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Software Installation for PC
SATA Connection for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7
Some PC computers nowadays are equipped with external SATA ports for
peripheral connectivity, or provide a SATA cable and bracket to route
internal SATA port on motherboard to external port. Otherwise, to take
advantage of high performance SATA connection, you need to add a third-
party SATA II or SATA I host controller adapter with external SATA port the
“L” shaped key type). When external SATA port is available, please follow
steps below to use G-S350SUAB2 enclosure:
1. When computer is powered off, attach G-S350SUAB2 to
the SATA port of the computer.
2. Power on G-S350SUAB2 first, then turn on the computer.
3. After Windows boots up, it will load, the driver and recognize the
Enclosure automatically. If you don't see a new(SATA) drive in My
Computer, probably the SATA drive needs to be partitioned and
formatted first.
Above described connection and power sequence is referred to as Hot
Boot. There are total five power sequence modes, Hot Boot, Cold Boot,
Hot Plug, Cold Plug, and Power Cycle, by which an external hard drive can
possibly be used with a computer system. Please refer to the section
“SATA Connection for MacOS X 10.2 and above” for definition.
It is important to note that different SATA host adapters handle the power
sequence in different way. Some support all five power sequence modes,
the other can only support Hot Boot. G-S350SUAB2 supports all five
power sequence modes. To find out what your SATA host adapter is
capable of, please contact the manufacturer of SATA host adapter, or
simply try all power sequence mode yourself.
Firewire and USB Connection For Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7
When the enclosure is connected to the computer and power on, the
system will start installing for the proper driver. Please follow the on-
screen instruction to complete the driver installation.
If you do not see the new drive letter added in My Computer after the driver
finishes loading, the reason could be the hard disk such as a brand new
one has no partition and format yet. In this case, please follow the
procedures in next section to partition and format it before using.