Macally PHR-100SU user manual For Windows 2000/XP/Server, Frequently Asked Questions

For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003

If you can see a new entry under Disk drives of Device Manager, you are ready to partition and format the drive. Please open Control panel, “Administrative Tools” and “Computer management”, click on “Disk Management”. Follow the on-screen instruction to continue, make sure to select the unallocated (newly added) disk to partition and format.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1, What are SATA, SATA I, SATA II, eSATA any way? How are they related to PHR-100SU enclosure?

A1: SATA stands for Serial ATA, in contrast to old Parallel ATA (IDE, EIDE, ATA and ATAPI) technology. SATA starts with 1.5Gb/s specification, and evolves to 3.0Gb/s specification, which is commonly referred to as SATA II. Hence, original SATA 1.5Gb/s is called SATA I to distinguish with SATA II 3.0Gb/s.

Initially SATA was designed as an internal or inside-the-box interface tech- nology for storage device like HDD. Both SATA I and SATA II hard drives use plug and receptacle interface with “L” shaped key as shown below.

This connectors and cable(flat) with “L” shaped key support both SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s, however the cable length is limited to 1m(around 3.3 feet) maximum. When this manual was written, majority of SATA ports pro- vided by computers or add-on SATA host adapters are the receptacle with “L” shaped key. Our PHR-100SU includes an 80cm cable with SATA connec- tor with “L” shaped key to support majority SATA port in the system.

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