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Table of Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................1
Product Features ...................................................................................................1
Key Items .............................................................................................................2
HDD PortaCruiser Display Panel and Buttons ....................................................3
Precautions ...................................................................................................4
Installation ............................................................................................................4
Choose a Good Location ......................................................................................4
Operation ..............................................................................................................4
Transportation ......................................................................................................4
Overview ........................................................................................................5
Power Up Sequence .............................................................................................5
Understanding RAID ...........................................................................................6
RAID 0 (Striping) ........................................................................................6
RAID 1 (Mirroring) .....................................................................................6
JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks or Spanning) .................................................6
Duplicator Main Menu .........................................................................................7
Duplicator Subfunctions ......................................................................................8
Dual Disk RAID (USB) Mode Main Menu .......................................................10
Normal Mode .............................................................................................10
JBOD Mode ...............................................................................................10
RAID0 Mode .............................................................................................11
RAID1 Mode .............................................................................................11
Using the HDD PortaCruiser .....................................................................12
Loading the Hard Drives ....................................................................................12
IDE Drives ................................................................................................12
SATA Drives .............................................................................................12
Removing Hard Drives ......................................................................................13
Duplicator Mode ...............................................................................................14
Main Menu: Copy HDD ............................................................................14
Main Menu: Compare HDD ......................................................................15
Main Menu: PreScan Source .....................................................................16
Main Menu: ReScan Bus ...........................................................................17
Main Menu: Source HDD Size ..................................................................18
Main Menu: USB RAID Mode ..................................................................19
Duplicator Mode ................................................................................................20
Setup Menu ................................................................................................20
Setup Menu: 6-01 Language ......................................................................21
Setup Menu: 6-02 DMA Mode ..................................................................22
Setup Menu: 6-03 Copy Size .....................................................................23
Setup Menu: 6-04 Startup Menu ................................................................24
Setup Menu: 6-05 Auto Compare ..............................................................25
Setup Menu: 6-06 Copy with Detect .........................................................26
Setup Menu: 6-07 Button Sound................................................................27
Setup Menu: 6-08 Device Info ...................................................................28
Setup Menu: 6-09 System Info ..................................................................29