Rocstor Rocport 3CX Manuals

ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 9Cx quick installation guide 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 see complete Limited Warranty Information in the User’s Manual or on the Rocstor website (www.rocstor.com) for further details. Capacity Disclaimer Actual accessible hard drive capacity will indicate up to 10% lower than stated under different Operating Systems and formatting. Therefore, a 500GB capacity drive will show up as a 450GB drive (approximately.) Warranty Period The Limited warranty period for Rocpro hard drives is one year for parts and labor. Technical Support / RMA Tel: (888) 877-7716 (USA and Canada) Tel: +1 (818) 449-2000 (Domestic and Internationals) Fax: +1 (818) 884-8777 Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm PST, Mon - Fri (excluding holidays) Email: [email protected] Trademarks Acknowledgements © 2008, Rocstor, Rocsecure and Rocpower are registered trademarks of Rocstorage, Inc. Rocpro, Rocport, Rocbit, are the trademarks of Rocstorage, Inc. "store your future", "secure your future" and “power your future” are the slogan marks of Rocstorage, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Power Macintosh, FireWire, and Mac Pro, Leopard … are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows CE, Windows NT, Windows 98, Soft Windows, Vista … are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies in the United States and other countries. © 2000 - 2008 Assembled/designed/integrated in the U.S.A. using domestic and/or foreign components. Specifications, terms, warranties, descriptions, product and services herein are subject to change without notice. Ver.0401G ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 3Cx quick installation guide store your future SM ROCPORT 3Cx USB 2.0 (1.1) Quick Installation Guide ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 3Cx quick installation guide Contents • Rocport 3Cx, external hard disk drive • USB “Y” cable • Quick Installation user Guide • Comprehensive manual on CD • Carrying case Minimum System Requirements: Mac Users: Window Users: Hardware: USB (1.1 or 2.0) port(s.) Mac: PowerPC or Intel processor running Mac OS 9, X or Leopard Min. recommended memory: 512 MB RAM Hardware: USB (1.1 or 2.0) port(s.) Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Me, XP or Vista Min. recommended memory: 512 MB RAM ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 3Cx quick installation guide Connecting the Drive 1. Turn ON your computer and wait until it fully boots up to load all programs. Note: The Rocport 3Cx is USB bus powered, the optional power adaptor is generally not required. 2. Connect one end of the USB cable to the Rocport 3Cx and the other end(s) to the USB port(s) of your computer (or via power Hub that is connected to your computer). Upon connection a Blue light on the Rocport 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 the “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.

store your future USB 2.0 ROCPORT 3Cx Quick Installation Guide ROCSTOR | ROCPORT 3CX quick installation guide Page \ 2 Contents Minimum System Requirements Mac Users Hardware: USB (1.1 or 2.0) port(s). PowerPC or Intel processor Mac OS 9, X, Leopard or Snow Leopard Min. recommended memory: 512 MB RAM · · · PC Users Hardware: USB (1.1 or 2.0) port Microsoft Windows 2000, Me, XP, Vista, or Windows 7 Min. recommended memory: 512 MB RAM · · Rocport 3Cx Carrying Case USB Cable Optional Power FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ROCBIT FXKT Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide store your future USB 2.0 ROCPORT 3Cx Quick Installation Guide Connecting the Drive 1. Turn ON your computer and wait until it fully boots up to load all programs 2. 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 Rocport. Upon connection, a Blue light on the Rocport 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 3Cx manual. www.ROCSTOR.com ROCSTOR | ROCPORT 3CX quick installation guide Page \ 3 USB 2.0 Power Switch Optional Power USB

ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 9Cx quick installation guide 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 see complete Limited Warranty Information in the User’s Manual or on the Rocstor website (www.rocstor.com) for further details. Capacity Disclaimer Actual accessible hard drive capacity will indicate up to 10% lower than stated under different Operating Systems and formatting. Therefore, a 500GB capacity drive will show up as a 450GB drive (approximately.) Warranty Period The Limited warranty period for Rocpro hard drives is one year for parts and labor. Technical Support / RMA Tel: (888) 877-7716 (USA and Canada) Tel: +1 (818) 449-2000 (Domestic and Internationals) Fax: +1 (818) 884-8777 Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm PST, Mon - Fri (excluding holidays) Email: [email protected] Trademarks Acknowledgements © 2008, Rocstor, Rocsecure and Rocpower are registered trademarks of Rocstorage, Inc. Rocpro, Rocport, Rocbit, are the trademarks of Rocstorage, Inc. "store your future", "secure your future" and “power your future” are the slogan marks of Rocstorage, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Power Macintosh, FireWire, and Mac Pro, Leopard … are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows CE, Windows NT, Windows 98, Soft Windows, Vista … are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies in the United States and other countries. © 2000 - 2008 Assembled/designed/integrated in the U.S.A. using domestic and/or foreign components. Specifications, terms, warranties, descriptions, product and services herein are subject to change without notice. Ver.0401G ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 3Cx quick installation guide store your future SM ROCPORT 3Cx USB 2.0 (1.1) Quick Installation Guide ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 3Cx quick installation guide Contents • Rocport 3Cx, external hard disk drive • USB “Y” cable • Quick Installation user Guide • Comprehensive manual on CD • Carrying case Minimum System Requirements: Mac Users: Window Users: Hardware: USB (1.1 or 2.0) port(s.) Mac: PowerPC or Intel processor running Mac OS 9, X or Leopard Min. recommended memory: 512 MB RAM Hardware: USB (1.1 or 2.0) port(s.) Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Me, XP or Vista Min. recommended memory: 512 MB RAM ROCSTOR – ROCPORT 3Cx quick installation guide Connecting the Drive 1. Turn ON your computer and wait until it fully boots up to load all programs. Note: The Rocport 3Cx is USB bus powered, the optional power adaptor is generally not required. 2. Connect one end of the USB cable to the Rocport 3Cx and the other end(s) to the USB port(s) of your computer (or via power Hub that is connected to your computer). Upon connection a Blue light on the Rocport 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 the “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.

1 store your future ROCPORT 3Cx User Manual Page | 2 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT 3Cx user manual TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT NOTICES 4 • Safety Notices ________________________________________________________ 4 • General Notices • Capacity Disclaimer ____________________________________________________ 4 • Care and Handling 4 GENERAL 6 • Introduction ___ ________________________________________________ 6 • Box Contents 6 • Minimum System Requirements _____________________________________ 7 • Connectors and Rocport 3CX rear view 7 QUICK INSTALLATION 8 • How to Connect the Interface Cables - Connecting the Drive ___________________ 8 • Cable Types: USB 9 INSTALLING YOUR DRIVE 10 • Rocport 3CX as a bootable device _________________________________________ 10 • Disconnecting Your Drive 10 o PC _______________________________________________________________ 10 o Mac 10 • Reformatting Your Drive ________________________________________________ 10 o Reformatting via PC (Window based computers) 11 o Reformatting via Mac _______________________________________________ 11 PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING THE ROCPORT 3CX DRIVE ON A MAC OS 12 • Warning _____________________________________________________________ 12 • Important Notes 12 • Instructions for Partitioning and Formatting from FAT 32 to HFS+ _______________ 13 PARTITIONING & FORMATTING the ROCPORT Drive on WINDOWS 2000, XP and VISTA 19 • Warning _____________________________________________________________ 19 • Important Notes 19 • Different ways to get to the Control Panel __________________________________ 20 • Instructions upon reaching the Control Panel 23 • Instructions for Partitioning and Formatting from FAT 32 to NTFS _______________ 24 Page | 3 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT 3Cx user manual TROUBLESHOOTING 31 • Troubleshooting for Macintosh computers _________________________________ 31 • Troubleshooting for PC Windows based computers 33 KNOWLEDGE BASE 35 • Rocport 3CX Unique Features _______________________________________ 35 • Specifications 35 • Introduction to Interfaces (ports) and Cables ________________________________ 36 o FireWire (IEEE 1394) 36 o USB (Universal Serial Bus) ____________________________________________ 38 o Comparison Chart __________________________________________________ 39 • Introduction to Formatting 40 o File Allocation Table (FAT) and FAT 32 __________________________________ 40 o HFS Plus or HFS+ 41 LIMITED WARRANTY 42 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 45 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 46 • Trademarks __________________________________________________________ 46 • Copyrights 46 CONTACT INFORMATION 47 • Corporate Headquarters ________________________________________________ 47 • Technical Support / Return Authorization “RMA” 47 • Sales Info ____________________________________________________________ 47 Page | 4 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT 3Cx user manual 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 Disclaimer 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 Rocport ID 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 Rocport ID drive. • Do not move or disconnect this device from your computer while it is reading or writing data. This may cause damage to the Rocport ID 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 Rocport ID drive. • Do not spill any liquid or insert any object into the device.