how to use the harddisk ?
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Step 1: If you haven't already done so, remove any brackets and screws from the hard drive.
Step 2: Open up the caddy: the Inateck FE2005 we're using is a tool-less model, so it's a simple case of unlocking it with the switch, sliding open the end and inserting in the hard drive. Be careful to slide the hard disk in the right way up - look inside to see the orientation of the SATA port.
Step 3: Use the included USB cable to attach the enclosure to your PC or laptop.
Step 4: Depending on what's on the disk, it may show up in Windows File Explorer and be ready to use. Because our disk was from a Windows laptop, it was formatted as NTFS and was assigned a drive letter automatically.
You can treat it like any hard drive, copying files to it, or formatting it. If you plan only to use it with Windows, you can leave it formatted as NTFS, but it's best to use exFAT if you want to connect it to other devices such as set-top boxes for video playback.
What you might not want is for the drive to show up as two disks, as ours did due to a 100MB system partition from the old Windows installation.
We'll deal with this in the next step, which also applies if your disk doesn't appear when you connect it.
Step 5: If it doesn't show up in Windows Explorer, search the Start menu for Disk Management and then look for a disk with unallocated space, or a disk without a drive letter assigned. You can then right-click on it and format it.
Step 1: If you haven't already done so, remove any brackets and screws from the hard drive.
Step 2: Open up the caddy: the Inateck FE2005 we're using is a tool-less model, so it's a simple case of unlocking it with the switch, sliding open the end and inserting in the hard drive. Be careful to slide the hard disk in the right way up - look inside to see the orientation of the SATA port.
Step 3: Use the included USB cable to attach the enclosure to your PC or laptop.
Step 4: Depending on what's on the disk, it may show up in Windows File Explorer and be ready to use. Because our disk was from a Windows laptop, it was formatted as NTFS and was assigned a drive letter automatically.
You can treat it like any hard drive, copying files to it, or formatting it. If you plan only to use it with Windows, you can leave it formatted as NTFS, but it's best to use exFAT if you want to connect it to other devices such as set-top boxes for video playback.
What you might not want is for the drive to show up as two disks, as ours did due to a 100MB system partition from the old Windows installation.
We'll deal with this in the next step, which also applies if your disk doesn't appear when you connect it.
Step 5: If it doesn't show up in Windows Explorer, search the Start menu for Disk Management and then look for a disk with unallocated space, or a disk without a drive letter assigned. You can then right-click on it and format it.
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Attach your hard drive to your computer. You'll do so using the hard drive's USB cable, which plugs into one of your computer's USB ports.
USB ports are thin, rectangular slots on your computer's housing.
USB ports are thin, rectangular slots on your computer's housing.
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