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Dragon Drive:
  • How does the Dragon Drive work ?

    The Dragon Drive turns any 2.5" Hard Drive into a convenient portable storage drive that can be used on any system with a USB or Firewire port. The aluminum casing protects the drive from overheating and vibration. The Dragon Drive supports USB1.1 and USB2.0 and Firewire to offer fast transfer speeds of up to 480MBPS.
    When you connect the external hard drive to a computer you might need to load some software drivers if you are using Windows98 or Windows98SE.

  • Do I need to connect both USB cables (connectors) ?

    Standard USB ports supplies 500mA of power. Some wired ports on the front end of Desktop or Laptop ports do not maintain that level at all times. The USB cable has a USB mini connector that attaches to the enclosure and the other end of the cable has two USB Male A connectors or you will have a separate USB cable with a 5V DC adaptor end on it. Both connectors must be inserted into two separate ports to adequately supply power to the enclosure and storage drive.

  • Why is my new drive not showing up in MyComputer ?

    To Initialize and Format the Hard Drive, Right Click "My Computer". Then choose "Manage". From there, under the "Storage" section you should see "Disk Management". Left click "Disk Management".

    Locate the word "Unknown" under the Disk that has a similar capacity to the one you just purchased. Right click the word "Unknown" and select the "Initialize Disk" option. This will launch the "Initialize Disk Wizard". The default settings should work for most situations.

    Now that the disk has initialized, locate and right click the word "Unallocated" next to the disk you just initialized. Select "New Partition" to launch the wizard. We will utilize all the defaults that the operating system recommends for us. Click all the "Next" buttons until you get the "Finish" button to click. After 15 to 20 seconds where the word "Unallocated" was located you will see the format process with a percentage complete. Let the process finish to 100% and close the window. Open the "My Computer" window. Now you should see a new drive available for you to write and read from.
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3.5 External Hard Drive:
  • How do I install my new drive ?

    Connect the USB or Firewire Cable to your external enclosure and turn on the power. The computer should automatically load the USB Mass storage drivers needed to run the device.

    To Initialize and Format the Hard Drive click Start? then Control Panel ? then in classic view Administrative tools (in category view Performance and Maintenance and then Administrative tools)? then Computer Management ? In the left hand window click Disk Management.

    The Disk Management Initialize wizard may pop up. Click next and the finish button to complete the wizard. If the wizard does not automatically launch locate the word Unknown under the Disk that has a similar capacity to the one you just purchased. Right click the word Unknown and select the Initialize Disk/Write Signature option. This will launch the wizard manually.

    Locate and right click the word Unallocated next to the disk you just initialized and wrote a signature to. Select new partition to launch the wizard. We will utilize all the defaults that the operating system recommends for us. Click all the Next buttons until you get the Finish button to click. After 15 to 20 seconds where the word Unallocated was located you will see the format process with a percentage complete. Let the process finish to 100% and close the window. Open a My Computer window and now you should see a new drive letter available for you to write and read from.


  • Will this work with Windows98/98SE or ME ?

    Connect the USB Cable to your external enclosure and turn on the power. If you cannot see a new drive letter in My Computer, follow these setup steps.

    1) Go to the StartMenu -> Programs -> MS-DOS Prompt -> Click it and you will see a "MS-DOS Prompt" Window. Notes: Please find "MS DOS Prompt" from Start>Program>Accessories for Win ME users Type "fdisk" and please follow the instruction as following:

    2) "Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N) ?" - Select "Y"

    3) In the next menu screen you should have 5 options. Please select "5" , if you have only 4 selection the you might have to download and install a software driver for your system.

    4) "Enter Fixed Disk Drive Number (1-2)" - Select "2"

    5) "FDISK Options" menu - Select "1. Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive"

    6) Select "1. Create Primary DOS partition"

    7) "Do you wish to use the maximum ..." - Select "Y"

    8) A mesage will be displayed on the screen "Primary DOS partition created..." - Select "Esc"

    9) Select "Esc" two times and exit FDISK

    You need plug out USB Hard Disk and plug into again. Now you will see one more driver icon in My Computer. Please stop over the icon and press right key on mouse. Click "Format" -> Click "Start" -> choose "Full" -> click "OK"

    Finally, you can use this HD in My Computer right now.


  • How do I mount my drive on MAC OS system ?

    After you plug in your new hard drive and attach it to your Mac via a FireWire or USB cable, the hard drive will mount on your desktop. Open the Disk Utility program by going to the Applications folder > Utilities folder > Disk Utility. Select the hard drive in the left hand column and click on the ?Erase? tab. In the Volume Format drop-down menu, choose one of the following

    1) Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if you plan to place the Mac OS 10.x operating system on this drive to make it a bootable drive.

    2) Mac OS Extended if you plan to use the drive as a media (capture scratch) drive.

    3) MS DOS if you plan to use this drive with Mac and PC

    Name the drive something that to designate the drive if you like. Now you may give the drive a unique name to help you identify it.

    Once you have selected the format and have named the drive, click on the ?Erase? button. You will be presented with the 'Are you sure you wish to erase the disk ?NEW NAME??' dialog box. (Note that the volume still has the name 'untitled' because the process has not yet run. After the ?Erase? process has completed, the drive?s name will change to your new name.)

    Click the ?Erase? button again. The ?Erase? process will take just a minute to erase and reformat your new drive.
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Monstor Drive:
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Quickdrive:
  • Do I need to install any drivers for this device ?

    - Windows 2000/XP/Vista
    The Quikdrive drivers are built into the Windows 2000/XP operating system. Simply plug the device into any open USB port and the USB Mass Storage drivers should automatically install.

    - Windows 98/98SE/ME
    The drivers for the Quikdrive can be downloaded here. Download and install the appropiate chipset software driver prior to inserting the Quikdrive into an open USB port. Plug the Quikdrive into the USB port and the drivers should automatically load.


  • How do I determine which chipset I need ?

    If the drive has a transparent case then you can read the name on the second size chip. If you have the possibility to connect your device with a Windows ME/2000/XP system, then please open Safely Remove Hardware (locate the icon with a green arrow in your taskbar menu). Under the USM Mass Storage Device read the name of your Flash drive: i.e. FlashDrive SM_USB20
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