M

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USB

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GE

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RE

Use

r Man

ual

DA-

7400

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Meg

aMou

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is c

ompa

tible

with

SAT

A Ty

pe 2

.5” H

DD

. The

pr

oduc

t doe

sn’t

incl

ude

a H

DD

. Use

rs h

ave

to p

urch

ase

and

inst

all t

heir

own

2.5”

HD

D (S

ATA

for L

apto

p). D

IGIT

US

®

cann

ot ta

ke a

ny re

spon

sibi

lity

to a

ny H

DD

failu

res

and

mal

func

tion.

Use

rs w

ould

nee

d to

con

tact

the

HD

D

man

ufac

ture

rs in

rela

tion

to a

ny H

DD

mal

func

tion

and

afte

r sa

les

serv

ices

of H

DD

.

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se d

on’t

plac

e an

y m

agne

tic m

ater

ial a

roun

d M

egaM

ount

™. I

t may

dam

age

the

data

of H

DD

inst

alle

d in

M

egaM

ount

™. A

lso,

don

’t dr

op o

r cau

se a

ny h

ard

impa

ct to

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egaM

ount

™. T

he d

ata

of H

DD

in M

egaM

ount

™ c

an b

e da

mag

ed e

asily

by

mag

netic

mat

eria

l or s

trong

impa

ct. I

t is

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ays

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sabl

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k up

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rtant

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a.

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iso

imag

e fil

e of

CD

, DV

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nd B

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l CD

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t OD

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.

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ports

US

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uper

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ed d

ata

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fer

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.

Whe

n di

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nect

ing

Meg

aMou

nt™

from

PC

, ple

ase

use

‘Saf

ely

Rem

ove

Har

dwar

e’ o

f Win

dow

s. If

you

dis

conn

ect U

SB

ca

ble

durin

g da

ta tr

ansf

er, d

ata

loss

may

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ur. P

leas

e pa

y at

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ion

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Meg

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ports

US

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f Meg

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cted

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rman

ce (R

PM

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a tra

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r spe

ed o

f 7,

200R

PM

HD

D is

rath

er fa

ster

than

5,2

00R

PM

HD

D.

Eac

h pa

rt an

d fu

nctio

n

(1)

LED

Indi

cato

r lig

ht: s

how

s th

e cu

rrent

mod

e of

M

egaM

ount

™.

(2)

MO

DE

but

ton:

cha

nges

the

mod

e of

Meg

aMou

nt™

. One

pr

essi

ng c

hang

es e

ach

mod

e (H

DD

→ IS

O1 →

ISO

2 →

IS

O3)

in o

rder

.

(3)

US

B P

ort:

5 pi

n M

ini-B

type

US

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0 po

rt co

nnec

ting

to

desk

top

or

lapt

op. (

Com

patib

le w

ith U

SB

2.0

devi

ces

also

) (4

) B

ack

cove

r: S

crew

-less

type

bac

k co

ver f

or s

impl

e

HD

D in

stal

latio

n.

Spe

cific

atio

n

Mod

el N

ame

Meg

aMou

nt™

Pow

er

US

B p

ower

HD

D

2.5

inch

SAT

A I,

II, II

I HD

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SD

(M

ax 9

.5m

m th

ickn

ess

HD

D)

Inte

rface

USB

3.0

Sup

er S

peed

(Max

5G

bps)

, U

SB

2.0

com

patib

le. (

US

B3.

0 M

ax s

peed

is

ava

ilabl

e w

hen

it’s

conn

ecte

d w

ith

US

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0 ho

st d

evic

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OS

A

ll O

pera

tion

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tem

s re

cogn

izin

g U

SB

st

orag

e de

vice

Siz

e/W

eigh

t (W

) 78m

m x

(H) 1

35m

m x

(D) 1

6mm

/ 68

g(w

/o H

DD

) P

acka

ge

cont

ents

M

egaM

ount

™, U

SB

3.0

cabl

e, p

orta

ble

pouc

h, M

anua

l

HD

D In

stal

latio

n (1

) O

pen

the

back

cov

er b

y pu

shin

g do

wn

slig

htly

acc

ordi

ng

to th

e ar

row

dire

ctio

n.

(2)

Inst

all a

2.5

” SAT

A H

DD

as

belo

w p

ictu

re.

(3)

Clo

se th

e ba

ck p

anel

by

push

ing

up a

ccor

ding

to th

e ar

row

di

rect

ion.

Meg

aMou

nt™

sup

ports

scr

ew-le

ss H

DD

in

stal

latio

n.

(4)

Con

nect

Meg

aMou

nt™

and

you

r Des

ktop

or L

apto

p w

ith

the

offic

ial U

SB

3.0

cabl

e in

the

pack

age.

It’s

als

o co

mpa

tible

with

US

B2.

0, b

ut in

that

cas

e, th

e da

ta tr

ansf

er

spee

d is

dra

mat

ical

ly s

low

ed d

own

and

it m

ay n

ot s

uppl

y en

ough

pow

er. T

he in

suffi

cien

t pow

er s

uppl

y ca

n ca

use

mal

func

tion

to M

egaM

ount

™.

Usa

ge o

f Virt

ual O

DD

(5)

Inst

all H

DD

in M

egaM

ount

™ a

nd c

onne

ct to

PC

with

U

SB

3.0

cabl

e.

(6)

Che

ck th

e fil

e sy

stem

of H

DD

(Onl

y N

TFS

ava

ilabl

e)

(7)

Cre

ate

each

fold

er (_

iso1

, _is

o2, _

iso3

) on

the

root

of

in

tern

al H

DD

. (8

) C

opy

and

mov

e yo

ur fa

vorit

e IS

O fi

le in

eac

h fo

lder

. (9

) O

ther

s ar

e sa

me

with

the

usag

e of

nor

mal

ext

erna

l HD

D.

Fold

er n

ames

whi

ch in

clud

e ‘is

o’ fi

le s

houl

d be

‘_is

o1,

_iso

2, _

iso3

’. D

on’t

forg

et to

loca

te th

e un

der-b

ar “_

” in

from

of e

ach

fold

er n

ame.

(Cap

ital o

r sm

all)

Ex)

‘_iS

O1’

= ‘_

ISO

1’ =

‘_is

o1’

In c

ase

ther

e’s

no is

o fil

e in

ISO

fold

er, b

lue

LED

nex

t to

the

fold

er n

ame

blin

ks a

nd m

ove

to n

ext I

SO

fold

er

auto

mat

ical

ly.

In c

ase

ISO

fold

er in

clud

es 2

mor

e is

o fil

es o

n it,

it

reco

gniz

es o

nly

first

ISO

file

aut

omat

ical

ly a

ccor

ding

to

the

sorti

ng o

rder

(Num

ber >

Alp

habe

t > S

ymbo

l)

Cau

tion:

Fo

r the

per

fect

virt

ual C

D fe

atur

e, M

egaM

ount

™

supp

orts

onl

y N

TFS

file

syst

em. D

efau

lt fil

e sy

stem

of

mos

t HD

Ds

is N

TFS

. If y

our H

DD

has

oth

er fi

le s

yste

m,

plea

se c

hang

e it

into

NTF

S fil

e sy

stem

via

the

proc

ess

of

HD

D In

itial

izat

ion.

Pre

caut

ions

bef

ore

use

Ple

ase

read

the

follo

win

g in

stru

ctio

ns c

aref

ully

bef

ore

usin

g.

US

E a

s an

ext

erna

l HD

D.

Meg

aMou

nt™

can

be

used

as

a no

rmal

USB

3.0

exte

rnal

HD

D.

Pre

ss ‘M

OD

E’ b

utto

n on

the

front

pan

el o

f Meg

aMou

nt™

and

m

ove

to ‘H

DD

’ (LE

D n

ext t

o

HD

D tu

rns

on).

Safe

HD

D C

onne

ctio

n / D

isco

nnec

tion

Abr

uptly

rem

ovin

g st

orag

e de

vice

s or

ext

erna

l har

dwar

e fro

m

your

PC

can

dam

age

to th

e de

vice

and

resu

lt in

loss

of d

ata.

S

o, it

’s re

com

men

ded

to g

et in

the

habi

t of s

afel

y re

mov

ing

your

ext

erna

l har

dwar

e vi

a “S

afel

y R

emov

e H

ardw

are”

of y

our

PC

.

HD

D In

itial

izat

ion

HD

D in

Meg

aMou

nt™

sho

uld

be in

itial

ized

, par

titio

ned

and

form

atte

d fir

st fo

r com

mon

usa

ge (R

eadi

ng a

nd w

ritin

g) v

ia

your

OS

. Bel

ow in

stru

ctio

ns a

re fo

r Win

dow

s 7.

(Win

dow

s X

P an

d Vi

sta

are

also

sim

ilar –

Ref

er to

bel

ow in

stru

ctio

n!)

(1)

Sel

ect [

Con

trol P

anel

] → [A

dmin

istra

tive

Tool

s], t

hen

open

up

[Com

pute

r Man

agem

ent],

then

go

to [D

isk

Man

agem

ent]

(2

) Yo

ur P

C c

an’t

reco

gniz

e th

e H

DD

inst

alle

d in

M

egaM

ount

™ b

ecau

se it

’s in

itial

ized

onl

y by

Sof

twar

e.

(3)

Rig

ht-c

lick

on th

e ex

tern

al h

ard

driv

e an

d se

lect

[Ini

tializ

e D

isk]

to b

egin

the

parti

tioni

ng a

nd fo

rmat

ting

proc

ess.

(4)

Sel

ect “

MB

R” i

n th

e m

enu

of [I

nitia

lize

Dis

k] a

nd p

ress

“OK

”

(5)

[Initi

aliz

e D

isk]

is c

ompl

eted

, the

n th

e H

ard

Dis

k di

spla

ys

“Onl

ine”

.

(6)

Now

, you

can

beg

in th

e pa

rtitio

ning

and

form

attin

g pr

oces

s on

the

Har

d D

isk.

Rig

ht-c

lick

on th

e dr

iver

’s s

pace

det

ails

(b

elow

pic

ture

) and

sel

ect “

New

Sim

ple

Volu

me…

” or “

New

P

artit

ion.

..”.

(7)

“New

Sim

ple

Volu

me

Wiz

ard”

com

es u

p gi

ving

you

som

e se

lect

ions

abo

ut th

e ne

w p

artit

ion.

In th

e fir

st ta

b se

lect

the

parti

tion

type

. The

usu

al is

prim

ary.

Clic

k ‘N

ext’

and

set t

he

parti

tion

size

. Set

the

max

siz

e if

you

wan

t all

the

spac

e to

be

allo

cate

d to

a s

ingl

e pa

rtitio

n or

sm

alle

r siz

e if

you

wan

t to

cre

ate

mor

e pa

rtitio

ns.

Q &

A

(1)

Is it

pos

sibl

e to

inst

all O

S v

ia M

egaM

ount

™?

► Y

es, f

irst c

opy

and

mov

e th

e O

S fi

le (i

so) t

o on

e of

ISO

fo

lder

s (_

iso1

, _is

o2 o

r _is

o3).

Then

, pre

ss ‘M

OD

E’

butto

n on

Meg

aMou

nt™

and

loca

te it

to th

e IS

O fo

lder

w

hich

incl

ude

OS

(iso

) file

and

then

, rem

ove

Meg

aMou

nt™

saf

ely

via

‘Saf

ely

Rem

ove

Har

dwar

e”.

Con

nect

Meg

aMou

nt™

to P

C a

nd tu

rn o

n P

C. S

elec

t ‘IS

O M

egaM

ount

™ C

DR

OM

’ dev

ice

in th

e se

lect

ion

wid

ow o

f ‘C

MO

S B

IOS

’ or ‘

Boo

t Dev

ice’

.(Acc

ordi

ng to

C

MO

S ty

pe, i

t may

sho

w ‘U

SB

CD

-RO

M’ a

s de

vice

na

me)

.

(2)

Is th

ere

any

limita

tion

on 2

.5” H

DD

Cap

acity

?

► T

here

’s n

o lim

itatio

n on

2.5

” HD

D c

apac

ity, b

ut th

ere’

s a

limit

on th

e de

pth

of 2

.5” H

DD

. Meg

aMou

nt™

can

in

stal

l and

use

sta

ndar

d 9.

5mm

dep

th (t

hick

) 2.5

” HD

D

only.

In c

ase

of 1

2.5m

m th

ick

HD

D, i

t can

’t be

inst

alle

d an

d us

ed.

(3)

How

to p

lay

and

wat

ch D

VD

/Blu

-ray

title

?

► C

opy

and

mov

e D

VD

/BD

iso

file

(you

wan

t to

wat

ch) t

o on

e of

ISO

fold

ers(

_iso

1, _

iso2

or _

iso3

). Th

en, p

ress

‘M

OD

E’ b

utto

n an

d lo

cate

to th

e IS

O fo

lder

whi

ch

incl

udes

DV

D/B

D is

o fil

e. R

un ‘M

edia

Pla

yer’

prog

ram

lik

e P

ower

DV

D a

nd p

lay

it.

(4)

If ‘_

iso1

’ and

‘_is

o3’ i

nclu

des

iso

file

on th

em, b

ut th

ere’

s

no is

o fil

e in

‘_is

o2’ f

olde

r? W

hat h

appe

n?

► I

f the

re’s

no

iso

file

in IS

O fo

lder

(_is

o1, _

iso2

, _is

o3),

blue

LE

D n

ext t

o th

e fo

lder

nam

e bl

inks

and

mov

e to

ne

xt IS

O fo

lder

aut

omat

ical

ly. If

ther

e’s

no is

o fil

e on

ea

ch IS

O fo

lder

s, M

egaM

ount

™ m

oves

and

turn

s ba

ck

to ‘H

DD

’ mod

e.

(5)

I cop

y an

d m

ove

an is

o fil

e in

‘_is

o’ fo

lder

und

er e

xter

nal

HD

D m

ode,

but

, it d

oesn

’t re

cogn

ize

ISO

fold

er a

nd IS

O

mod

e, e

ven

thou

gh I

chan

ge th

e m

odes

by

pres

sing

‘Mod

e’

butto

n on

the

front

. Wha

t sho

uld

I do?

► T

o so

lve

this

kin

d of

reco

gniti

on is

sues

, the

bes

t way

is

to d

o U

n-m

ount

/Mou

nt p

roce

ss o

f Meg

aMou

nt™

. P

leas

e di

scon

nect

and

con

nect

Meg

aMou

nt™

to P

C.

(6)

I trie

d, b

ut I

can’

t cha

nge

the

‘Mod

e’ (H

DD

->iS

O1-

.iSO

2->i

SO

3) e

ven

thou

gh p

ress

ing

‘MO

DE

’ but

ton.

W

hat s

houl

d I d

o?

► Y

ou n

eed

to c

heck

you

r HD

D in

Meg

aMou

nt™

for

erro

rs. P

leas

e do

“Dis

k-ch

eck’

in e

xter

nal H

DD

mod

e an

d fix

the

disk

erro

rs. T

hen,

try

it ag

ain.

Cau

tion:

In

cas

e ov

er 2

TB c

apac

ity H

DD

, ple

ase

sele

ct ‘G

PT’

to u

se

all c

apac

ity.

Cau

tion:

Plea

se b

e ca

refu

l not

to in

itial

ize

the

used

or e

xist

ing

HD

D

whi

ch in

clud

es a

ny v

alua

ble

DAT

A on

it.

Acc

ordi

ng t

o th

e fa

ctor

y de

faul

t of

HD

D (

man

ufac

ture

r),

som

e H

DD

can

be

used

in M

egaM

ount

™ d

irect

ly w

ithou

t th

is p

roce

ss o

f HD

D in

itial

izat

ion.

If us

ers

dele

te o

r da

mag

e is

o fil

e in

the

IS

O f

olde

rs,

virtu

al C

D f

unct

ion

of M

egaM

ount

™ d

oesn

’t w

ork.

So,

be

car

eful

ly n

ot to

del

ete

iso

file

on e

ach

ISO

fold

er.