Mercury Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 User's Guide

User Guide &Owners Manual

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 3 - Formatting3 FORMATTING3.1 Formatting your Qx2 on a Macintosh with Mac OS XClick on the “Initialize” button.Se

Once you’ve selected the OWC device, you will notice the above change in the Disk Utility application. Click on the “Partition” tab in this picture.Yo

Choose a name for the volume. You will need to repeat this step for each volume if you selected multiple partitions. Click Apply to nish.➄➅After a fe

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 3 - Formatting3.2 Removing the GUID Partition Scheme Only for XP, 2000, ME and earlier. (XP 64-BIT, Vista & W

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 3 - Formatting3.3 Formatting your Qx2 on Windows 2000 and later Instructions for other operating systems can be f

➃ Your drive will appear similar to how Disk 1 does below. Notice that the space on the lower right reads as “Unallo-cated.” Right click in this space

➇ If you like, you can specify the drive letter designation for your new drive. Otherwise, one will automatically be assigned. Click “Next.”➈ Before y

➀➀ Once you have nished with the formatting wizard, you will see that your new drive (repre-sented as “Disk E” in this case) will display a message o

Using your new Storage Solution on both Macs and PCs?MacDrive takes the guesswork out of sharing les. Whether you are trans-ferring les between home

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 4 -Troubleshooting & Tips4 TROUBLESHOOTING & TIPS4.1 TroubleshootingSome of the most simple problems can

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Table of Contents1 INTRODUCTION1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.1.3 Supported

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 5 - Appendix5.1 FAQQ: How do I format my storage solution? A: OWC has detailed instructions online for most popul

•Read this manual and review Chapter 4: Troubleshooting & Tips.•Try to conrm the problem is with the hard drive. If you have a second computer, m

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1.1 System Requirements1.1.1 Mac Requirements•Minimum PowerPC G4 Processor, 128MB RAM•eSATA interface, Mac OS X 10.3 or later (OR)•FireWire interface,

1.4 Port ViewCable Connections:Attachment of the cables is simple on any platform.1. Plug the power input cord into the wall and to the OWC Mercury El

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 1 - Introduction1.5 RAID Conguration1.5.1 LED Indicators & Buttons1.5.2 RAID Selector Switch!When only 2 or

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 1 - Introduction1.5.3 Smart FanThe OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 utilizes a smart fan which automatically regulate

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 1 - Introduction1.6.4 Disk Mirroring with Striping (RAID 10) (also known as RAID 1+0) (4 Drives)The drives show u

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 2 - System Setup2.1 Hard Drive AssemblyThe hard drives can be installed at any position, there is no specic orde

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 Chapter 2 - System Setup2.2 Replacing Hard DrivesWhen one of the hard drives fails, the Rebuild LED will light up orange