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. 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e About the Docking Station Front View Blue: USB Link Orange: 0~24.99% clone completion Red: 0~24.99% erase completion Clone button Blue: Power Orange: 25~49.99% clone completion Blue: HDD1 Red: 25~49.99% erase completion Orange: 50~74.99% clone completion Red(s): standby Red: 50~74.
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2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Hard Drive Installation Guide STEP1: Target the correct location of SATA connector(s) STEP2: Install either 2.5” and/or 3.5”HDD/SSD(s) to the docking station and connect to the SATA connector(s) well.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Hard Drive Formatting Guide Partition a volume under Windows® OS STEP1: Right-click on “My Computer” icon and select the” Manage” column. STEP2: Select “Disk Management” and you will see your hard drives showing “Unallocated”. example：250GB & 750GB hard drives. Disk 1: 232.88GB Disk 2: 698.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l STEP3: S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Right-click the circled block and select “Initialize Disk” Notice: When pre-formatted/partitioned HDD(s) is used, you may observe “Online” instead of “Not Initialized”. In this case, you may skip Step3 and proceed to Step4 directly. Notice: Win 7/8 provides options for “MBR” or “GPT”. It is recommended “MBR” is selected if a HDD capacity does not exceed 2TB.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e STEP4: After the hard drive(s) appears “Online,” Right-click the “Unallocated” block and select “New Partition”. STEP5: The “New Partition Wizard” will appear. Follow the instruction of the wizard to complete the partition.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e STEP6: When new partition is completed, the hard drive will be recognized as a “New Volume”. [New Volume drive letter may vary, ie: “New Volume (E:)”] STEP7: Format the other hard drive in the same way to see below.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Partition a volume under Mac® OS 1. Right click the Go icon and select Utilities from the drop-down window. 2.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e 3. Select Partition on the top of the window, then select 1 partition from the Partition Layout. 4.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e 5. Select GUID Partition Table. Currently, most Mac computers are Intel based. To enhance the best compatibility, make sure GUID Partition Table is selected. Note: For PPC Mac, please select Apple Partition Map 6. Select Apply to finish formatting the hard drive 7. Partition the other hard drive in the same way to make both HDDs work under Mac® OS.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Clone Operation Guide STEP1: Install at least two HDD/SSDs to the docking station NOTICE: HDD combination can be of either or both 2.5” and/or 3.5” SATA HDDs, so long as the capacity of HDD2 is equal to or bigger than HDD1. STEP2: Make sure power is turned on & NO USB cable is connected.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e STEP3: Press & hold the clone button for at least 4 seconds, and clone operation will start having the RED Power LED disappear and all 4 LEDs turned on in orange. STEP4: Following light-on of all 4 LEDs in orange, LEDs will then proceed to running back & forth indicating the clone progress. Each orange LED refers to every 25% of clone completion.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Erase Operation Guide STEP1: Follow Step 1 & 2 from Clone Operation Guide NOTICE: Install at least 1 HDD/SSD to the docking station STEP2: Pin & hold the erase button for at least 4 seconds. During this period, power & HDD2 LED light up in red. Then, operation will start swapping to all 4 LEDs in red.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e of that for one 3TB HDD, thus doubling the time it takes to observe the 4 erase progress LEDs(every 25%), thus complete the operation. Any time erase operation fails, LED on HDD2 flares in red, leaving the other LEDs off. Refer to Section 7.4 & 7.5 in “Erase Mode Table Chart” under “Diagnosis of LED” in below “NOTE” session for details.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e shut down. a. In some OS, when system reaches sleep mode, only monitor and peripheral are turned off while motherboard is powered on. In this case, HDD and LED will be still on. b. To enhance smart power synchronization, do not turn off main power of this device. About Use of this device Upon PC connection, this device operates by Normal mode(port multiplier). 2 separate volumes will be recognized.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e About HDD Support Installing HDD(s) over 2TB is possible. However, make sure to run this device under Vista®, Win7® & 8® OS and activate GPT mode when formatting this device to have it work correctly. This device is designed to host 2.5”(9.5mm) and 3.5”(26mm) SATA HDD/SSDs. Support for other HDD/SSDs are not guaranteed. About USB Connectivity The equipped USB3.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Diagnosis of LEDs This device consists of 4 LEDs Below charts describes LED activity under various conditions. R: Read W: Write S3: PC into sleep mode S4: PC into hibernation mode Normal & Clone Mode Table Chart Configurations operation 1 Power OFF 2 Power ON Operation HDD status PWR USB 3.2 3.
2 . 5 ” / 3 . 5 ” D u a l S A T A H D D D o c k i n g S t a t i o n I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Power synchronization mode -Power saving 6 6.1 PC enters Standby, Hibernate mode ● ● ● ● S3,S4 OFF OFF Red 6.2 PC Power OFF ● ● ● ● OFF OFF OFF Red 6.3 USB Cable Removed ● ● ● ● OFF OFF Red Erase Mode Table Chart Configurations operation Operation PWR USB HDD1 HDD2 7.1 Both HDDs inserted Erase started ● ● ● 7.2 Erase Operation In progress ● W● 7.
