Sharkoon DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0 User Manual

DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0
฀c)฀฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀IDE฀devices฀connect฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀฀port฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0฀via฀the฀included฀
฀฀IDE฀data฀cable.฀Power฀is฀provided฀via฀the฀included฀4-pin฀
฀฀power฀cable฀for฀IDE฀devices.
฀d)฀฀3.5"฀and฀5.25"฀SATA฀devices:฀
SATA devices are directly plugged to the respective port
฀฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀
฀฀them฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.
4.฀฀Switch฀on฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0.฀The฀device฀will฀be฀
฀detected฀and฀installed฀automatically.฀Connected฀HDDs/
฀optical฀devices฀will฀be฀displayed฀in฀the฀le฀manager.
Note:
There is no need to install additional drivers.
Before you shut down your PC, remove the DriveLink
Combo USB3.0 from your system’s hardware configura-
tion by double-clicking the symbol in the task bar. A
menu will open up. Select the DriveLink Combo USB3.0
to securely remove it. Then switch off the DriveLink and
shut down your PC.
4. Installing the hardware
Note:
Before you plug the DriveLink Combo USB3.0 into your PC/
Laptop, connect the peripheral devices to the DriveLink Combo
USB3.0.
Before using the hard disk drive for the first time, it must be pro-
perly partitioned and formatted. To format the HDD, right-click
on COMPUTER and then select MANAGE.
If using Windows 7: select START, right-click COMPUTER and
then select MANAGE.
After that, select DISK MANAGEMENT. Here all formatable HDDs
and drives will be clearly displayed. Right-click the USB HDD
and select PARTITION. The HDD will probably need to be initia-
lized; we suggest using the NTFS data system for Windows PCs.
Format the HDD to complete the procedure.
Warning:
Make sure to select the correct USB hard disk drive for format-
ting, due to all data saved on the HDD being lost when partitio-
ning and formatting!
1.฀฀Connect฀the฀included฀power฀adapter฀to฀the฀DriveLink฀
฀Combo฀USB3.0฀and฀a฀power฀outlet.
2.฀฀Connect฀the฀included฀USB3.0฀cable฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀connector฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0฀and฀a฀USB3.0฀
port on your PC.
3.฀฀Connect฀IDE฀and฀SATA฀devices฀to฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀
฀USB3.0฀as฀described฀below:฀
฀a)฀฀2.5"฀IDE฀HDDs฀are฀directly฀plugged฀to฀the฀respective฀port฀
฀฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀them฀
฀฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.
฀b)฀฀2.5"฀SATA฀HDDs฀are฀directly฀plugged฀to฀the฀respective฀
฀฀port฀of฀the฀DriveLink฀Combo฀USB3.0,฀which฀also฀powers฀
฀฀them฀without฀any฀additional฀cabling.
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Sharkoon DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0 Specifications

General

Brand	Sharkoon
Model	DRIVELINK COMBO USB3.0
Category	Power Supply
Language	English