.0 2.5" SA T A Hard Disk Driv e Enclosure RF-HD3025 Use r Gui d e 10-1085_RF-HD3025_M AN_ENG_V1.fm Page 1 F riday, October 29, 2010 1:08 PM[...]

USB 3.0 2.5" SA T A Hard Disk Driv e Enclosure 2 Co nt en t s Introduc tion .............................. .............................................................................. 3 Safety information ........ ........................................................................................ 3 Impor tant safety instru ctions ......[...]

3 RF-HD3025 Introduction Congratulation s on the purchase of y our new Rocketfish RF-HD3025 external hard drive enclosure kit. The USB 3.0 Rocketfi sh 2.5" SA T A hard driv e enclosure lets you install a high-speed SA T A hard drive and connect it to a computer via a USB 3.0 port. SuperSpeed USB 3.0 transf ers data at 5 gi gabits per second. T[...]

4 F or highest per formance and reliability , install the latest updates and ser vic e pack (SP). F or Windows, go to the Start menu and select Win do ws U p da te . Ph y sic al description Fro n t Back Status indicators The following table describes the power-on and backup active LED . Setting up your har d driv e enclosure Installing your har d d[...]

5 RF-HD3025 3 Connect the hard drive to the SA T A connector on the printed circuit board. 4 Secure the hard drive to the pr int ed circuit board with the screw s (4) provided. 5 Place the pri nted cir cuit board/ hard drive assembly into the enclosure with the hard drive fac e down, then s ecure it int o the enclosure with the screws (4) y ou prev[...]

6 Creating A Ne w Partition Note : For new hard drives, you need to initialize and par tition your hard drive be fore it will appear in Windows Explorer. The best way to partition a new har d drive is by using the manufacturer’ s prog ram. Most hard drives should come with a C D that includes its installation program. If not, visit the manufactur[...]

7 RF-HD3025 Installing the soft war e The installation CD includes backup software to enable you to back up your files. Note : This Ro xio Back On T rack software runs only on W i n d o w s7 , W i n d o w sV i s t a , a n d W i n d o w s X P computers using USB. Important : Before installing the backup software, make sure that your Windows oper ati[...]

8 8 Click Install to install the soft ware . 9 When instal lation is c omplete , the Setup Wi zar d Completed screen op ens. 10 Click Finis h to comp lete the i nstallat ion. Using y our enclosure Star ting Ro xio Back On T rack T o star t Roxio Back On T rack: 1 Press the backup button (the button with the Rocketfish logo on it) on the front of th[...]

9 RF-HD3025 Selecting fil es to bac k up Y o u c an b ac k u p a ll of t he fi le s in a s el ec t ed pa th or limit your project to certain file categories. The following ca tegories can be selected from the project window: E mail, F i nancial, Music, Photos, Productivity , and Video and Recorded T V . Y ou can also create one custom category . By[...]

10 Creating a custom ca tegory Most computer files are defined by the two-, three-, or four-letter extension placed at the end of their names. Plain text files, f or example, can be identified by their .tx t file extension. When you record a Bac kup File s projec t, th e progra m is simply searching your c omputer for files with extensions that cor[...]

11 RF-HD3025 T o open and run a saved Backup Files project: 1 Click File . If the project is listed on the F ile menu, select it. If the projec t is not listed, click Open and u se the d ialog b o x to n avigate to the project file. By default, project file s ar e saved in your Wi ndows Vi sta and Windo ws 7 Documents folder or W indows XP My Docum[...]

12 Backup tip s • All of the discs used in a Back Up F iles pr oject must be the same general fo rmat. • In a multi- disc Back Up F iles project, files are assigned based on the size of the first disc you use. If your first disc has a capacit y of 650 MB, for example , no more than 650 MB will be burned on any subsequent disc, even if it has a [...]

13 RF-HD3025 Restoring files The Restore F iles project restores individual files and folders that you have protected using the Backup Files project. With Restore F iles, you select a backup, search f or the files or folder y ou would like to rest ore, and then click the action button. The files will be restor ed to the location you choose. T o res[...]

14 5 After the software is uninstalled, restart your comput er if pr ompted . T roubleshooting Specifications Leg al no ti ces FC C Part 15 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this produc t is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful inter fer ence, and (2) this device must accept a[...]

15 RF-HD3025 One -ye ar limited warr anty Rocketfish Products (“Rocketfish”) warrants to you, the original purchaser of this new RF-HD3025 (“Pr oduct ”), that the Pr oduct shall be free of defects in the original manufacture of the material or workmanship f or one (1) year from the purchase of the Pr oduct (“ W arranty Period”). This P [...]

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