OWC Mercury Elite-AL Owner's Manual

OWC Mercury Elite-AL FireWire 400+USB2

Combo Solution

Owner’s Manual

To disconnect or unhook your OWC Mercury hard drive, follow these important steps to

properly dismount your drive.

Windows Systems (all versions): If you wish to disconnect your OWC Mercury drive

without shutting down your computer, you need to stop the device with the “Unplug or
Eject Hardware” icon, located on the right side of the system tray. Your drive is now safe to
power off and unhook.
Macintosh Systems (all versions): If you wish to disconnect your OWC Mercury drive
without shutting down your computer, simply drag the OWC Mercury drive icon to the
trash can on the desktop (or, in the dock using Mac OS X). Your drive is now safe to power
off and unhook.

Share your Mac formatted drive with your PC using MacDrive (optional purchase)

After installing MacDrive, your HFS+ Macintosh volume will mount as if the drive were
formatted in a native Windows format. MacDrive allows you to use your OWC Mercury
hard drive on either platform without having to reformat or re-initialize the volume.
We highly recommend this software for anyone that is sharing data in a cross platform
environment.

Reformatting your OWC Mercury Hard Drive

To reformat or re-initialize your OWC Mercury hard drive, visit our tech center for
directions using the OS you wish to format the drive with.

http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/index.cfm?page=data_fwhdd.html

Notes for use with older Macintosh systems

If you are using an older Macintosh system, or using a PCI FireWire card to interface with
the OWC Mercury FireWire drive, we recommend using the included Intech Hard Disk
SpeedTools to tune the drive for optimum performance. Transfer errors or corruption can
be avoided by using this software. This is especially recommended if you are NOT using
Mac OS X.

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EMC Retrospect Express

To install and use the included EMC Retrospect Express backup software, please insert the
CD and follow the included installation and operation instructions on the CD.

OWCMANAL1U400

We thank you for your purchase of your new OWC Mercury Elite-AL

FireWire 400+USB2 Combo Solution and are happy to provide you with

one of the newest, fastest, and easiest ways to add mass storage to your

computer!

For more information about FireWire 400 and USB 2.0

please visit our tech center at:

http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/index.cfm

Familiarize yourself with the connections on the back of the OWC Mercury
Elite-AL hard drive - you will need to use these to connect your new drive
to your computer.

Hardware Installation:

Installation of the hardware is simple on any platform.

1. Plug the AC power cord into the wall and to the DC transformer.

2. Plug the DC power cord into the OWC Mercury Drive.

3. Connect the FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 - appropriate for the interface your computer sup-

ports, into the drive and computer.

4. Power on the OWC Mercury Elite-AL! You’re all set!

Note: You may only have one computer directly connected to the drive
at a time. When using FireWire, the additional FireWire ports on the drive may be used
to interconnect additional FireWire devices.

Unpack your new OWC Mercury Elite-AL FireWire 400+USB2 Combo
Solution and examine it’s contents.

Before starting, if your new OWC Mercury Elite Pro Hard Drive is delivered
under extreme hot or cold conditions, you should allow the contents of
the package to reach room temperature prior to use.

Treat your new OWC Mercury product just like you do your computer ­keep it dry, out of direct sunlight, clean, and avoid static electricity.

Installation / Setup Instructions

Macintosh Software Installation:

Mac OS X - FireWire 400 or USB 2.0: - Drivers not required. Proceed to hardware

installation.
Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 - FireWire 400: Insert the HDST CD and follow the instructions provided
by the installer. You may need to install Apple’s FireWire drivers, see the OWC tech center

for details.
Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 - USB 1.1: You will need to download USB Mass Storage Support from
Apple at: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60394

Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 does not support USB 2.0.

Windows Software Installation:

Windows - 98 & ME - FireWire 400: Drivers not required. For use with Windows 98SE

or ME, it may be necessary to select the drive in the device manager and specify it as a
removable drive. Windows 2000/XP users will have to create a signature for the drive in
the Computer Management control panel.
Windows - 2000 & XP - FireWire 400: Drivers not required. Proceed to hardware
installation.
Windows - ME & Higher - USB 2.0/1.1: Drivers not required. For use with Windows 98SE
or ME, it may be necessary to select the drive in the device manager and specify it as a
removable drive. Windows 2000/XP users will have to create a signature for the drive in
the Computer Management control panel.