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OWC MERCURY ON-THE-GO PRO
SYSTEM SETUP
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SYSTEM SETUP
2.1 QUICK START
Before your Mercury On-The-Go Pro can be put to use, it needs to be formatted. To help
with the formatting process, the OWC Drive Guide formatting utility has been installed
on your Mercury On-The-Go Pro. Follow these steps to use the OWC Drive Guide to for-
mat your Mercury On-The-Go Pro for Mac OS X (10.4 and later) or Windows (XP and later).
1. Connect your drive to your computer using the proper cable, then turn on your drive.
If you prefer to use a different formatting utility, do so at this time and skip the rest of
these instructions.
2. Your drive will show up as “OWC HD”. Open your drive to view its contents.
3. Open the “Macintosh Setup” or “Windows Setup” folder, depending on the computer’s
operating system, then double-click the OWC Drive Guide application.
4. Follow the simple on-screen instructions to complete the formatting process.
5. Once the formatting is finished the drive is ready to use.
2.2 FUNCTIONALITY NOTES
•The Mercury On-The-Go Pro is designed to receive all needed power through the USB
or FireWire cable, therefore a separate power adapter is not necessary and not included.
For the few situations in which external power may be necessary, an optional 5V power
adapter is available at: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MOTGPWR/
•If the Mercury On-The-Go Pro is daisy-chained off of another FireWire device instead of
being connected directly to a computer, you must use the optional 5V power adapter.
Attempting to bus-power the Mercury On-The-Go Pro using the FireWire port of an-
other device could cause damage to one or both devices and should not be attempted.
•Even when the optional 5V power adapter is not connected, the on/off switch must be
in the ‘on’ position in order to use the Mercury On-The-Go Pro.
•Only one interface (USB or FireWire) at a time can be used.
•For the safe removal of your drive and to assure that no data is lost, always eject or un-
mount the drive from your operating system before powering off.