When the pc is first powered up what is the defalt settings of this unit? For example are all drives off or just D1 activated...
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As already stated, this is merely a bay of six on/off power switches--but it works great for me. I'm running one 500GB drive (operating system) and four 1TB drives for data (for four different purposes). I once tried using two different drives for two different operating systems but opted instead for dual-booting--merely a matter of personal preference. When I turn off a drive, I first ensure it is not reading or writing (e.g. upating a search index, etc.). When I turn on a drive, I must go to "Device Manager" and "Scan for hardware changes" to access the drive. That's no problem--it's quick and easy because the drives are for data--not operating systems. By the way, I like having four separate data drives. it simplifies separating various business and personal data and makes it easy to backup each drive quickly (and on schedule). Oh, I use the sixth switch to control a second fan when my computer begins to overheat. Dennis
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This item is just a row of 6 on-off switches. Each push button switch supplies power to one hard drive. If you have no buttons pushed in, there is no OS for the Motherboard to read at boot up. It is up to you to decide which push button switch goes to which HD (and which OS). If you have multiple push buttons "in", then you will need to tell your bios which HD to boot from.
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Everything will be as it was. The Orico push button switch is not an electronic type on-off switch. It is just an old fashion type switch, "In=circuit closed", Out=circuit open". So, you do not need to push the button again.
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It Has to re-boot, so it starts from the beginning. My 4 Gig drive stopped working after 1 week.
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i believe it is because the "on" switch is still in the "on" position. the drive stays on until it is removed from the desktop and switched off.
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no just follow instructions, put it on drive turn off pc and back on, select boot from disk
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I think the OS does it automatically. Normally the HHD is for storage and the SSD is for active access.
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I haven't noticed any "clicks". When I first boot the PC, you can definitely hear the drive power up and start to spin ,but no clicking.
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I usually unplug the HD. I also have one WD media player that the HD stays on and another WD media player (older one) that the power to the HD gpes off with the player. Different manufacturers have different peculiarities but the incrediSonic is one of my favorite. I have 3 different brands. WD's media players has 2 usb ports for 2 HD's at the same time
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Not sure if I understand the question but there is an on off switch. I have 7 external drives and they're all off unless I'm using them.
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No Power no Data. Drive is dead to the computer without power. Also if you turn another switch on after boot up, computer doesn't see it. you must pick which hard drive you want before bootup.
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I would scan the HDD for errors right after powering on. If the number of errors are high then I would return. I would then check the keyboard for sticking keys, if found then return. Then I would copy the HDD to a SSD and then pull and replace the HDD with the SSD. Expect product quality to be very low.
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The fan has a variable manual adjust speed control located on the back of the housing. There is also a power switch that deactivates the whole unit which I turn off before boot up for running backups on C: drive. I use this tower strictly for movie files and the like but it can easily serve as a backup or partial backup unit as well. I found that it is much faster in Windows 7 to backup to a different drive with the Vantec off on boot up.
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This device manages power connections only; once powered, the system will detect the drive at boot. Likewise, once the device is powered down, it'll no longer be available as an active drive. Each connected device requires an available SATA port on the motherboard. I don't recommend turning devices on/off while the system is in use, though... doing so may corrupt the data on the device or worse cause it to malfunction... Hope this helped...
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I've had mine ever since they came out early on, and Its has been turned on ever since I purchased it. Through out my years of experience, turning the hard drives off/on is more harm full than just leaving it on. I would say that my WD My Book 2TB has been on since I originally plugged it up. Do not by Seagate or Matrox. WD never gives up on me or at work. However, connect it up to a UPS black out , power strikes, and brown outs will hurt the drive worse than anything else you can allow to happen. Good Luck
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Whenever the unit gains power back it defaults to a power on state, which if memory serves right just turns on the last built in macro of the unit that you were using the last time it got powered off. Hope this helps.
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Thanks, I decided to have them just unplug it, as they only need to back it up occasionally - there is little new data from week to week.By the way, I routinely set machines to boot only from the floppy or hard disk, never from USB or CD for better security. In the unlikely event that they had to rebuild it could be dealt with at the time. In the case of this machine, it's so old they'd just replace it if it ever came to having to rebuild it. By the time a PC is 6 years old I'm holding my breath anyway.
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Yes, there must be something wrong, or a few of the disk drives are loose. I would check/reseat the disk drives with the unit powered off. If this does not fix your issue, then I would return it, or get a replacement unit.
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Install your drives top down. You may have to format them. See pages 16 thru 29 for the various flavors of windows. Power on the device. press the RAID button, on the back of the box for three seconds until the led flashes. Press it again, select the raid mode you want (the first light of the series on the front of the box ) press THE CONFIRM BUTTTON ON THE REAR PANEL OF THE BOX until the box powers down. Power the device on again and the raid mode is setup. (Read the instructions page 6 and refer to page 1 "OVERVIEW" for the front panel light/button descriptions. If this doesn't work let me know. I have for 4ea 1tb drives configured as raid 10 (Mirrored pairs). But only one drive letter on my computer. Install your drives top down. You may have to format them. See pages 16 thru 29 for the various flavors of windows. Power on the device. press the RAID button, on the back of the box for three seconds until the led flashes. Press it again, select the raid mode you want (the first light of the series on the front of the box ) press THE CONFIRM BUTTTON ON THE REAR PANEL OF THE BOX until the box powers down. Power the device on again and the raid mode is setup. (Read the instructions page 6 and refer to page 1 "OVERVIEW" for the front panel light/button descriptions. If this doesn't... » Read More Install your drives top down. You may have to format them. See pages 16 thru 29 for the various flavors of windows. Power on the device. press the RAID button, on the back of the box for three seconds until the led flashes. Press it again, select the raid mode you want (the first light of the series on the front of the box ) press THE CONFIRM BUTTTON ON THE REAR PANEL OF THE BOX until the box powers down. Power the device on again and the raid mode is setup. (Read the instructions page 6 and refer to page 1 "OVERVIEW" for the front panel light/button descriptions. If this doesn't work let me know. I have for 4ea 1tb drives configured as raid 10 (Mirrored pairs). But only one drive letter on my computer. « Show Less