OWC MERCURY ELITE PRO MINI User Guide

OWC MERCURY ELITE PRO MINI
SYSTEM SETUP
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SYSTEM SETUP
2.1 QUICK START
Before your Mercury Elite Pro mini can be put to use, it needs to be formatted. To help
with the formatting process, the OWC Drive Guide formatting utility has been installed
on your Mercury Elite Pro mini. Follow these steps to use the OWC Drive Guide to format
your Mercury Elite Pro mini for OS X (10.4 and later) or Windows (XP and later).
1. Connect your drive to your computer using the proper cable, then turn on your drive.
If you prefer to use a different formatting utility, do so at this time and skip the rest of
these instructions.
2. Your drive will show up as “OWC HD”. Open your drive to view its contents.
3. Open the “Macintosh Setup” or “Windows Setup” folder, depending on the computer’s
operating system, then double-click the OWC Drive Guide application.
4. Follow the simple on-screen instructions to complete the formatting process.
5. Once the formatting is finished the drive is ready to use.

OWC MERCURY ELITE PRO MINI Specifications

General

Compatible operating systems	Windows MacOS Linux
Supported storage drive interfaces	Serial ATA
FireWire 400	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Cables included	eSATA, FireWire, USB
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 85 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 70 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 90 %
Material	Aluminum
Product color	Silver
Data transfer rate	3 Gbit/s

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	139.7 mm
Width	96.52 mm
Height	27.94 mm
Weight	330 g