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Chapter 4 - Operation
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4. Drive Volume Mounting
 If the O/S detects and recognizes a valid partition after the drive is detected, it
will mount the drive’s volume(s).
 If a known volume exists but is not mounted after the drive is properly detected, it
may be necessary to perform the following additional steps after powering ON
the drive.
a. Manually select the built-in O/S function which forces the O/S to detect new
hardware. Ex. Select Windows XP “Scan for Hardware Changes” function
located in “Device Manager”.
b. If the O/S does not mount the drive’s volume after selecting “Scan for
Hardware Changes”, reset the PC with the drive connected and powered ON.
5. SDL’s Write-Protection Properties
 The detected drive will be mounted in a write-protected environment without risk
of changing or overwriting the drive’s data. Once the drive is detected and its
volume mounted, the drive can be used as any other mounted device for
browsing, analyzing or acquiring data.
 The SDL works as a transparent device. The O/S will not display any Write-
Protect messages when attempting to delete or move data from the SDL
connected drive. Since the O/S may cache operations in the background,
selecting delete or move commands will visually indicate that the operation was
performed, but due to the SDL write-protect properties, the changes cannot be
physically written to the drive’s media. Power cycling the drive will demonstrate
that the delete or move commands had no effect.
6. Removing the SDL Drive
 The drive is powered OFF by pressing and holding down the Power Control
Button until the Power LED begins to blink. The drive can be disconnected after
the Power LED turns OFF.
Once the drive is powered OFF, the O/S will un-mount the drive’s volume and
remove the drive from its list of detected hardware.
NOTE: It would be recommended to use the O/S “Safely Remove Hardware”
function when available, prior to powering OFF the drive.
If the SDL is connected to the PC’s native SATA interface, it may be
necessary to manually select the O/S “Uninstall” function, before the
drive can be properly removed from the O/S list of detected hardware.