Quickstart installation guide windows & mac thank you for choosing fantom drives! Your fantom drives datadock ii has been built to the highest standard of quality and workmanship, is compatible with all usb, firewire400, firewire 800, or esata capable apple macintosh computers running macos 10.3 (or...
Contents introduction ............................................................ 3 system requirements ............................................. 3 parts & accessories list .......................................... 4 precautions............................................................. 4 fa...
3 introduction welcome, and thank you for purchasing datadock ii esata+usb high capacity hard disk from fantom drives. In photos and illustrations in this guide, the following alert symbols are used in this guide: this signifies important information for all users. This signifies important infor- ma...
4 parts & accessories list the package contains the following items: • fantom drives datadock ii hard disk • quick start installation guide • firewire 400 cable • firewire 800 cable • esata cable • usb cable • disk stand • ac adapter if you are missing any items listed above, please fill out the cus...
5 fantom drives datadock ii hard disk at a glance ac adapter port vent (do not block) usb 2.0 port esata port security lock slot power switch firewire 800 ports firewire 400 port power/rebuild status light (blue) activity status light (red) removable disk modules disk module latches top disk fault b...
6 indicator lights the datadock ii provide information on its operation through the indicator lights. There are two disk fault lights (one for each disk) along with rebuild status light. Each module has a "power/rebuild status light" (blue) and a "activity status light" (red.) the following is a des...
7 setting the raid operation mode the datadock ii is preconfigured from the factory for mirrored operation (raid 1.) if you wish to reconfigure it for a different operation mode, please follow the instructions below. You can configure your datadock ii to use different raid modes to map the physical ...
8 raid modes raid 1 the raid 1 storage policy stores all data in duplicate on each drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure, and is the default configuration of the datadock ii. One drive mirrors the other at all times, which means every write operation goes to both drives. Raid 1 pr...
9 raid 0 the raid 0 (striping) storage policy presents the best data speed by using both disks in parallel. Hard drive data segments are written to different disks simultaneously which increases performance, but at an increased fault sensitivity (two drive's worth of data may be lost at a single dis...
10 formatting your drive your datadock ii comes preformatted at the factory with the fat32 file system, which will mount on most modern operating systems. Fat32 has some limitations, and we recommend you reformat the volume to a file system format more compatible with your particular computer and op...
11 formatting the drive in windows 2000/xp/2003/vista 1. Open the disk management console, located at \windows\ system32\diskmgmt.Msc on your system drive. A list of the attached drives and their respective volumes will appear. Select the fantom drives datadock ii disk. 2. Right-click on a datadock ...
12 optimizing windows caching algorithm by default, windows xp optimizes caching for performance on external drives. Vista optimizes caching for quick removal. As a result, windows xp appears to have faster access to external disks but at a greater risk of data corruption and loss. To change windows...
13 how to safely dismount and turn off the drive with the computer running mac users drag the icon for the external hard drive to the trash. The drive will dismount and you can then safely turn if off. You may then unplug the power cord and data cable if you want to disconnect the drive. Pc users 1....
14 troubleshooting general questions q: i bought a 500gb drive, but my computer is showing 465gb. Where is the missing capacity? A: hard drive manufacturers market drives in terms of decimal (base 10) capacity. In decimal notation, one megabyte (mb) is equal to 1,000,000 bytes, and one gigabyte (gb)...
15 q: can i leave my datadock ii on all the time, or should i turn it off when not in use? A: the datadock ii is meant to be left on, but does not add any limitations on being turned off. Drive reliability is definitely affected by repeated power cycles, and the datadock ii cannot alleviate this. In...
16 faqs for pc users: q: my computer does not recognize the drive. A: make sure all of your connections are secure. If you connecting the disk to an add-on card, make sure it is working properly and/or update the driver. Also, make sure you have all the latest updates for your windows installation q...
17 q: i do not see my drive listed in the my computer window, but it does appear in the device manager list. A: right-click on my computer. Select manage in the pop-up menu. In the computer management window and navigate to storage -> disk management. In the disk management window, you should see a ...
18 18 one year limited warranty fantom drives warrants this product (the “product”) against defects in material or workmanship as follows: 1. Labor: for a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase from fantom drives or its authorized relseller, fantom drives will repair defective pro...
19 19 this limited warranty does not cover: (1) any consumables (such as batteries) supplied with this product; cosmetic damages; damage or loss to any software programs, data or removable storage media; or damage due to the product such as but not limited to excessive heat or humidity, or modificat...
1-26-2009 dd2qm rev 1 the material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, fantom drives and fantom drives assume no liability resulting from errors or omissi...
