Apricorn Aegis NetDock User manual

Aegis NetDock

User’s Guide

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FCC Compliance Statements

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B

digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to

providereasonableprotectionagainst harmfulinterferenceina residentialinstallation.

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not

installedand usedinaccordancewith theinstructions, may causeharmfulinterference

to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not

occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference

to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment

off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more

of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

CAUTION

CHANGE OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED

BY PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID

THE USER AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Package Contents ......................................................... 4

System Requirements ................................................... 4

Aegis NetDock Connections ........................................... 5

Hard Drive Installation .................................................. 6

Initializing your Hard Drive ............................................ 7

Partitioning / Formatting .......................................... 8

Reformatting your Hard Drive for Windows ..................... 10

Reformatting your Hard Drive for Mac ............................ 11

Installing Software CD .................................................. 13

Device Drivers for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 .................. 14

Copy les and folders to a CD (Windows) ....................... 17

“Drive is not Accessible” error ........................................ 18

Disconnecting ............................................................... 19

Contacting Technical Support ........................................ 20

RMA Policy ................................................................... 20

Warranty Conditions ..................................................... 21

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Package Contents

Aegis NetDock

Stand

AC Adapter

USB Cable

Hard Drive Screws

Aegis NetDock - Getting Started

Software CD:

• BurnAware CD/DVD Burning Software

• VLC Media Player

• MicroSoft SyncToy

System Requirements

Hardware: 1 GHz Intel®Pentium®or Atom™processor

or equivalent

Apple®G3 or later, Mac OS X 10.4 or later

256MB RAM

Available USB port

CD ROM or CD-RW drive

Operating systems:

Microsoft: Windows®7, XP or Vista™

Mac: OS 9.2 or higher

OS X 10.2 and later

PC Software: 200MB hard drive space for standard installation of

software components

Included software is not necessary with the Mac®OS;

Aegis NetDock hardware is compatible with Mac DVD /

CD authoring software and media playing software

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Connecting your Aegis NetDock

Perfect for connecting to all of your USB peripherals, the Aegis NetDock’s

4-port USB Hub has two regular ports and two ALWAYS ON USB ports,

ideal for charging cell phones or your MP3 player.

Auto “ON” and “OFF”

Feature

The Aegis NetDock’s power

efcient design automatically

powers the NetDock when

connected to your computer

and powers down when

disconnected.

NOTE: The two ALWAYS ON

ports remain powered even

when the NetDock is powered

down as long as the unit is

receiving power from the

included AC Adapter.

Two ALWAYS ON

USB Ports

Ideal for charging cell

phones & MP3 players

Two regular USB Ports

Great for connecting to

your USB peripherals

Main USB connection

Connects to your

computer via included

USB Cable

Power connection

Connects to the

included AC Adapter

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Whether you received your Aegis

NetDock with or without a hard drive

installed, the easy open design means

that you can change out your hard drive

in a snap.

Please make sure that the Aegis

NetDock is not connected to the

AC Adapter or your computer

when attempting the below.

Step 3

Insert the hard drive by sliding the

drive to meet with the SATA hard

drive connector

Step 2

Turn the NetDock over and slide the

top case away from the bottom case as

shown

Step 5

Once the hard drive is secured, slide the

top case back into place

Step 6

Once you have replaced the top case, turn

the NetDock over and replace the screw

Step 1

Remove the single screw found

on the back side of the case

Important hard drive handling info

• Discharge static electricity by

touching a grounded bare metal

surface or grounding straps before

handling the hard drive

• Install hard drive on a non-

conductive or anti-static surface

• Avoid direct contact with the circuit

card on the hard drive

Hard Drive Installation

Step 4

Secure the hard drive using the

included screws as shown below

Hard

Drive Hard

Drive

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Initializing Your Hard Drive (self installed hard drives only)

1. To initialize your hard drive, you will need to go to

Disk Management

in Windows. To get to Disk Management in Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7,

right click “

My Computer”

(2000, XP) or “

Computer”

(Vista, 7) and

click on

“Manage”

in the list. If you purchased an Aegis NetDock that

already has a hard drive, you do not need to use this section

because the drive is already formatted for NTFS.

2. Double-click on

Computer Management

3. In

Computer Management

, you will nd

Disk Management

under

the

Storage

section. Double-click on

Disk Management

. Windows XP

has a wizard to initialize new hard drives and may appear at this point. If

the wizard does not appear, follow the remaining instructions.

4. You will be able to easily identify the new drive in

Disk Management

The drive will show up as

Unknown

and

Unallocated

with a

red no

entry sign

on the disk number. If you do not see a

red no entry sign

on the disk number, skip to “Partitioning/Formatting Your Hard

Drive” in the next section.

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5. Right click on the section to the left where the drive number and red no

entry sign are located. Select

Write Signature

/ Initialize Disk

6. There are two types of disk storage that you can choose from: basic and

dynamic. Select

Basic Storage

if you want to create partitions and logical

drives on the disk. Select

Dynamic Storage

if you want to create simple

volumes (dynamic disks cannot access MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows 98 or

earlier versions). If you need further information on disk storage, please go

to the Microsoft website.

Partitioning/Formatting Your Hard Drive

1. Once you have selected your disk storage type, you will need to partition/

format your drive.

2. Right click on the drive and select

New Partition

(2000, XP) or

New

Simple Volume

(Vista, 7).

3. A Partition Wizard will initiate. Click

4. Select

Primary partition

and click

5. You will then need to decide on a partition size. Enter a partition size in the

box provided. Click

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6. Select

Assign a drive letter

. Fill in the drive letter. Be sure to select a

drive letter that is not in use. Click

7. “Format this partition with the following settings” is selected by

default.

File System: NTFS is selected by default.

Allocation unit size: Accept the default size.

Volume Label: Choose a name that is meaningful to you.

Perform a Quick Format: Optional

Enabling Perform a Quick Format reduces the format time signicantly.

However a Quick Format is less thorough and does not scan for or mark bad

sectors. If you are concerned about errors on your drive do not perform a

quick format.

Enable le and folder compression: Optional

Selecting this feature gives you the option to use le and folder compression

feature available to the NTFS les system.

8. Click

. You will have to wait a bit. When completed, the drive

properties will be shown. You have completed partitioning and formatting

your new hard drive. You can begin cloning or imaging (see relevant

sections for instructions).

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Reformatting Your Hard Drive for Mac

Your Aegis NetDock’s hard drive is preformatted with the NTFS Windows File

System and will need to be reformatted to work within the Mac OS.

To Reformat in OS 9.x:

Caution: This will destroy any data on the hard drive. Backup any data

before you continue with the reformatting of the Aegis NetDock hard

drive.

1. Make sure the Aegis NetDock is plugged into the USB port.

2. Disable the le exchange in the

Extensions Manager

a. From the

Apple Menu

, select

Control Panel

, then

Extensions

Manager

b. From the list: uncheck the on/off button next to the

File Exchange

c. Click

Restart

Your Macintosh will restart and you will get the following message:

“This disk is unreadable by this computer

Do you want to initialize the disk?”

3. Enter Aegis NetDock into the

Name

box.

4. From the drop down list, select

Mac OS Extended

and click the

Initialize

button. After the drive is initialized the drive named Aegis NetDock will

appear on your desktop.

5. To conrm that the Aegis NetDock hard drive is properly formatted,

select the Aegis NetDock drive, then Select:

File, Get Info, General

Information

. The drive should read Mac OS Extended.

6. You can now enable the le exchange extension.

a. From the

Apple Menu

, select

Control Panel, Extensions Manager

b. Check the on/off box next to

File Exchange

c. Click

Restart

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