Where is the disk drive located &amp; where can I get an owners manual?
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The disc drive is mounted in a box below the DVD drive, accessible with the side cover removed (which breaks the warranty seal, which voids the warranty). There is room for another drive in the box. If adding another drive, you will need another SATA cable. There is a spare power cable for a SATA drive. There are 6 SATA cable sockets on the motherboard, but I don't know if it will actually support 6 drives. It definitely will support one more. Interestingly, there is an IDE controller on the motherboard, but no IDE connectors. I have found that there seems to be a problem with ASUS' implementation of the SATA system. When two drives are connected directly, copying 350 Gb of data from one to the other takes HOURS. Microsoft's Process Explorer reports disc reads and writes averaging only 7 Mb per second, which translates to just 50 Gb per hour. It took about 13 hours to copy the 350 Gb. It is faster to copy to a USB 2.0 connected drive. The same target drive, connected via USB instead of as SATA to the motherboard, copied 64 Gb in 38 minutes. Process Explorer reported read and write rates of 27 MB per second, almost four times faster than when using the drive as a SATA drive. The manual is available for download at the manufacturer's website: service.asus.com.
54431
The Toshiba website has an owner's manual you can download...too long to print out but everything you need to know is there. Just go to the NB505 forum and look at downloads. There are also very helpful forums in which you can post questions and receive answers from tech savvy people.
272772
Strange. When it came in, I found the drive as being alone and empty. I partitionned it in three separate parts for work purposes, but it's supposed to be here! You should contact MSI!
1717974
If I remember correctly it should be under the sata section and show up there
1220738
I think I got mine from Official Amazon and I got all my disks and codes. Everything worked great. If you don't get everything you can call customer service and tell them what your missing and you can return it and they'll send you a new one!!
1928505
Western digital customer service can give you a better answer. Call them: 1 (800) 275-4932. I have had my hard drive running for some time now. It arrived quick, installed easy and runs like the machine was new, only with more drive space. Highly recommend buying it from Amazon. It was much cheaper than what the local computer guy tried to sell it to me for.. Good luck
1495588
I am not sure how to retrieve it based upon my experience. You might take the computer to a store that has tech report and they might be able to find it on the hard disk. Obviously prevention is the best thing. I usually back up to an external drive and also I use Carbonite to have a copy on line.I hope that helps.DMI
2203450
Try hitting Win+X and selecting "Disk management." make sure the drive shows up on the list. You may just need to assign it a drive letter (right-click assign drive letter).
1244058
mine was new, buy the hard drive off amazon or ebay. NOT bestbuy unless you wanna get rippedoff
2242795
Sorry, I cannot help here. I have the unit stored. Have yet to install the system due to unsettled future location.
1941987
Yes I can help,I had the same problem your disk you got is junk,don't waste any more time,call Amazon to send New stuff.
534484
I thought it was on the mini disk in the box. I use the included driver on my windows 7 laptop.
2252737
Check he website. I think I saw some programs that you could download. But the drive works like any other so you can just use your OS backup software which works like a charm. It's really plug and play, no software needed.
1324106
I scanned my manual and uploaded it you can retrieve it here: http://we.tl/CaCJrj7LOI
1137667
I don't know where to get the power cord, but I can say I have never found a need to use it. Every time I have tried the drive it has worked fine with just the regular USB cord and no power cord.
1210078
Hi fellow amazon customer, i attached the the hard disk and i got no response from it. Probably the one is recieved got damaged, im in the process of returning it.
1904332
You may want to ask Winfun for a download or new copy of the manual. I would send you a copy of mine but it's gone.