Verbatim 2-DISK RAID USB-ESATA EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE User Manual

2-Disk RAID USB and eSATA
External Hard Drive

User Guide

English

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Contents

Introduction 3

Drive Contents: IMPORTANT Notice 3

Nero BACKITUP 2 Software 3

Controls, Connectors and Indicators 4

Front Panel Area 4
Rear Panel Area 5

About the Hard Drives 6

Locating the Drive on your desk 6

Connecting to your computer 6

Confi guring the RAID Mode 7

Disconnecting your Hard Drive 11

For Windows Users 11

For Mac OS Users 11

Technical Support 12

Limited Warranty Terms 12

WEEE Notice 13

FCC Compliance 13

CE Declaration 14

ROHS Compliance 15

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Introduction

Your Verbatim external 2-disk RAID product comes with two separate hard
drives inside. “RAID” is short for “Redundant Array of Independent Disks”
and is a standard method of combining two or more hard disk drives to
achieve higher levels of performance, reliability, and capacity.

Before you begin to use the drive there are a few important things to learn
about your new product.

Drive Contents: IMPORTANT Notice

The RAID drive comes pre-installed with the following fi les and software:

• Nero BACKITUP 2 ESSENTIALS Software

• Verbatim_FAT32_tool.exe

• Formatting to FAT32.pdf

Before changing the RAID modes setting, via the switch on the real panel
of the drive, save these fi les to another location. For example your
PC hard drive.

The Verbatim 2 Disk RAID External Hard Drive comes with a factory default
setting of Concatenation (also called Spanning). The switch setting for
Concatenation mode is labelled “BIG” on the back of the drive.

Before you change the RAID mode at any time after using the drive in this
or any other mode you will need to transfer/save all fi les to another location.

Nero BACKITUP 2 Software

Nero BACKITUP 2 back up software is included on the hard drive. Double
click the Nero folder on the drive and then double click the setupx fi le to
start installation. The Nero Installation window will appear. Follow the set up
wizard to install the software.

WARNING: Changing RAID mode will delete all data on the drive. Do not
change the setting of the RAID Mode Switch unless you have fi rst saved all
of the data from the drive, including the bundled Nero software, to another
storage location.

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Controls, Connectors and Indicators

First familiarize yourself with the features of the unit.

Front Panel Area

The front panel contains two multicoloured LEDs that show through a
single lens, as illustrated below. During the power-on sequence both
LEDs will fl ash BLUE. When the power-sequence completes normally both
LEDs will remain BLUE and stay fully ON. Both LEDs will fl ash BLUE quickly
during data access.

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Rear Panel Area

Along the rear panel you will fi nd the ON/OFF button and interface
connectors. Refer to the fi gure below.

ON/OFF button. Once the AC Adapter has been properly connected to 1.
the drive and an AC outlet, you can press the ON/OFF button to power
on the drive. To turn off the drive, press the ON/OFF button again.

USB Connector. Use this connector to attach the drive to your 2.
computer via USB.

eSATA Connector. Use this connector to attach the drive to your 3.
computer via eSATA

RAID Mode Switch. Refer to the Confi guring the RAID Mode 4.
section below.

WARNING: Changing RAID mode will delete all data on the drive. Do not
change the setting of the RAID Mode Switch unless you have fi rst saved all
of the data from the drive to another storage location.

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