OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FW800 Owner's Manual

OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FW800

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 o 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
o 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.

OWCMANMOFWU800

We thank you for your purchase of your new
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FireWire 800 hard drive 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 800 and USB 2.0 please visit our tech

center at

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

Installation / Setup Instructions

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

Macintosh Software Installation:

Mac OS X - FireWire 800 or USB 2.0: - Drivers not required. Proceed to

Hardware Installation.
Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 - FireWire 800: Insert the HDST CD and follow the
instructions provided by the installer. You may need to install Apple’s
FireWire drivers, see the 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 - 98SE & Higher - FireWire: Drivers not

required for FireWire. 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 - 98SE - USB 2.0: Install the drivers on the
included CD-ROM to use USB 2.0 storage device. The same notes for
FireWire apply for removable drives.

Hardware Installation:

Installation of the hardware is a very straightforward

procedure on any platform.

1. Plug the DC transformer into the wall and hard drive.
(Optional - may be used bus powered)

3. Plug the FireWire or USB cable into the hard drive.

4. Plug the FireWire or USB cable into the computer’s FireWire or USB 2.0
port.

(You may only use one port at a time, FireWire or USB 2.0)

5. Power on the OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro! You’re all set!

Unpack your new OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro hard drive and examine
it’s contents.

Before starting, if your new OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FireWire 800
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.

The power switch is 2 position. Right, to power from the DC power port

and Left to power from the FireWire or USB ports.