2ROCSTOR‐ROCPRO 850 usermanual
TABLEOFCONTENTS
IMPORTANTNOTICES 4
• SafetyNotices_____________________ ___________________________________ 4
• CapacityDisclaimer
• GeneralNotices______________________________________________________ 4
• CareandHandling 4
GENERAL 6
• Introduction___________________________________________________ 6
• BoxContents 6
• MinimumSystemRequirements_____________________________________ 6
• Connectors and Rocprorearview 6
QUICKINSTALLATION 8
• How the the to Connect InterfaceCables‐Connecting Drive ___________________ 8
• CableTypes:FireWire and800, 400,FireWire USB SATA 9
INSTALLINGYOURDRIVE 10
• Rocproas a bootabledevice_____________________________________________10
• DisconnectingYourDrive 10
o PC_________________ ______________________________ ________________10
o Mac 11
• ReformattingYour Drive ________________________________________________11
o ReformattingviaPC(Windowbasedcomputers) 11
o ReformattingviaMac_______________________________________________ 11
• ImportantNote 11
• How to Daisy‐ChainthroughFireWireports to yourRocpro time Drive atone _____ 12
PARTITIONINGANDFORMATTINGTHEROCPRODRIVEON OS A MAC 13
• Warning_____________________________________________________________13
• ImportantNotes 13
• InstructionsforPartitioning and FormattingfromFAT32 13toHFS+_______________
PARTITIONING Drive & FORMATTINGtheROCPRO onWINDOWS 2000, XP andVISTA 20
• Warning_____________________________________________________________20
• ImportantNotes 20
• Differentways to get to the Control Panel __________________________________21
• Instructions Controluponreachingthe Panel 23
• InstructionsforPartitioning and FormattingfromFAT32 24toNTFS_______________