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Remove a hard drive from the dock

Warning!

Before you attempt to remove a hard drive, make sure

that your drives are disconnected from your computer’s operating

system.

Don’t remove your drive from the docking station if the other drive is

still being accessed. If the red LED is blinking, it means that the drive

is in use.

1. Press the

Power

button to turn off the docking station.

2. Press the

Eject

button that corresponds to the hard drive that you

want to remove.

3. Grasp the ejected hard drive and carefully lift it upwards until the

bottom of the hard drive is completely above the hard drive slot.

4. Store the hard drive in a secure location. See the documentation

that came with the drive to view storage instructions.

Initialize the hard drive

If your computer doesn’t automatically recognize the hard drive, you

need to initialize and format it to the operating system.

If you use a computer that’s running Windows® 2000, Windows® XP,

Windows Vista®, or Windows 7, do the following:

1. Depending on the OS version that you’re running, do one of the

following:

• On your desktop, right-click

My Computer

.

• On your desktop, right-click

Computer

.

2. Click

Manage

.

3. On the

Computer Management

screen, click

Disk Management

.

4. A dialog window appears and asks you to initialize the hard drive.

Depending on the version of Windows that you’re running, you

have the option to create either an

MBR

or a

GPT

disk.

Note:

GPT (GUID partition) is required for hard drives larger than 2

TB but GPT isn’t compatible with some earlier versions of operating

systems. MBR is supported by both earlier and later versions of

operating systems.

5. Locate the disk that is labeled

Unallocated

. To confirm that the

hard drive is the correct one, check the hard drive capacity.

6. Right-click the section of the window that says

Unallocated

and

click

New Partition

.

7. To initialize the hard drive in the format of your choice, complete

the on-screen instructions.

About the LED indicators

The docking station includes a power LED indicator (blue) and an

activity LED indicator (red) for each HDD slot. When the docking

station is turned on, the blue power LED is illuminated. When the

hard drive is being accessed, the red LED blinks.

Warning!

Don’t remove your hard drive from the docking station

when the red LED is blinking, as doing so could damage your hard

drive and result in data loss.

Disconnect a drive from your computer

If the computer that you’re using is running a version of Windows,

complete the following steps:

1. In the task bar on your desktop, click the

Safely remove

Hardware and Eject Media

icon.

2. Click the storage device that you want to remove.

3. When the message appears indicating that it’s safe to remove the

device, remove the hard drive.

Note:

If you remove the hard drive before you receive the

notification that it’s safe to do so, you could experience lost or

corrupted data.

If the computer that you’re using is running a version of Mac OS,

complete the following steps:

1. Close any windows that list the contents of the hard drive.

2. On your desktop, click the

USB Storage

icon and drag it onto the

Trash Can

icon on your desktop.

3. Wait 5 seconds and then remove the hard drive from the docking

station.