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VIPowER VP-9258(T) manual

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    VP-9258(T) VP-9258(T) VP-9258(T) VP-9258(T) VP-9258(T) USB 2.0, 3.5 inch P or table Exter nal Enclosur e USER MANU AL[...]

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    TRADEMARKS MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 98SE/NT/2000/Me/XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All of the third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. USB 2.0, 3.5 inch Portable External Enclosure [...]

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    Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................. 4 1-1 Feature s and Spe cifications ................................................ 4 1-2 USB 2.0 Extern al Drive ........................................................ 5 1-3 Pa ckage Checklist .................................................[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 4 1. Introduction Congratulation on your purchase of VP-9258(T) USB2.0 Portable 3.5 inch External Enclosure. This External Enclosure has been designed to provide portable hot-swapping (Plug-n-Play) operation of internal 3.5 inch hard drives. Supplied with this enclosure is a USB 2.0 cable, AC/DC adapter, stand for enclosure a[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 5 4. USB 2.0/IDE compliant: a) Integrated USB transceiver b) High speed (480 Mbit) and full speed (12 Mbit) support c) USB suspend/resume, remote wake up support. 5. Supports ATA PIO modes 0-4: ATA interface operation mode is automatically selected during device initialization or manually programmed with configuration data 6.[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 6 1-3 Package Checklist The USB 2.0 external enclosure VP-9258(T) package contains the following items: 1) The VP-9258(T) Case 2) A User’s Manual 3) One “Drivers and Utility Installation” CD 4) One USB 2.0 Cable 5) One +5V/+12V Power Adapter 6) One Power Adapter Power Cord 7) Screws bag If any of these items are missing[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 7 JP8 (2-pin) Jumper When JP8 pins 1-2 are jumpered (ON), the fan will always run continuously to disperse the heat. (Default) When the jumper is removed, opera- tion of the fan will always be controlled by the JP7 jumper setting. JP7 (3-pin) Jumper 1) Set JP7 pins 1-2 to ON. Controls temperature at 50 ° C 2) Set JP7 pins 2-[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 8 4-2 Assembly 1. Remove the two retaining screws securing the upper case of the Enclosure to the rear face. 2. Carefully lift the rear of the case. Then, slide it away from the rear face of the front panel. 3. Remove the four screws retaining the hard drive cradle to the base unit of the Enclosure. 4. Hardware Installation 4[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 9 4. Lift out the cradle. 5. Position the hard drive into the cradle. 6. Secure the hard drive into the cradle using the four retaining screws. 7. Locate the IDE port and power port situated on the rear face of the hard drive. Plug the IDE cable and power cable into the appropriate port ensuring that they fit securely.[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 10 8. Position the cradle/hard drive onto the Enclosure base unit. 9. Secure the cradle with the four retaining screws. 10. Replace the upper case. Note Ensure that the groove in the upper case aligns with the slot in the base unit. 11. Slide the upper case forward ensuring that it abuts the rear face of the front panel.[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 11 12. Finally, secure the upper case with the two retaining screws. 4-3 Connect the USB 2.0 External Enclosure VP-9258(T) to Your Computer Step1: Boot-up your computer. Make sure the USB/USB 2.0 host adapter and driver are installed in your computer. Step2: Connect one USB connector end of the USB cable into the USB Port of [...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 12 5. Drivers In stallation 5-1 Windows 98SE If this is the first time using your USB 2.0 External Drive, you must first run the [SETUP.EXE] from the USB 2.0 “Drivers and Utility Installation” CD after you connect your USB 2.0 External Drive to your computer. Then proceed with the following: 1. Connect your USB 2.0 extern[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 13 4. Click [Browse]. 5. Double click on the ViPowER CD icon of the [My Computer] directory. 6. Select “Win98” under the “Drivers” directory, then click [OK].[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 14 7. Click [Next]. 8. Click [Next]. 9. The system will request you to restart your computer. Click [FINISH].[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 15 12. A green Unplug or Eject hardware icon will also be added in the system tray. Note: If the new drive does not appear in [My Computer], it means this USB 2.0 External Drive is a brand new hard disk drive which does not contain a partition. Please refer to Chapter 6 “Partitioning an External USB 2.0 Hard Disk” to prep[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 16 5-2 Windows Me/2000/XP Step1: If you are plugging the USB External Drive into your computer for the first time, the system will detect a USB 2.0 Storage Device and install the [USB Mass Storage Device] driver from system files automatically. Step2: After the system installs the USB mass storage device driver, double click [...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 17 5-3 Mac OS 9.X or Above 1. This USB 2.0 External Drive is supported by Mass Storage Support Mac OS 9.X or above. You do not need to install any drivers. 2. When you plug this USB 2.0 Hard Disk into the USB port of your Mac computer, the mass storage volume should automatically appear on the desktop in a few seconds. 6. Usi[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 18 Step5: You should see the external Hard Disk you just added. Highlight the external Hard Disk and choose [Properties], select [Settings]. Set the external Hard Disk to [Removable]. Step6: After restarting the system, a removable HDD is added to [My Computer]. Choose the removable HDD and right click button of mouse. Select[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 19 6-2.2 Windows Me/2000/XP Step1: Double-click on the [Unplug or Eject Hardware] icon in the system tray. A dialog box appears. Step2: Highlight the [USB Mass Storage Device] in the dialog box, click [STOP]. Choose the USB 2.0 External Enclosure VP-9258(T) that you want to disconnect, then click [STOP] again on the next scre[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 20 7. Partitioning the External USB 2.0 Hard Disk 7-1 Partition Under Windows 98/ME Boot-up the computer into Windows 98/ME. Next, connect your USB 2.0 Hard Disk Drive to the USB port. Step1: Go into MS-DOS mode by clicking on [Start], then choose the [MS-DOS Prompt] in [Programs]. Step2: At the DOS prompt, type [FDISK] and p[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 21 Step5: The next screen is [FDISK OPTIONS]. Type [5] to select the disk. Important: You must type [5] in this screen to change the current fixed disk drive to build a partition. The default fixed drive set by FDISK is your internal hard disk drive. WARNING!! If you don’t change the fixed disk drive to the USB 2.0 Hard Dis[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 22 7-2 Partition under Windows 2000/XP Step1: To partition the USB 2.0 Hard Disk Drive under Windows 2000, connect the USB 2.0 Hard Disk to the USB port on your computer. Next, click [Start], select [Control Panel], [Settings], open [Admin- istrative Tools] and double click [Computer Management]. Step2: Click on [Disk Managem[...]

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    VP-9258(T) USER MANUAL 23 Step3: Right-click on the partition status area of the USB 2.0 Hard Disk Drive. Click on [Create Partition….] and the “Create partition wizard” will appear. Step4: Follow the instructions of the wizard to partition and format your USB 2.0 Hard Disk Drive. After you have completed the partitioning and formatting of th[...]