Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION - 1 - CHAPTER 4 - NDAS SETUP - 7 - - 1 - - 7 - RIVER INSTALLATION ON A - 7 - M9-NDAS - 1 - RIVER INSTALLATION ON A - 7 - - 1 - EGISTERING A NEW DEVICE ON A ACKAGE...
Chapter 1 - Introduction Icon Key Throughout this manual you will see icons on the left margin that denote either Notes or Special Remarks as outlined below: General Notes and Tips Remarks for PC users and Microsoft Windows OS Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS The M9-NDAS The 'M9-NDAS' delivers high performance using NDAS technology for you to share your disk on the local network,...
System Requirements PC Requirements • Minimum Intel Processor II 350MHz, 64MB RAM • USB 1.1 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP • USB 2.0 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP • 100 Mbps or 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet card, or a USB-to- Ethernet converter equipped PC; Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP Mac Requirements •...
Chapter 2 - Installing the HDD 1. Lift the top cover off the body. Your unit may come with a pre-installed hard drive. Before opening the enclosure, please read the warranty and any other notes from your vendor carefully before 2.
Chapter 3 - System Set Up In NDAS mode, the ‘M9-NDAS’ is directly attached to a 100MB/s full duplex Ethernet switch. Each user on the network can use the NDAS disk as if it were a local drive. The ‘M9-NDAS’ can only be accessed from the internal LAN.
Installation on a PC using USB 2.0 To connect the device via USB 2.0 High Speed to a single computer, see following instructions: • Turn on your Computer and start Windows. If the system • Make sure the Ethernet cable is disconnected. doesn’t recognize •...
Installation on a Mac using USB 2.0 To connect the device via USB 2.0 High Speed to a single computer, see following instructions: • Turn on your computer and start Mac OS. If the system • Make sure the Ethernet cable is disconnected. doesn’t recognize •...
Chapter 4 - NDAS Setup Driver installation on a PC • Insert the driver CD and select your Operating System. Without the Write • If installation does not start automatically, browse and Key, the NDAS disk double-click on the ‘NDASSetup’ file. can only be •...
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Registering a new device on a Mac • Locate the ‘NDAS Utility’ found inside your Applications folder under Utilities and open it. • Under Management, select ‘Register a New Device’. Without the Write • Enter a name for your NDAS disk or use the default name. Key, the NDAS disk •...
Mounting and using your NDAS disk Mounting the NDAS disk on a PC • Click on the NDAS Device Management icon on the taskbar. Read & Write mode • Select your new NDAS device, which should now be listed. will be disabled if •...
Using and sharing the NDAS disk on the network Now that you have successfully installed the NDAS disk, you If the disk is can use it like any other hard drive on your system. It will connected directly behave very similarly to a standard USB disk in comparison. to the computer using USB, full You may drag and drop files into the NDAS disk, you can...
NDAS Device Management on a PC Click on the NDAS Device Management icon located on the taskbar. All registered NDAS devices will be displayed on the menu. If you want to use suspend or hibernation mode with a connected NDAS device, enable it first under Options and Advanced.
Device Status Modes Color Icon Disk Icon Mode / Meaning Read Only [Mounted (RO)] To uninstall the Green Users can only read from disk entire Device Read & Write [Mounted (RW)] Blue Management tool, Users can read and write to disk Connected first eject and White...
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Configuration: Selection to Mount and Unmount the device using either Read Only or Read & Write mode. To uninstall the NDAS Utility, first + Sign: eject all devices Register a New Device. and remove them, then insert the Management: driver CD, open the Both the above can be done using the Management menu on corresponding top of your screen.
Driver Upgrade It is recommended that all users use the same driver revision. Before upgrading the driver, please follow these guidelines: • If possible, first backup all your data. • Disable all NDAS devices. • Uninstall the present driver. • Install the new driver. •...
Chapter 5 - Formatting the HDD Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive! DO NOT format the drive when PC running Win98SE or WinME other computers MS-DOS command “fdisk” (press Enter to confirm) have the NDAS •...
PC running Win2000 or WinXP For Win2000 and Disk Management Program • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” WinXP, we • Select “Disk Management” recommend using • Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for the NTFS file format.
Mac OS Mac OS9.2 does not support creating multiple partitions on an If native Mac file external drive. To do that, you would need to purchase system is used, the additional 3 party software, connect the drive to the internal drive will only be IDE bus or upgrade to OS X.
Chapter 6 - Appendix Technical Questions For RMA and other questions, please contact your vendor or check out their online support area! Please read your warranty carefully, If you lose your device ID number, please write down the serial as this may vary number and contact your vendor.
About this Manual This manual covers all versions of the M9-NDAS. Images and descriptions may therefore slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have. When you upgrade the driver, be sure to check if there is a new manual available for download.