Rocstor Lancer LX manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT NOTICES 4 • Safety No tices _ __ _ _________________ ______________ _____________ ________ 4 • General Notices • Capacity Disclaimer ___ ______________ ______________ ____________ _ _______ 4 • Care and Handling 4 GENERAL 6 • I ntroduc tion ___ ________ ________ _______ _________ ________ _______ _ 6 • Box Co[...]

T ROUBLESH OOTI NG 33 • Troubl eshooti ng for Macinto sh c ompu ters _____ __________________ _______ ___ 33 • Troublesho oting for PC Wind ows base d compu ters 36 K NOWLEDG E BASE 38 • Lancer LX Unique Feat ures _____ ________ ______ ________ _______ ______ 38 • Specifica tions 38 • Intro duction to Interf aces (p ort s) and Cables ____[...]

IMPORTANT NOTI CES Safet y Notices • The warrant y is void if an unauthorized person attempts and/or re pairs the hard disk drive. • Read al l Ma nuals and instr uctions care fully be fore us ing t he devi ce. • Do not spill any li quid or insert any object i nto t he devi ce. • Use th e devi ce withi n th e specif icatio ns indi cated , in[...]

• Do not spill any li quid or insert any object i nto t he device. • D o not attempt to disass emble and service the Lan ce r drive during the wa rranty period. • Please read the Sa fety N otices a nd Li mited Wa rra nty infor matio n in thi s Ma nual an d on the Rocsto r web site ( www .ro cst or.com ) for further details. ROCSTOR | L ANCER [...]

GENERAL Introducti on LANCER LX - Mobile (Pocket) Hard Driv es USB 3.0 ( 2.0) and T wo FireWire 800 (4 00) po rts Lancer LX pocket drives deliver remarkable performance and reliability. Designed and engineered by Rocst or i n t he US A t o me et the needs of the demanding mobile data storage market; the Lancer mobile external drives are compatible [...]

Box Conten ts • External hard disk drive • USB 3.0 cable (compatible with USB 2.0) • 9- pin to 9 - pin FireWire 800 (1394b) ca ble • Instal lation user G uide • Carrying case ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 7[...]

Minimum System Requ irement s Mac User s: Wind ow Users: * Many computers d o not come with fact ory installed FireWire 800 ports. Therefore, you may need to purchase a PCI, PCI - X or PCI - Express card to use thes e ports . Roc stor of fers a variety of accessories to work with PC Windows or Mac based Computers. Please vis it us at www.ROCST OR.c[...]

QUICK INS TALLATION How to Conn ect the Inte rface Cables - Connect ing the Dr ive 1. Turn ON y our c omputer and w ait u ntil it fully boots up to l oad al l progr ams. 2. Using o nly one inter face c able a t a tim e, sel ect th e int erfa ce por t you wish to us e on y our comput er. W hen using Fir eWire, c onnec t one end of the Fir eWire cabl[...]

Cable Types Fire Wire 400 ( IEEE 139 4 a) 6- Pin FireWire 400 co nnector • Fire Wire 400 can trans fer data betwee n devices at 400 Mbi ts/sec Fire Wir e 8 00 (IEEE 1394 b) 9- Pin FireWire 8 00 conn ec tor • Fire Wire 400 can trans fer data betwee n device s at 8 00 Mbi ts/sec USB suppo rts thre e data trans fer rate s: • USB 3.0: A Supper - [...]

INSTALLING YOUR DRIVE All Rocstor hard driv es are formatted as blank FAT32 (32 - bit file allocation table) volumes { unless other wise s tated on the box} that are compa tible w ith mo st mode rn Win dows a nd Macint osh oper ati ng system s. To begin using yo ur R ocsto r drive, simply connect a data cable and pow er co rd. Ther e’s no nee d t[...]

drive and try again. Windo ws will display an alert when you can safel y disconnect or tur n off the drive. Mac The easiest way to safely un - mount an exte rnal hard drive is to drag its Fi nder icon to the Trash. An ale rt will notify you i f the drive i s in use by an applic ation . C lo se any open docume nts or applications on the drive and tr[...]

How to Daisy - Ch ain thro ugh FireWi re ports to y our Lanc er Drive at one time Daisy - Chain (Connecting Mu ltiple Devices) mean s that device A is co nnecte d to dev ice B and dev ice B is connected t o device C and so f orth. All connec tions are made only through FireWire ports. • Do not mix interfaces. Select FireWire por ts only. For exam[...]

PARTITIONIN G AND FORMAT TING THE LANCER DRIVE ON A MAC OS All Rocstor drives are facto ry forma tted wit h FAT32, unless ot herwis e stated on the retail box. WARNING: Formatting and Partitioning the L anc er Drive will destroy all of its data. To protect your data, back it up before formatting or partitioning this d evice. IMPORTANT NOT ES: 1. Al[...]

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAR TITIONIN G AND FOR MATTING FROM F AT32 to H FS+: 1. Connec t the R ocstor driv e to t he com puter v ia a p ort. 2. The drive will ap pear as an icon o n the Deskto p o n the mi ddle rig ht si de (fi gure 1. 0 belo w) the icon will repres ent the method of co nnection (USB or FireWire). Figure 1.0 USB Connection Fire Wi re Conn[...]

Note: I f the H ard Drive is conn ected v ia USB port, the des ktop w ould i ndica te the USB (fi gur e 1.1) i f it is connec ted vi a FireWi re port , it wou ld the n indi cate Fire Wire as ( figure 1. 2) on the “ Macin tosh HD ” ico n. The s ame pr ocedure s woul d also apply to the follo wing steps. 3. Once t he ico n appea rs on t he “ De[...]

4. In the “ Macintos h HD ” m enu, cl ick on the “ A pplicatio ns ” icon . 5. In the “ Applica tions ” menu, click on the “ Utilitie s ” icon ( figure 3.0.) Figure 3.0 ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 17[...]

6. In the “ Utili ties” m enu, c lic k on the “ Disk U tility ” ic on (figure 4.0.) Figure 4.0 ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 18[...]

7. On the l eft s ide o f the “ D is k Util ity ” menu is a list of available drives (figure 5.0.) On e will show a s Rocs tor driv e. C lick on the ic on s howing the disk capac ity ( figure 5.1.) Figure 5.0 Figure 5.1 ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 19[...]

8. You ar e now i n the R ocstor menu. Clic k on the “ Pa rtition ” tab and then click the “Current” tab under “Vol ume Scheme.” A drop down “ P artition ” menu will appear. 9. In th e “ Partit ion ” me nu, you may s elec t any n umber o f par titions a vaila ble u nder “Volume Schem e.” 10. If you are using Panther proceed [...]

12. Volume Information: s elect a name fo r your driv e (figur e 7.0.) Figure 7.0 13. Format: Click on either the “ For mat ” area or t he Blue up/down arr ows. Select Mac OS extended ( journal) . ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 21[...]

14. After selec ting th e type of form at, cl ick t he “ App ly ” tab i n the lower r ight of the scr een, (figure 7.1.) On the next screen, Parti tion Disk, click “ Partition ” (fig ure 8.0) Figure 7.1 Figure 8.0 ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 22[...]

15. The dri ve wil l begi n to fo rmat ( figure 8.1) a nd up on compl etio n; the s ame i con tha t firs t app eared o n the Desktop will reappe ar with your d esi gned name on t he De sktop (fi gure 9.0) Figure 8.1 Figure 9.0 16. You ca n now E xit or c lose to re turn to the de skto p. ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 23[...]

PARTITIONIN G AND FORMATTIN G THE LA NCE R DRIVE ON WIND OWS 200 0, XP AND V ISTA and Windows 7 All Rocstor drives are factory formatted with FAT32, unless otherwise stated on the retail box. WARNING: Formatting and Partitioning the L anc er Drive will destroy all of its data. To protect your data, back it up before formatting or partitioning this [...]

DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO THE CONTR OL PAN EL: ( You may use a ny o ne of the foll owing metho ds) 1. If th e icon “ My Comp uter ” shows o n yo ur desk top, cl ick or double c lick on th e icon. Und er “Other Places” clic k on “Control Panel.” Under Windows XP under Vista/Windows 7 OS 2. If the ic on “ My Compu ter ” does n ot show [...]

3. If the ic on “ My Compu ter ” doe s not sh ow on your des ktop, click on the Star t icon o n the lower left o f your s creen. If the Con trol Pa nel li nk is not displayed, click on the Set tings link and th en clic k on the Co ntrol Pa nel li nk. 4. Click on the Start icon on the lower left o f your screen. C lick on R un. Delete a nythi ng[...]

INSTRUCTI ONS UPON REACHING CONTROL PANEL a. Aft er reac hing the Control Panel, clic k on Administrative Tools. b. After reac hing Administrative T ools, click on Computer Management. c. After reachi ng Com puter Managem ent, cl ick o n Disk Managem ent. ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 27[...]

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAR TITIONING AND FORMA T TI NG FR OM FAT32 to NTFS 1. In the “ Disk Ma nageme nt” w indow , right c lick the R ocstor drive i n the upper po rtio n of th e menu to hig hligh t it. I n the drop do wn menu, sel ect “D elete P artiti on.” WARNING: Formatting and Partitioning the L anc er Drive will destroy all of its data. To[...]

4. The Rocstor drive will s h ow up in the l ower me nu as an “ U nallocated” disk. 5. Right click anywhere in the “ U nallocated” disk ar ea in the lower me nu. 6. Click on “New Partitio n.” 7. You are taken to “Welco me to the New P artition Wizard.” Click “ Next ”. 8. Click on “Primary p ar titio n” (it should be sele cte[...]

9. Under “ Speci fic Par tition Size,” click Next to acce pt the d efault setting , w hich is the maximum size allow ed. 10. Under “Assign Drive Lett er or Path, ” acc ept the defaul t let ter a nd clic k “Ne xt”. ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 30[...]

11. In the “F ormat Pa rti tion,” ac cept t he def ault se tting . 12. The “Volume lab el ” can be c hanged to a ny nam e up to 11 cha racte rs. 13. Suggest that “Q uick F ormat” be se lected a nd th en click “ Ne xt ”. ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 31[...]

14. You now reached the “C ompleti ng the New Pa rtiti on Wizar d” scr een. It d isplays the various settings you pr eviously selected. If yo u are satisfied with your selections, click “ Finish ” to complete the new formatting. At t his time the Rocstor disk drive is being fo rmatted, which may take a few mi nutes. 15. You will ret urn aut[...]

entered in t he “Volume labe l ,” t he Ro csto r drive will show up as “New Vol ume.” To rename the v olume at this time, righ t click “New Volume” an d click “Properties.” Yo u can now cha nge t he v olume name up to 11 character s. Click OK. 16. You can als o chang e the name at a ny time i n the futur e by reac hing the “Proper[...]

Troublesh ooting Rocs tor data s torage pro ducts a re subj ected to se veral quality cont rol test s befo re leav ing our factory. However, from ti me to ti me, t he pro duct ma y not work a fter s hipmen t or w ould experience intermitten t problems under cer tain criteria and/or situations. Should you experience a problem w ith your Lan cer HD, [...]

• Have you chec ked t o confir m tha t the c ompute r’s ope rati ng syste m wor ks wi th the fil e system? • Review the manual that came with yo ur com puter to ensur e that the f ile sy stem is compati ble wi th the ope rating s ystem. Probl em: Th e Lan cer drive is not w orking fas t enoug h. Solution: • You ma y have too ma ny dev ices [...]

Troublesh ooting for PC WI NDOWS based compu ters Probl em: The com puter does not appe ar to recog nize t he drive Solutions: • A window shoul d appea r, notifying you that a dev ice is c onnecte d and /or t he Lan cer HD icon sho uld ap pear on th e “My Com puter” folder . • Your computer Minimum req uirements may not meet t he minimum sy[...]

Solution: • USB po rts co me in differ ent spee ds fro m 12Mbi ts/ s to 48 0Mbits /s. USB 3 .0 is a S upper - Speed c onnec tion. I f the Lan cer HD is c onnec ted to a USB 1.1 or 2. 0 port (lo w spe ed) or hub, the drive will work slower than if co nnect ed t o a US B 3 .0 por t or hub. Probl em: There is no inc rease in performance w hen the La[...]

K K N N O O W W L L E E D D G G E E B B A A S S E E Lancer LX Unique Fe atures Special Featur es: • Pocke t si ze Rugge dized e xternal storage drive • Incorporates SATA Har d D rive or Solid State D rives • Contains USB 3 .0 and Fir eWire 800 (1 394b) con nections • Compatible with USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 (1 394b) • B us pow ered a nd b[...]

Introdu ctions: Interfaces ( ports) and Cable s FireWire is Apple Inc.’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 inter face (al though the 1 394 sta ndard a lso de fines a backplane interface). Fi reWire is also known as i.LINK ( Sony’s name) and DV ( Panasonic’s name, not to be confuse d wit h DV camcorder tapes ). It is a serial bus interface standard[...]

FireWire 8 00 (IEEE 1394b) 9- pin FireWir e 800/32 00 (IEEE 139 4b) connec tor was int roduced comme rcially by Apple in 2003. This newer 13 94 specification (1394 b ) an d corresponding product s allow a transfe r rate of 786.432 M bits /sec fu ll - duplex v ia a new enco ding scheme termed beta mode. I t is backw ards com patible to the slower ra[...]

USB suppo rts four data tr ansf er rat es: • USB 3.0: A Supper - Sp eed (USB 3.0) ra te of up to 5, 000 Mbits/s (1GB/ 3.3sec) • USB 2.0: A Hi - Speed rate of 480 M bits /s (60 M B/s). All Rocstor devices are integrated with USB 2.0, Hi - Speed . • USB 1.1: A Full Speed rate of 12 M bits /s (1.5 MB /s). All USB Hubs sup port Full Speed. • US[...]

Compassion Chart: Raw Bandwidth Transfer Spee d (M bits /s ) (Mb its /s ) Max . Cable Length Feet (meters) Pow er Provid ed Device p er channel SAS 3000 375 26 Ft (8 m) No 4 eSA TA 3000 375 6.5 Ft (2 m) No 1 (15 W/ port multiplier) SATA 300 3000 375 3.3 Ft (1 m) No 1 per line SATA 150 1500 187.5 3.3 Ft (1 m) No 1 per line PATA (133 ) 1064 133 18 in[...]

Int rod uct ions : Form attin g File All ocation Table ( FAT ) FAT is a file sy stem developed by Microsoft for MS - DOS and is the primary file system for consumer versions of Micros oft W indo ws. The FAT file system is relatively uncomplica ted and is supported by v irtually all existing operating systems for personal computers. This ma kes it a[...]

HFS Plus or HFS+ This is a file system developed by A pple Inc . to replac e their Hiera rchical File System (HFS) as the primary file sy stem used in Maci ntosh c ompute rs (or other system s ru nning Mac OS ). It is also on e of the for mats u sed by the iPod digital music player. HFS Plus is also referre d to as Mac OS Ext ended (or, erron eousl[...]

LIMITED WARRAN TY This Limited Warranty is provided by R ocstorage, Inc. (hereinafter: Rocstor) for al l lines of products. General T erms EXCEPT AS EXPRE SSLY SE T FORTH IN THIS LIM ITED WAR RANTY, RO CSTOR MAKES NO OTHE R WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHA NTABILITY AN D FITNESS FOR A PARTICU[...]

YOU SHOULD M AKE P ERIODI C BACKUP COP IES OF T HE DATA ST ORED ON YO UR HARD DRIVE OR OT HER STORAG E DEVICE S AS A PR ECAUTI ON AG AINST POSSIBL E FAILUR ES, AL TERATI ON, OR L OSS OF THE DAT A. BEFORE RETUR NING ANY UN IT FOR SERVIC E, BE SUR E TO BACK UP D ATA AND REMOV E ANY CONFI DENTIAL, PROPRIET ARY, OR PER SONAL INFORM ATION. RO CSTOR IS N[...]

FOR THE PROD UCT OR THE C OST OF REPAI R OR REPLACE MENT OF ANY RO CSTOR HARD WARE COM PONE NTS THA T MALFUNCTION IN CONDITIONS OF NORMAL U SE. ROCSTOR IS NOT LIABILE FOR A NY DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PRODUCT CONNEC TED TO A ROCSTOR PRODUCT. Limitat ion on Consequent ial Damage s ROCSTOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY TH E PRODUCT OR THE FAILUR[...]

Rocsto r Repla ceable Pa rts Pro gram Where av ailable, the Rocstor Replace able Parts pr ogram ships approved r eplacement part s direc tly to you to fulf ill your warr anty. This will save cons iderable repair time . After you call the Rocs tor Technica l Support Cente r at 888.877.8777 a replaceable part can be sent dir ectly to you. Once the pa[...]

WARNING : T he individua l user should t ake care to determ ine prior to us e whethe r this devi ce is suitable , adequate or saf e for the us e intended. Since indiv idual applica tions are subj ect to gre at variation, the manufac turer “Rocstor” m akes no representation or warran ty as to the suit ability or fi tness of these dev ices for an[...]

Contact Info rmation Corpo rate Headquarter s 8130 Re mmet Ave nue Canoga Park, CA 91304 - 41 29 Office: +1 ( 818) 44 9 - 2000 Fax: + 1 (818) 884 - 8777 Email: info@Rocstor.com Technic al Support / R MA Tel: (888) 877 - 7716 (US A a nd Canada) Tel : +1 (81 8) 449 - 2000 (Domestic and Int ernationals) Fax: + 1 (818) 884 - 8777 Hours: 9: 00 am - 5: 0[...]

Thank yo u for purc hasing La ncer LX. Rocsto r Ver. 0301L ROCSTOR | L ANCER LX user manual Page | 51[...]