Rocstor AIRHAWK A9 Bedienungsanleitung

store your future

User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

IMPORTANT NOTICES 4

•Safety Notices ________________________________________________________ 4

•General Notices

•Capacity Disclaimer ____________________________________________________ 4

•Care and Handling 4

GENERAL 6

•Introduction ___ ________________________________________________

•Box Contents

•Minimum System Requirements _____________________________________ 7

•Connectors and Airhawk rear view 7

QUICK INSTALLATION 8

•How to Connect the Interface Cables - Connecting the Drive ___________________ 8

•Cable Types: FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 9

INSTALLING YOUR RIVE 10

•Airhawk as a bootable device ____________________________________________ 10

•Disconnecting Your Drive 10

oPC _______________________________________________________________ 10

oMac 11

•Reformatting Your Drive ________________________________________________ 11

oReformatting via PC (Window based computers) 11

oReformatting via Mac _______________________________________________ 11

•Important Note 11

•How to Daisy-Chain through FireWire ports to your Airhawk Drive at one time _____ 12

PARTITIONING AN FORMATTING THE AIRHAWK RIVE ON A MAC OS 13

•Warning _____________________________________________________________ 13

•Important Notes 13

•Instructions for Partitioning and Formatting from FAT 32 to HFS+ _______________ 14

PARTITIONING & FORMATTING the AIRHAWK rive on WIN OWS 2000, XP and VISTA 20

•Warning _____________________________________________________________ 20

•Important Notes 20

•Different ways to get to the Control Panel __________________________________ 21

•Instructions upon reaching the Control Panel 23

•Instructions for Partitioning and Formatting from FAT 32 to NTFS _______________ 24

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TROUBLESHOOTING 31

•Troubleshooting for Macintosh computers _________________________________ 31

•Troubleshooting for PC Windows based computers 33

KNOWLE GE BASE 35

•Airhawk Unique Features ________________________________________ 35

•Specifications 35

•Introduction to Interfaces (ports) and Cables ________________________________ 3

oFireWire (IEEE 1394) 3

oUSB (Universal Serial Bus) ____________________________________________ 38

oComparison Chart __________________________________________________ 39

•Introduction to Formatting 40

oFile Allocation Table (FAT) and FAT 32 __________________________________ 40

oHFS Plus or HFS+ 41

LIMITE WARRANTY 42

TECHNICAL SUPPORT 45

ACKNOWLE GEMENTS 46

•Trademarks __________________________________________________________ 4

•Copyrights 4

CONTACT INFORMATION 47

•Corporate Headquarters ________________________________________________ 47

•Technical Support / Return Authorization “RMA” 47

•Sales Info ____________________________________________________________ 47

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Safety Notices

•The warranty is void if an unauthorized person attempts and/or repairs the hard disk drive.

•Read all Manuals and instructions carefully before using the device.

•Do not spill any liquid or insert any object into the device.

•Use the device within the specifications indicated, including but not limited to: power

requirements, temperature, humidity, sunlight and magnetism from other devices such as

computers and televisions.

•Please visit the Rocstor website, www.rocstor.com for further information concerning

specifications and use of the device.

General Notices

•Consistently make multiple backup copies of your data for your protection. Hard disk drives

are subject to failure at any time.

•Rocstorage, Inc. shall not be held liable for loss of data or the restoration or recovery of

data on the device. Please view complete Limited Warranty Information in this manual or

on the Rocstor website (www.rocstor.com) for further details.

Capacity isclaimer

Actual accessible hard drive capacity will indicate up to 10% lower than stated under different

Operating Systems and formatting.

The storage volume is measured in total bytes before formatting. References to round

numbers of gigabytes or terabytes are an approximation only. For example, a disk drive labeled

as having 500GB (gigabytes) has space for approximately 500,000,000,000 bytes before

formatting. After formatting, the drive capacity is reduced by about 5% to 10% depending on

the operating system and formatting used.

Care and Handling

The following instructions concern the proper care and handling of Airhawk Drives. Please

take a moment to review these instructions.

•As with any storage solution, it is recommended that all data be backed up regularly.

•Ensure that you follow the proper removal procedure to disconnect the Airhawk drive.

•Do not move or disconnect this device from your computer while it is reading or writing

data. This may cause damage to the Airhawk drive.

•Do not place this device near a heat source or expose it to direct flame.

•Do not place the device near any equipment generating strong electromagnetic fields.

Exposure to strong electromagnetic fields may cause the device to malfunction or data to

be corrupted.

•Do not drop or cause shock to your Airhawk drive.

•Do not spill any liquid or insert any object into the device.

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•Do not attempt to disassemble and service the Airhawk drive during the warranty

period.

•Please read the Safety Notices and Limited Warranty information in this Manual and on

the Rocstor website (www.rocstor.com) for further details.

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Introduction

AIRHAWK – FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB (1.1/2.0)

The AIRHAWK pocket drives deliver exceptional performance and

reliability. Designed and engineered to meet the needs of a

demanding mobile data storage market, the AIRHAWK 2.5”

external hard drives are compatible with both Windows® and

Macintosh® environments.

AIRHAWK A9 - “These drives are both bus-powered and

bootable.” The new AIRHAWK pocket drives contain a fast, high

capacity 2.5” SATA drive mechanism, with up to 800 Mbits/sec

transfer speed and multiple interfaces in a stylish case for thermal

efficiency and silent operation.

The first design of its kind, the AIRHAWK sets a new standard for unprecedented design,

quality, versatility and capability that will satisfy the most sophisticated audience. With its

distinct touch and crisp angular design, the enclosure has the appearance and feel of a space

vehicle because of its re-entrant triangles, corner reflectors and platform alignments. The

Airhawk pocket drives can be placed on either side.

Choose Rocstor drives and “store your future”

Box Contents

•Airhawk , external hard disk drive

•USB “Y” cable

•-pin to -pin FireWire 400 (1394a) cable

•9-pin to 9-pin FireWire 800 (1394b) cable

•Quick Installation user Guide

•Comprehensive manual on CD

•Carrying case

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Minimum System Requirements:

Mac Users: Window Users:

* Many computers do not come with factory installed FireWire 800 ports. Therefore, you may

need to purchase a PCI, PCI-X or PCI-Express card to use these ports.

Connectors

•FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) port x1

•FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) port x1

•USB 2.0 port x1

Hardware: FireWire 800 or FireWire 400

or USB (1.1 or 2.0) port(s.)

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows

2000, Me, XP, Vista, Windows 7

Recommended memory: 512 MB RAM

Hardware: FireWire 800 or FireWire 400

or USB (1.1 or 2.0) port(s.)

Mac: PowerPC or Intel processor running

Mac OS 9, X, Leopard, Snow Leopard

Recommended memory: 512 MB RAM

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QUICK INSTALLATION

How to Connect the Interface Cables - Connecting the rive

1. Turn ON your computer and wait until it fully boots up to load all programs.

2. Using only one interface cable at a time, select the interface port you

wish to use on your computer. When using FireWire, connect one end of

the FireWire cable to the appropriate FireWire port (FW800 or FW400) of

your computer and then the other end to the FireWire port in the Airhawk.

When using USB, connect two ends of the USB “Y” cable to the USB ports

of your computer (or via Power Hub that is connected to your computer)

and then the other end to the USB port in the Airhawk. Upon connection, a

Blue light on the Airhawk drive will turn ON.

3. The Hard drive is preformatted for Plug-and-Play operation. After a few seconds a Rocstor

HD icon will show on “My Computer” folder under the Windows OS. Under the Mac OS,

the Rocstor HD icon will appear on the “Desktop.”

4. Click (double click) on the Rocstor HD icon to access the drive.

*You may also refer to the Rocstor website to view or download a full version of the Airhawk

A9 manual. www.ROCSTOR.com

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Cable Types:

FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) -

Pin FireWire 400 connector

•FireWire 400 can

transfer data between devices at 400

FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) 9-

Pin FireWire 400 connector

•Fire

Wire 400 can transfer data between devices at

USB supports three data transfer rates:

•USB 2.0: A Hi-Speed

(USB 2.0) rate of 480

•USB 1.1: A Full Speed

rate of

•USB 1.0: A Low Speed

rate of 1.5

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Pin FireWire 400 connector

transfer data between devices at 400

Mbits/s

Pin FireWire 400 connector

Wire 400 can transfer data between devices at

800 Mbits/s.

USB supports three data transfer rates:

(USB 2.0) rate of 480

Mbits/s ( 0 MB/s).

rate of

12 Mbits/s (1.5 MB/s).

rate of 1.5

Mbits/s (187 KB/s).

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Installing Your rive

All Rocstor hard drives are formatted as blank FAT32 (32-bit file allocation table) volumes

{unless otherwise stated on the box} that are compatible with most modern Windows and

Macintosh operating systems. To begin using your Rocstor drive, simply connect a data cable.

There’s no need to shut down your computer because your Rocstor drive is hot-pluggable. Just

plug it in and it’s ready to use.

The first choice you have to make is which of the provided data cables to use. The drive can

connect directly to any available FireWire or USB port on your computer, or it can be Daisy-

Chained to your computer through another compatible device with an available FireWire port.

The ability to Daisy-Chain allows you to have multiple drives connected simultaneously, greatly

increasing your available storage capacity. Daisy-Chain is only available through FireWire ports.

If you intend to use the drive for additional storage only—not as a startup device (bootable) use

the cable that provides the maximum throughput rate for the buses available on your

computer: Up to 800 Mbits via FireWire 800, 480 Mbits via USB 2.0, 400 Mbits via FireWire 400,

or 12 Mbits via USB 1.1. To avoid damaging your hardware and losing data, never

simultaneously connect the drive to the computer using more than one data cable.

Airhawk as a bootable device

If you intend to use the drive as a startup device, check the documentation that came with your

computer to confirm compatibility with the various interfaces. PowerPC-based Macs require

FireWire connections for startup disks, whereas Intel-based Macs can use either FireWire or

USB connections.

Furthermore, using the drive as a startup device requires installing an authorized copy of the

Windows or Mac operating system (available separately from Microsoft and Apple,

respectively). To install the Mac OS 9 or OS X, you must reformat the drive as a Mac OS

Extended volume with Disk Utility. An Intel-based Mac cannot start from a device formatted on

a PowerPC-based Mac, or vice versa.

isconnecting Your rive

Never disconnect or turn off an external drive when its activity light is ON. External drives must

be properly unmounted (or disconnected) to avoid data loss and possible damage to the hard

disk drive or computer.

PC: The easiest ways to safely unmount an external hard drive on your PC is to right-click the

device removal icon next to the clock in the system tray. Then choose Safely Remove Hardware.

Choose the external device you want to remove, and then click Stop. An alert will notify you if

the drive is in use by an application. If in use close any open documents or applications on the

drive and try again. Windows will display an alert when you can safely disconnect or turn off the

drive.

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