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Page 2 - Hardware Installation Guide; Release the 4 screws then pull out the rear panel and tray.

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 1 Hardware Installation Guide z Please follow the instructions and make sure your hard drive is successfully installed to the external enclosure! STEP1: Release the 4 screws then pull out the rear panel and tray.

Page 3 - Place the first HDD into the tray. Push the HDD to connect

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 2 STEP2: Place the first HDD into the tray. Push the HDD to connect e SATA connector. th STEP3: Place the second HDD into the tray. Push the HDD to connect the SATA connector. Note: Make sure all connectors are connected well.

Page 4 - Screw the HDD on the tray both sides.

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 3 STEP4: Screw the HDD on the tray both sides. STEP5: Push the tray into the aluminum case. Screw the rear panel and enclosure together.

Page 5 - HDD Formatting Guide; It enables each hard drive to be seen separately as single

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 4 HDD Formatting Guide This device can support JBOD& BIG Mode. JBOD ： It enables each hard drive to be seen separately as single drives, showing 2 HDD capacities. Note: Backup before formatting your HDD. JBOD Mode: STEP1: Right-click on “My...

Page 6 - Select “Disk Management” and you will see your hard

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 5 STEP2: Select “Disk Management” and you will see your hard drives show “Unallocated”. Sample ： 750GB & 250GB hard drives. STEP3: Please refer to page 9.

Page 8 - Right -click “My Computer” icon and select the “Manage”

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 7 STEP1: Right -click “My Computer” icon and select the “Manage” column. STEP2: Two brand-new HDD Select “Disk Management” and you will see your External HDD shows “Not Initialized”.

Page 9 - Two formatted HDDs; (These two HDDs have to be combined into one disk.

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 8 Two formatted HDDs (These two HDDs have to be combined into one disk. ) Select “Disk Management” and you will see your External HDD only shows one HDD, another shows “Unallocated”. Right-click the red-squared block and select “Delete Partitio...

Page 10 - Right-click the red-squared block and select “Initialize

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 9 STEP3: Right-click the red-squared block and select “Initialize Disk”. STEP4: Press “OK” button to initialize HDD.

Page 11 - The external HDD will be showed “Online”. Right-click the

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 10 STEP5: The external HDD will be showed “Online”. Right-click the “Unallocated” block and select “New Partition”. STEP6: The “New Partition Wizard” will appear. Please follow the instruction of the wizard to complete the partition.

Page 12 - When new partition is completed, the external HDD will be

External enclosure Installation [ R2-JBOD ] User Manual 11 STEP7: When new partition is completed, the external HDD will be recognized as a “New Volume”. If you divided HDD into two partitions, format two partitions separately. After two partitions are formatted completely, you will see two healthy ...