Your Disk Management Utility

GETTING STARTED	CHAPTER	1
YOUR DISK MANAGEMENT UTILITY		1
YOUR DISK MANAGEMENT UTILITY

In Windows, they call it “Disk Management”. In Mac, they call it “Disk Utility”. Despite having different names and appearances, both Windows Disk Management and Mac Disk Utility do basically the same thing: they allow you to create, modify and delete any storage volume connected to your computer.

In order to get the most out of your EN-CAHDD2B-D dock, you will need to become intimately familiar with your disk management utility. Please refer to a detailed glossary on our website of the terms and explanations of the functions and procedures you will need to understand [http://www.cavalrystorage.com/manuals.aspx]. It’s generally a good idea to keep your disk management utility continuously open while you are setting up your dock and the disks within it.

How to Find Your Disk Management Utility

Windows: Navigate to Disk Management: Start Menu>right-click (My) Computer>select “Manage”>select Disk Management.

Mac: Click an empty space on your Desktop. Then select (from the top of the screen) Go>Utilities>Disk Utility.

“Seeing” Your New Disk in the Disk Management Utility

In Mac, this is a pretty straight-forward affair. Just look at the left-hand column, and search for a newly added disk with the term “DMI” or “USB” in it’s title.

Windows arbitrarily assigns a “Disk Number” to every new disk that is connected; even if the disk does NOT show up in (My) Computer. “Disk 0” is always your system or C: drive. Your Cavalry drive will appear somewhere beneath Disk 0. It will be given a number, like Disk 1 et al. You will probably only be able to recognize it by its size, which will be a little bit less than the quoted drive size. If a connected disk does not appear here, the disk is probably defective. See the

troubleshooting FAQ for details.