CRU RTX Secure 410-3QR - Manual (Page 8)

RTX220 QR - Manual
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in the left-hand navigation pane and select Manage. The
Computer Management window will open.
b. In the left pane of this window, left-click on Disk Management
(labeled ‘B’ in the picture below).
c. The drive should appear in the list of Disks in the lower middle/
right pane. You may need to scroll down to see it. If the drive is
already formatted, you can identify it easily by its volume name.
If the Device Properties Box (labeled ‘C’ in the picture below)
says “Not Initialized”, you’ll need to initialize the disk before
formatting it.
Right-click on the Device Properties Box and select Initialize
Disk. If you are prompted to select a partition type, select MBR
for volumes 2TB or smaller, or GPT for volumes larger than 2TB.
NOTE: Windows XP does not support GPT for volumes
larger than 2TB.
d. To format the volume, right-click the Drive Properties Box
(labeled ‘D’ in the picture below) and select New Partition…
(Windows XP) or New Simple Volume... (Windows Vista, 7, 8,
Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012).
e. Unless you wish to customize the settings in these dialog
prompts, Click Next on the Select Partition Type (shows up in
Windows XP only), Specify Volume/Partition Size, and Assign
Drive Letter or Path dialog prompts, leaving the default settings.
f. You will now see a window that allows selection of a file system.
Choose NTFS and enter a name for the new volume. Be sure to
check the box labeled Quick Format, which will ensure that the
formatting process takes less than a minute.
g) Click “Next” and then “Finish” to start the format process. When
the format is complete, the Drive Properties Box will update to
show the new volume name. The new volume can now be found by
double-clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop (Windows
8.1.2 Mounting and Unmounting Volumes
If the hard drive installed in the RTX enclosure is already formatted,
an icon representing the drive’s volume will appear (mount) on the
desktop. You can begin using the volume right away. If the drive is
unformatted, a message will appear on the desktop saying that the
disk is unreadable. Use OS X’s Disk Utility to easily format the drive
(see section above).
Unmount the volume before powering down the unit by dragging the
volume’s icon to the Trash, or by selecting the volume then pressing
Command-E. Disconnecting the unit without first unmounting the
volume can result in data loss.
8.1.3 Creating a Boot Drive
To activate this feature, you must first install OS X on the hard drive
in your carrier. The easiest way to do this is to clone an existing
system drive using a utility such as Carbon Copy Cloner or Super
Duper. Next, go to System Preferences → Startup Disk. A
window will list the available bootable volumes. Select the volume
from which you wish to boot. Another method is to hold down the
Option key during boot up. A screen should appear that allows you
to select the volume you wish to use. This is useful if you are only
sporadically booting from the RTX hard drive.
8.2 Usage with Windows Operating Systems
8.2.1 Formatting a Drive
When you first mount a drive to a Windows operating system, a
pop-up window will ask you if you would like to format it. Click
Format Disk and skip to Step F. If the prompt does not pop up, use
the Disk Management utility by following these steps:
a. Right-click on the My Computer icon on the desktop (Windows
XP) or the Computer button in the Start Menu (Windows
Vista, 7, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012), then select
Manage. For Windows 8, select your Desktop, then open
Windows Explorer from the toolbar. Right-click on Computer