Introducing the NexStar HX4R – a quad 3.5" SATA to USB 3.0 & eSATA External Hard Drive Raid Enclosure designed to keep all your hard drive safe and cool. This enclosure features a hard aluminum shell that effectively draws away the heat while an active controlled 80mm fan on top exhausts the hot air from the enclosure ensuring your hard drive is protected and cooled. Integrated with USB 3.0 & eSATA technology and supports Individual, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, & 10 Modes. transfer files to and from your computer at blazing fast speeds. Backup, transfer, copy your data quick and easily with the Vantec NexStar HX4 enclosure.
Model: NST-640S3R-BK
Device Support: SATA I/II/III Hard Drives
Device Size: 4 bay for 3.5" HDD
Internal Interface: SATA
External Interface: USB 3.0(Backwards Compatible With USB 2.0 & 1.1), eSATA
HDD Capacity: 10TB per bay click here for detail , Up To 40TB total
Power Supply: AC Adapter, Output: 12VDC, 5.42A click here for detail
Material: Aluminum & Plastic
Fan: 80 mm
Dimension: 209 x 170 x 181 mm
USB Cable Length: 914mm (36 inches)
*** Note, total power of 4 drives plus enclosure cannot exceed the ac adapter power output.
System Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Mac OS X v10.4 and greater
USB 2.0, 3.0 or eSATA Equipped System
For USB 3.0 Connection, the USB 3.0 port on the System Must Support USB 3.0 Specifications
For eSATA Connection, the eSATA port on the System Must Support eSATA Specifications
Port Multiplier may be required for eSATA depending on the configuration of the drives
What's included: NexStar HX4R Enclosure, Power Adapter, USB 3.0 Cable, eSATA Cable, User's Manual
UPC: 844767020334
EAN: 4716872101153
JMicron RAID Manager software not compatible with OS X 10.15 (Catalina) [#10222019]
The current version of JMicron RAID Manager software is 32bit. It is not compatible with OS X 10.15 (Catalina) because the OS requires all apps to be 64bit.
It is compatible with OS X 10.14 and older version.
Is Vantec USB Enclosures/Docks compatible with Windows 11/10 operating system? [#33401]
Yes, all our USB Enclosures and Docks are compatible with Windows 11/10 Operating System. Just plug into any USB port on your Windows 11/10 system and it should function just like your older OS. You do not need to update any firmware or drivers. It is plug and play.
What is the Maximum Capacity Hard Drive can I install into the enclosure or Dock and Power Requirement of the drive? [#33402]
It can vary depending on the age and type of the Enclosures.
Please READ these Limitation:
1) For 2.5" SATA drive, Maximum Capacity alone is not the only thing you have to check, the other important criteria are the thickness of the drive. If your 2.5" enclosure will only fit a drive with the thickness (or height) of 7mm drive, trying to put a 9.5mm thickness drive into the enclosure will not fit.
2) The power requirement of the drive is also very important. Most drives are designed for installing into the systems with unlimited power. If you purchase a big capacity drive with power requirements that exceed the power your USB port can provide, it will not function. This is the fault of your USB port lack of power and your power hungry drive, not the enclosure issue. The enclosure uses minimum power. Your Drive plus the enclosure MUST not exceed the power capability of your USB port.
3) Support AF or 512e drives only, do not support 4Kn drives.
Please READ these Limitation:
1) The power requirement of the drive is also very important. Most drives are designed to draw less than 13 watts per drive. The enclosure uses minimum power and the ac adapter that comes with the enclosure are designed for most standard power requirement of the drives. If you purchase drives that draw too much power (greater than 13 watts) and exceed the specifications of the enclosure ac adapter, it will not function correctly. Please check the label on the drive for the power specifications. If your drives exceeded the limitation, you may have to purchase a bigger ac adapter for your needs, please contact Vantec Support for sizing the ac adapter for your needs and to purchase optional bigger ac adapter.
2) Support AF or 512e drives only, do not support 4Kn drives.
It can vary depending on the age and type of interface of the Dock.
Docks are designed for 2.5" or 3.5" SATA drives, for current shipping docks, 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD, the capacity ranges from 100GB to 4TB, and for 3.5" SATA drive, it is 500GB to 16TB. For older Docks purchased before 2015, it may only support 2TB or less. Please write to support@vantecusa.com for further help or questions.
Please READ these Limitation:
1) The power requirement of the drive is also very important. Most drives are designed to draw less than 13 watts per drive. The dock uses minimum power and the ac adapter that comes with the dock are designed for most standard power requirement of the drives. If you purchase drives that draw too much power (greater than 13 watts) and exceed the specifications of the dock ac adapter, it will not function correctly. Please check the label on the drive for the power specifications. If your drives exceeded the limitation, you may have to purchase a bigger ac adapter for your needs, please contact Vantec Support for sizing the ac adapter for your needs and to purchase optional bigger ac adapter.
2) Support AF or 512e drives only, do not support 4Kn drives.
Where can I download Drivers for your USB Storage product? [#33409]
USB Enclosures:
All our USB enclosures do not need any drivers. It is plug and play. All our USB enclosures uses the USB client drivers that are already built in to the OS (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, OS X 10.6 or newer). As long as your computer USB Host controller drivers is install correctly and is working, when you connect our enclosures to your computer, the OS will sense the USB storage and load the correct drivers automatically for you.
USB Adapters:
USB adapter does not need any drivers. It is plug and play. It uses the USB client drivers that are already built in to the OS (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, OS X 10.6 or newer). As long as your computer USB Host controller drivers is install correctly and is working, when you connect the drive to this adapter to your computer, the OS will sense the USB storage and load the correct drivers automatically for you.
USB Docks:
All our USB docks do not need any drivers. It is plug and play. All our USB docks use the USB client drivers that are already built in to the OS (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, OS X 10.6 or newer). As long as your computer USB Host controller drivers is install correctly and is working, when you connect our docks to your computer, the OS will sense the USB storage and load the correct drivers automatically for you.
How to prepare a New Storage, Hard Drive, or SSD for use with a system? [#33406]
There are two set of instruction. One for Windows OS and another for OS X. Please use the right set of instruction for your System.
>>>>>> 1) Preparing a new hard drive for use with Windows 7/8/10 OS <<<<<<
NOTE: If you have important data on this drive, DO NOT go any further, please backup your data before you continue. These steps will erase ALL your data on the drive.
For Windows 7, hold the Windows logo key on your keyboard and press “R” (Winkey+R). This will launch the Run the utility. Type “diskmgmt.msc” inside the text box and press Enter. This will open the Windows Disk Management utility. This is where you can format, create, and delete hard drive partitions.
For Windows 8/8.1/10, hold the Windows logo key on your keyboard and press “X” (Winkey+X). This will launch a popup window and select disk management.
Usually, the Initialize Disk Wizard will appear automatically when you open Disk Management. If you have more than one blank drive that needs to be initialized it will list them. Make sure that there is a check in the box of the drive that needs to be initialized, select check MBR if your hard drive is smaller than 2TB, if it is greater than 2TB, please check GPT and then left-click on the Ok button. If the wizard does show up, go to step 5. If the wizard does not show up, please see the note and additional images directly below.
Critical: If your hard drive is greater than 2TB in capacity, you need to use check GPT(GUID Partition Table), if it is smaller, select MBR.
Note: If you do not see the Initialize Disk wizard, manually start the initialization. The drive that needs to be initialized should have a little circle with a red arrow pointing down like in the image below.
When you find it. Right-click on the red arrow and choose Initialize Disk.
There are two mode of initializing a new drive using MBR or GPT. If your hard drive is greater than 2TB, you need to use check GPT, if it is smaller, select MBR.
The drive is now initialized. The disk should have a black bar and say that it is Unallocated. You should now be able to create a partition and format the hard drive.
Now right click the unallocated space and click create a New Simple Volume shown below:
Follow the on screen wizard by clicking Next
Specify your volume size, if you are not sure use the default, and now click Next
Assign a drive letter to the drive, if you are not sure use the default and click Next
Format the partition and name the volume, if you are not sure use the default
Now click Finish and it will start formatting the drive to get it ready for use.
Once the formatting is done, your system will report the presense of a new drive with an assigned drive letter. You can begin using the storage.
>>>>>> 2) Preparing a new hard drive for use with Apple OS X <<<<<<
About Warranty, Repair process (RMA), RMA closed status, and Register product [#33410]
All our standard products comes with 1 year warranty. Some special products may have longer warranty, please check the product page for more information.
If you have questions about our product, please contact our support team for assistance. You can reach them via the contact form located in Menu "About Us", select the Region and select "Product Support". They are very helpful and can answer and assist with our products.
Here are the steps for warranty repair. You can use this link below or you can contact RMA our website main page, select Support pull down menu and pick RMA Center. In the RMA Center page select Warranty Service, "End User" to begin.
https://www.vantecusa.com/rma.php
1) Submit the online RMA request above.
2) Wait for the RMA to be approved. You will get notification of the approval via email. (Check your spam folder if it did not show within 2 hours.)
3) Follow the instruction in the RMA email. Pack well and send back the defective unit. (You pay for shipping to us)
4) We wait for the unit to arrive.
5) Once here, we replace the unit and send replacement unit back to you. (We pay for shipping to you)
6) RMA case close.
You do not need to register the product. For warranty purpose we require the invoice or proof of purchase.
You can do the following:
If you purchase it from a store and have the physical receipt, take a clear picture of the receipt, email to yourself and save it in your email warranty folder (create one if you do not have one).
If you purchase it online, you can save the invoice email to your email warranty folder.
If you purchase online, the online store may have your purchase history that may help.
With this you will have a central place for all your receipts.
All products warranty is for one year, if you do not need them any more after a year clear that email.
About Data Recovery [#04102024]
VantecUSA or VantecUSA Support do not endorse, have any affiliation, get paid, use or have contact with the companies listed in the links below. The links are provided as a service to our customer if they need the assistance of these companies services. The links are provided by some of our customers or via google search engine. VantecUSA does not use their service and is not responsible for service charges the customer may incur using their services. It is totally the customer responsible to pay for any service they request from these companies.
There is two types of problems with drives. They are hardware and/or software related problems.
If the problem is file corruption caused by file system problem, you can try using a data recovery program to scan and retrieve the data. Here is a list of data recovery software companies:
https://benchmarkreviews.com/data-recovery/best-file-recovery-for-windows/
Here are some free to try and pay to recover. Some totally free.
https://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk (absolutely free, but not very user-friendly, YouTube tutorial can help)
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Utilities.html
http://www.cleverfiles.com/disk-drill-windows.html#
http://www.glarysoft.com/glary-undelete/
http://www.pandorarecovery.com/download/
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm
https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-data-recovery.html
http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
http://www.easeus.com/mac-data-recovery-software/drw-mac-free.htm
https://www.prosofteng.com/datarescue4/ (not free)
http://www.alsoft.com/diskwarrior/ (not free)
Raw filesystem HDD error data recovery
http://www.raw-file-system.com/Default.aspx
If you need Hardware data recovery service, here is link to a company that specializes in hardware data recovery. Below info is from the Secure Data Recovery Company:
"DATA RECOVERY WHEN IT MATTERS MOST
Secure Data Recovery is the most trusted RAID, SSD, and hard drive recovery authority. Our certified data recovery specialists have resolved over 100,000 cases and saved billions of files since 2007. Even when things get tough, we have a 96% success rate when it comes to restoring lost data. Let us be your first point of contact if you are experiencing data loss and need expert recovery services.
We have the experience and expertise to deliver the solution you need. Complete with our No Data, No Recovery Fee guarantee. Anywhere, any time. Free shipping to our lab included.
The customers that click the link will receive a 10% discount with link- https://www.securedatarecovery.com/request-help?partner=96880 "
What is the rebuild speed for the HX4R, NST-640S3R-BK [#06252019]
If a drive fails and rebuilding is required, it will take 200GB/hour to rebuild. If you have a drive 1TB drive, it will take 5 hours to complete the rebuild, generally it is a good idea to run these at night where disk activity is the lowest.
Warranty replacement process [#33413]
Here are the steps when requesting for warranty replacement:
1) Start the RMA process.
We offer 1 year warranty for this product. If it is within 1 year, you can contact RMA through our website using the Online RMA link.
https://www.vantecusa.com/rma.php
After submitting, you should get an approval within 24 hours (check your spam folder, to make sure it did not end up in the spam folder)
2) After you have gotten the RMA number, follow the instruction in the approval email, the prep the unit and send it back to us (you pay for shipping back to us).
3) Once we have received the defective unit, we replace the unit and send it back. (we pay for shipping back to you).
4) You can check on the status of this process by emailing to rma@vantecusa.com for more information on the status.
Fan cover removal to replace fan for HX2, HX4, HX4R [#33427]
The Product is not work working correctly, what should I do? [#21034]
Sometime problems may occur during first installation or use, we at VantecUSA like to help you get it working to resolve the problem. We have a team of support staff that is here to help you. Please write to us first before you return the product back to the place of purchase. We are committed to help you get the product setup and working correctly. You can reach us via email at support@vantecusa.com. We will reply to you very quickly to assist you.
Best Regards,
VantecUSA Customer Service Team.