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F an t ec DD-25U3 Docking Disk U ser Manual Include About the Docking Disk & enclosure 2.5” External Enclosure Inst allation Guide Docking Disk Installation Guide HDD Format ting Guide[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 1 About the Docking Disk & Enclosure The Docking Disk h as f ollowing f eatur es: - 5.25 ’’ Docking Station with front USB3.0 Hos t. - 2.5” SA T A USB3.0 HDD enclosur e for use in the Docking Sta tion or e xternal over USB3.0 Cable.[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 2 2.5” Ext ernal Enclosure Ins t allation Guide Please f ollow the instructions and mak e sure y our ha r d drive is success fully installe d in the exter nal enclosu r e! STEP1: R emove the screw s and pull out the r ear panel. STEP2: Connect the SSD /HDD with the SA T A connector and fix the HDD with 2 screw s.[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 3 STEP3: Push the rear p anel back to th e enclosur e. F ix the re a r p anel with 2 screw s.[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 4 Docking Disk Ins talla tion Guide STEP1 : Insert the Docking Disk into the 5.25 ” slot of your PC case. NO TE: The 5.25” slot has the same size lik e a CD drive. STEP2 : There ar e 4 screw hole s at both side of the mobi le r ack . F ix the r ack inside the PC ca se with 2 screws on e ach side.[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 5 STEP3 : Connect the 19-Pi n USB3.0 connector on the motherboard of y our computer . Importan t: Ma k e sur e t hat y our PC supports a internal 19-Pin USB3.0 connector![...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 6 Moun ting the 2.5 ’’ HDD Ca se STEP1 : Insert the 2.5 ’’ HDD c ase into the Docking Station. STEP2 : Push HDD case int o the end of the brack e t unti l the ejection button pr otrude s.[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 7 Ej ecting the 2.5 ’’ HDD Case STEP1 : Pre ss the ejection button. STEP2 : Pull out the HDD case.[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 8 HDD F ormat ting Guide STEP1: Righ t - click on “My C omputer ” icon and selec t the ”Manage” col umn. STEP2: Selec t “Disk Managemen t ” and you will see y our External HDD showe d “U nalloc ate d” .[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 9 STEP3: Righ t - click on th e “U nalloca te d” block and select “New P artition” . STEP4: Th e “New Partition W izar d” will appear . Please foll ow the ins truction of the wiz ard to c omplete.[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 10 STEP5: Wh en partitioning is c omplet ed , the e xternal HDD will be r ecogniz e d as a “Ne w V olume” . STEP6: Dou ble- click “My Comput er ” . Y ou will see the ne w volume app ear s on your PC .[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 11 Initialize a Disk If the HDD is n ew you have to initialization the device. View th e box to the left of the “Un allocated” box.You most lik ely would see th e “ Not Initialized ” message displayed. The Hard Disk Drive must be set to “ Online ” before partitioning and formatting the Hard Disk Drive. 1. Ri[...]
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Fantec DD-25U3 Doc king Disk 12 Note : Windows Vista and 7 will ask what kin d of disk type you want to make, “MBR” or “GPT”. Please Activate MBR if the total volume is less than 2TB. If the total volume is more than 2TB p lease activate GPT.[...]