Apricorn Aegis NetDock 250 Go User Manual
Aegis NetDock
User’s Guide
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FCC Compliance Statements
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference
to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment
off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more
of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
CAUTION
CHANGE OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED
BY PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID
THE USER AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Package Contents ......................................................... 4
System Requirements ................................................... 4
Aegis NetDock Connections ........................................... 5
Hard Drive Installation .................................................. 6
Initializing your Hard Drive ............................................ 7
Partitioning / Formatting .......................................... 8
Reformatting your Hard Drive for Windows ..................... 10
Reformatting your Hard Drive for Mac ............................ 11
Installing Software CD .................................................. 13
Device Drivers for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 .................. 14
Copy les and folders to a CD (Windows) ....................... 17
“Drive is not Accessible” error ........................................ 18
Disconnecting ............................................................... 19
Contacting Technical Support ........................................ 20
RMA Policy ................................................................... 20
Warranty Conditions ..................................................... 21
Aegis NetDock - Getting Started
Package Contents
Aegis NetDock
Stand
AC Adapter
USB Cable
Hard Drive Screws
System Requirements
Hardware: 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or Atom™ processor
or equivalent
Apple® G3 or later, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
256MB RAM
Available USB port
CD ROM or CD-RW drive
Software CD:
BurnAware CD/DVD Burning Software•
VLC Media Player•
MicroSoft SyncToy•
Operating systems:
Microsoft: Windows® 7 , XP or Vista
Mac: OS 9.2 or higher
OS X 10.2 and later
PC Software: 200MB hard drive space for standard installation of
software components
Included software is not necessary with the Mac® OS;
Aegis NetDock hardware is compatible with Mac DVD /
CD authoring software and media playing software
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Connecting your Aegis NetDock
Perfect for connecting to all of your USB peripherals, the Aegis NetDock’s
4-port USB Hub has two regular ports and two ALWAYS ON USB ports,
ideal for charging cell phones or your MP3 player.
Two ALWAYS ON
USB Ports
Ideal for charging cell
phones & MP3 players
Two regular USB Ports
Great for connecting to
your USB peripherals
Main USB connection
Connects to your
computer via included
USB Cable
Power connection
Connects to the
included AC Adapter
Auto “ON” and “OFF”
Feature
The Aegis NetDock’s power
efcient design automatically
powers the NetDock when
connected to your computer
and powers down when
disconnected.
NOTE: The two ALWAYS ON
ports remain powered even
when the NetDock is powered
down as long as the unit is
receiving power from the
included AC Adapter.
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Hard Drive Installation
Whether you received your Aegis
NetDock with or without a hard drive
installed, the easy open design means
that you can change out your hard drive
in a snap.
Please make sure that the Aegis
NetDock is not connected to the
AC Adapter or your computer
when attempting the below.
Important hard drive handling info
Discharge static electricity by •
touching a grounded bare metal
surface or grounding straps before
handling the hard drive
Install hard drive on a non-•
conductive or anti-static surface
Avoid direct contact with the circuit •
card on the hard drive
Step 1
Remove the single screw found
on the back side of the case
Step 3
Insert the hard drive by sliding the
drive to meet with the SATA hard
drive connector
Hard
Drive
Step 5
Once the hard drive is secured, slide the
top case back into place
Step 2
Turn the NetDock over and slide the
top case away from the bottom case as
shown
Step 4
Secure the hard drive using the
included screws as shown below
Hard
Drive
Step 6
Once you have replaced the top case, turn
the NetDock over and replace the screw
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Initializing Your Hard Drive (self installed hard drives only)
1. To initialize your hard drive, you will need to go to
in Windows. To get to Disk Management in Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7,
right click “
click on
already has a hard drive, you do not need to use this section
because the drive is already formatted for FAT32.
2. Double-click on
3. In
Computer Management
the
Storage
has a wizard to initialize new hard drives and may appear at this point. If
the wizard does not appear, follow the remaining instructions.
My Computer”
“Manage”
in the list. If you purchased an Aegis NetDock that
Computer Management
section. Double-click on
(2000, XP) or “
, you will nd
Disk Management
.
Disk Management
Disk Management
Computer”
(Vista, 7) and
under
. Windows XP
4. You will be able to easily identify the new drive in
The drive will show up as
entry sign
on the disk number, skip to “Partitioning/Formatting Your Hard
Drive” in the next section.
on the disk number. If you do not see a
Unknown
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Unallocated
Disk Management
with a
red no entry sign
.
red no
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