Taurus Dual-Bay Storage Enclosure for 3.5” Serial ATA Hard Drives, Taurus User Manual
Pleiades - Taurus
Dual-Bay Storage Enclosure for
3.5” Serial ATA Hard Drives
User Manual
v1.0
EN
Pleiades - Taurus User Guide
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 3 - SYSTEM SET UP - 6 -
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION - 1 -
ICON KEY - 1 - CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER - 6 -
THE PLEIADES TAURUS - 1 - HARD DISK MODE - 6 -
AVAILABLE INTERFACES - 1 - RAID SETUP - 6 -
DETAILED VIEW - 2 -
NON-RAID - 6 FRONT VIEW - 2 - RAID 0 - SPANNING - 6 -
REAR VIEW - 2 - RAID 0 - STRIPING - 6 -
RAID SETTING - 2 -
INSTALLATION ON A PC - 7 -
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - 3 -
REMOVE PROCEDURE - 7 -
PC REQUIREMENTS - 3 -
INSTALLATION ON A MACINTOSH - 8 -
MAC REQUIREMENTS - 3 - REMOVE PROCEDURE - 8 -
PACKAGE CONTENTS - 3 - PARTITIONING & FORMATTING - 9 -
ABOUT DATA BACKUP - 3 -
PC RUNNING WIN98SE OR WINME - 9 -
PC RUNNING WIN2000 OR WINXP - 10 -
MAC OS - 11 -
CHAPTER 2 - HDD ASSEMBLY - 4 -
CHAPTER 4 - APPENDIX - 12 -
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS - 12 -
ABOUT THIS MANUAL - 12 -
Pleiades - Taurus User Guide
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Icon Key
Throughout this manual you will see icons on the left margin
that denote either Notes or Special Remarks as outlined below:
General Notes and Tips
Remarks for PC users and Microsoft Windows OS
Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS
The Pleiades Taurus
When it comes to raw power there is nothing to beat the new
dual-bay Pleiades Taurus. Available in the classic Pleiades
design, the Taurus is built strong and rugged, offering more
than enough capacity to store all your digital media files. Not
only that, the Pleiades Taurus can also back up and secure all
of your data thanks to RAID protection. Great performance,
great protection and great looks – only in the Pleiades Taurus.
Features mentioned
in this manual may
vary between
different models.
Product Dimensions: 24.5cm x 13.3cm x 7.6cm
9.65in x 5.23in x 3in
Available Interfaces
• Firewire 400/800 & USB 2.0
MS-DOS, Microsoft, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. Apple Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer.
All other third party brands and names are the property of their respective
owners.
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Detailed View
1
2
3
Front View
1. ON/OFF Switch
2. Firewire 400 port
3. Ventilation Holes
1
2
3 4 5
Rear View
1. Switch for RAID Setting
2. Fan for Ventilation
3. Firewire 800 ports
4. USB 2.0 port
5. Power Receptacle
RAID Setting
Non-RAID RAID 0 - Striping
1 = Up, 2 = Up 1 = Down, 2 = Up
Not in Use (Non-RAID) RAID 0 - Spanning
1 = Down, 2 = Down 1 = Up, 2 = Down
Note: Changing the RAID setup will require you to re-format the drives. Make sure you
backup all data before doing so!
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Mac OS 8.6 users
should use USB
extension 1.41 or
Firewire extension
2.6 and later, to be
able to use USB 1.1
or 1394a.
Package Content
may vary,
depending on
vendor & version.
System Requirements
PC Requirements
• Minimum Intel Pentium II CPU 350MHz, 64MB RAM
• USB 1.1 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP
• USB 2.0 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP
• 1394a equipped PC; Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP
• 1394b equipped PC; Win2000, WinXP
Mac Requirements
• Minimum Apple G3 processor (G4 for 1394b), 64MB RAM
• USB 1.1 equipped Mac; Mac OS 9.2, 10.1.5 or above
• USB 2.0 equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2 or above
• 1394a equipped Mac; Mac OS 9.2, 10.1.5 or above
• 1394b equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2 or above
Package Contents
• Pleiades Taurus
• External Power Adapter;
Input 100-240V, Output +12V/3A, +5V/4.2A
• Power Cord
• Interface Cables
• Manual
About Data Backup
To protect your files and help prevent the loss of your data, we
strongly recommend that you keep two copies of your data, one
copy on your Taurus and a second copy either on your internal
drive or another storage media such as DVD, Tape or an
additional external drive. Any loss or corruption of data while
using the Taurus is the sole responsibility of the user, and
under no circumstances will the manufacturer be held liable for
compensation or the recovery of this data.
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