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SabrentUSBDSC5USB2.0toSATA/IDEHardDriveAdapter

2.5NotebookIDEHardDrive

1. Connecttheshort2.5IDEconnectorfromtheSabrentadaptertothepinsonyour2.5HardDrive.Notethe

keyedpinandslotandmakesurethatthedriveandthedevicelineupproperlyandaresecurelyconnected:

FigureA:

FigureB:

FigureC:

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FigureD:

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2. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheUSBDSC5toanavailableUSBportonyourcomputer.

FigureA:

3. Inmostcases,theUSBcablewillsupplysufficientpowerforthedrivetospinupandinitiate. Somelarger

capacityHardDrivesmayrequiremorepowerthanUSBtoprovidesufficientpowertoinitiate.Youmayneedto

usethesuppliedpowersupplytoprovidetheextraneededpower:

FigureA:

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FigureB:

FigureC:

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FigureE:

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FigureG:

3.5DesktopIDEHardDrive

1. Most3.5IDEHardDriveshaveJumpers.MakesuretheyaresettoMasterOnly.(Note:Pleaserefertothe

drivemanufacturerswebsiteformoreinformationregardingyourspecificharddrivemodel.):

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2. ConnecttheIDEpoweradapterdirectlyintheIDEdrive:

FigureA:

FigureB:

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FigureD:

3. Connectthelong3.5inchIDEconnectortothepinsonyourharddrive.Notethekeyedpinandslotandmake

surethatthedriveandthedevicelineupproperlyandaresecurelyconnected:

FigureA:

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4. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheDSC5toaUSBportonyourcomputer.

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2.5/3.5InchSATADrive

1. ConnecttheSabrentconvertertothepoweradapter,andthenplugtheSATApowerendintotheSATAdrive

directly:

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2. ConnecttheSATAdatacableintotheSabrentConverter,andthenconnecttheotherenddirectlyintotheSATA

drive:

FigureA:

FigureB:

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3. ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheSabrentconvertertoanavailableUSBportonyourcomputer.

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HardDriveSetup

ForWindows2000/XP/VISTA/7,nodriversorsoftwarearenecessarry.

IftheHardDriveisbrandnewyoumayneedtoinitializeitfirstinordertocausetheDriveLettertoappear:

1.

Clickthe

Start

button,

right

click

on

My

Computer,

and

select

Manage:

2. ClickonDiskManagement:

3. LocatethedriveintherightcolumnandrightclickonthedriveandclickNewSimpleVolume:

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4. Atthefollowingprompt,clickNext:

5. ClickNext:

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6. Assignadrivelettertothedrive,thenclickNext:

7. ClickonFormatthisvolumewiththefollowingsettings:ChangetheFilesystemtoNTFS.Changethe

Volumelabeltowhatyouwantthedrivetobenamed.ClickthecheckboxforPerformaquickformat.

ClickNext:

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8. ClickFinish.Windowswillnowbeginformattingandinitializingthedisk:

9. OpenMyComputerandverifythatthedriveshowsupproperly:

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Ifthedrivehasalreadybeenformatted,youcanskipthesesteps.

1. ChecktheDeviceManager tomakesurethattheUSBMassStorageDevicedriverappearsunderthe

UniversalSerialBusControllerssection.AlsocheckthatthedriveshowsupunderDiskdrivesasa(Hard

drivemodelnumber)USBDevice. ThereshouldbenoerrormessageinyourDeviceManager,suchasabold?

or!:

2. YoumayalsoneedtochangetheHDDsettingsfromDynamictoBasic,thenformatNTFS,andgiveitadrive

letter,but

you

should

back

up

the

data

on

your

drive

before

doing

this.

To

convert

the

disk

from

Dynamic

to

Basicfollowtheinstructionsatthelinkincluded.http://sabrent.com/support/knowledgebase.php?article=58

3. PleaseNote:Makesuretodisablediskdrivepasswordprotection

FrequentlyAskedQuestions:

1. Mydrivediedorwasdamagedinmypreviouscomputer.Willitworkwiththisadapter?

ThisadapteristheequivalentofplugginginthedrivedirectlyintoyourcomputersIDEorSATAport.Ifthedrive

wasdamagedtothepointwhereitdoesntworkwhenpluggeddirectlyintothecomputer,thenitislikelythatit

willnotworkusingthisadapter.

2. IsetmyIDEdrivesJumpertotheMastersetting,butitstilldoesntshowuponmycomputer.

UsuallyyouwillhavetosettheJumpertoMaster,butdependingonthespecificdriveandthespecificsettings

ofthecomputer,youmayhavetosetittoSlaveorCableSelect.

3. Mydrivedoesntshowuponmycomputer,butithasdataandworkselsewhere.

MakesureyouareconnectingtheHardDriveinthecorrectsequence:Firstconnectthepowersupply,andthen

connecttheUSBCabletothecomputer.

4. Whydoesntmy3TBharddriveshowupasfullcapacity?

IfthedrivehasissettoMBR(MasterBootRecord)partition,thenitwillonlyallowamaximumusableamount

of2TB.ThislimitationcannotbeovercomeinWindows2000/XP.InWindowsVista&7thereissupportfor

largerHardDriveswhenyouusetheGPTpartitiontype:

ToconvertthedisktoaGPTpartitiondiskinWindowsVistaandWindows7:

GotoDiskManagement(Seesteps13),locatethediskinthelist,rightclickthediskandclickonConvertto

GPTDisk.Youshouldnowhaveaccesstothefullcapacityofyour>2TBdiskpartition.

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