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...................................................................

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