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LaCie 2big USB 3.0 

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DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON

 

Foreword

User Manual 

page 2

Copyrights

Copyright © 2010 LaCie. All rights re-
served. No part of this publication may 
be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys-
tem, or transmitted in any form or by any 
means, electronic, mechanical, photo-
copying, recording or otherwise, without 
the prior written consent of LaCie.

Trademarks

Apple, Mac, and Macintosh are regis-
tered trademarks of Apple Inc. Microsoft, 
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, 
Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 
XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 are 
registered trademarks of Microsoft Cor-
poration. Other trademarks mentioned in 
this manual are the property of their re-
spective owners.

Changes

The material in this document is for in-
formation only and subject to change 
without notice. While reasonable efforts 
have been made in the preparation of this 
document to assure its accuracy, LaCie 
assumes no liability resulting from errors 
or omissions in this document, or from the 
use of the information contained herein. 
LaCie reserves the right to make changes 
or revisions in the product design or the 
product manual without reservation and 
without obligation to notify any person of 
such revisions and changes.

Canada Compliance Statement

This Class B digital apparatus meets all 
requirements of the Canadian Interfer-
ence-Causing Equipment Regulations.

Japan Compliance Statement

This is a Class B product based on the 
standard of the Voluntary Control Coun-
cil for Interference from Information Tech-
nology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used 
near a radio or television receiver in a 
domestic environment, it may cause radio 
interference. Install and use the equip-
ment according to the instruction manual.

FCC Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the 
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the 
following conditions: 

1.  The devices may not cause harmful 

interference

2.  The devices must accept any inter-

ference received, including inter-
ference that may cause undesired 
operation.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested 
and found to comply with the limits for 
a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are 
designed to provide reasonable protec-
tion against harmful interference in a 
residential installation. This equipment 
generates, uses and can radiate radio 
frequency energy and, if not installed and 
used in accordance with the instructions, 
may cause harmful interference to radio 
communications. However, there is no 
guarantee that interference will not occur 
in a particular installation. If this equip-
ment does cause harmful interference to 
radio or television reception, which can 
be determined by turning the equipment 
off and on, the user is encouraged to try 
and correct the interference by one or 
more of the following measures:

 

Reorient or relocate the receiving 
antenna.

 

Increase the separation between 
the equipment and receiver.

 

Connect the equipment into an out-
let on a circuit different from that to 
which the receiver is connected.

 

Consult the dealer or an experi-
enced radio/TV technician for help.

Manufacturer’s Declaration 
for CE Certification

We, LaCie, solemnly declare that this 
product conforms to the following Eu-
ropean standards: Class B EN60950, 
EN55022, EN55024, EN61000-3-2: 
2000, EN61000-3-3: 2001 

With reference to the following condi-
tions: 73/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive; 
89/336/EEC EMC Directive

This symbol on the product 
or on its packaging indi-
cates that this product must 
not be disposed of with your 
other household waste. In-

stead, it is your responsibility to dispose of 
your waste equipment by handing it over 
to a designed collection point for the re-
cycling of waste electrical and electronic 
equipment. The separate collection and 
recycling of your waste equipment at the 
time of disposal will help to conserve nat-
ural resources and ensure that it is recy-
cled in a manner that protects human 
health and the environment. For more in-
formation about where you can drop off 
your waste equipment for recycling, 
please contact your local city office, your 
household waste disposal service, or the 
shop where you purchased the product.

CAUTION:

 Modifications not authorized 

by the manufacturer may void the user’s 
authority to operate this device.

CAUTION:

 A shielded-type power cord 

is required in order to meet FCC emission 
limits and also to prevent interference to 
the nearby radio and television reception. 
It is essential that only the supplied power 
cord be used.

Tested to comply with FCC 

standards for home or office 

use

LaCie 2big USB 3.0

101018v1.2

Summary of Contents for 2big USB 3.0

Page 1: ...3 1 1 1 Swapping Drive Slots in RAID 0 14 3 1 2 JBOD Just a bunch of disks 15 3 1 3 RAID 1 SAFE Data protection 16 3 1 3 1 Rebuilding the RAID 1 Mirror on a Replacement Disk 16 3 2 Changing the RAID...

Page 2: ...protec tion against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc...

Page 3: ...f lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of time Otherwise there is an in creased risk of electrical shock short circuiting or fire Use only the power supply shipped with the device...

Page 4: ...anding programs such as video editing or graphics you may choose RAID 0 FAST If data backup is important RAID 1 SAFE will keep a copy of each file on the 2big s two disks Providing greater integrity a...

Page 5: ...tes the LaCie 2big USB 3 0 must be connected to a USB 3 0 port If your computer does not have a USB 3 0 port you may add a USB 3 0 PCI Express card desktop computer or a USB 3 0 ExpressCard 34 portabl...

Page 6: ...2 SuperSpeed USB 3 0 cable compatible with USB 2 0 3 Power supply kit 4 LaCie Utilities CD ROM 5 Quick Install Guide 6 2 in 1 RAID modification and drive removal tool IMPORTANT INFO Please save your p...

Page 7: ...Front View The blue LED A on the front of the LaCie 2big USB 3 0 serves as a status indicator for the RAID and an on off button see Auto Power and Manual Shut Off for more information on the auto pow...

Page 8: ...ID selection switch CAUTION To avoid overheating the LaCie 2big USB 3 0 should be installed in a well ventilated area and in such a way as to main tain sufficient airflow across the controller chips P...

Page 9: ...peed USB 3 0 port up to 5 Gb s The cable is also backward compatible to accommodate Hi Speed USB 2 0 ports up to 480 Mb s TECHNICAL NOTE The USB 3 0 interface may require addi tional drivers to operat...

Page 10: ...3 0 Follow the steps below to power on and configure your 2big USB 3 0 2 Setting Up Your LaCie 2big USB 3 0 Step 1 2 1 Connect the Interface Cable Step 2 2 2 Turn the Drive On Step 3 3 4 Formatting an...

Page 11: ...end of the interface cable into the corresponding port USB 3 0 or USB 2 0 on your host computer 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the matching port on the 2big USB 3 0 2 1 Connect the Interface...

Page 12: ...ng push on the front LED button while the drives are powered on The 2big USB 3 0 will take more than a few seconds to switch off when using a long push as it finishes writing the last action Your LaCi...

Page 13: ...Mass Storage Device device can now be safely removed from the system It is now safe to disconnect the device Windows Vista Windows 7 Users From the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of...

Page 14: ...mbered as a reference for disk placement in the 2big USB 3 0 enclosure The match ing numbers may be found within the enclosure and on the drive trays If you swap the disks the 2big USB 3 0 RAID 0 conf...

Page 15: ...n both drives are finished before remov ing either disk Removing or adding a drive in JBOD Mode Power Off Insert or remove one or both disks as listed in 3 3 Removing and Installing Drives Power On Th...

Page 16: ...ID 1 will recognize the disk and automatically mirror the data from the active drive You may encounter difficulty rebuilding the RAID 1 mirror when inserting a replacement drive while the 2big USB 3 0...

Page 17: ...a switch inside the slot used for selecting the level of RAID Left RAID 0 FAST Center JBOD Right RAID 1 SAFE The RAID confirmation button is below the RAID selection switch a small circular slot with...

Page 18: ...ging the RAID mode See section 3 4 Formatting and Par titioning CAUTION Disk drives must be inserted correctly in the 2big USB 3 0 before changing the RAID level TECHNICAL NOTE The drive status LEDs o...

Page 19: ...The 2big USB 3 0 may stay on while removing the disk 1 The drive tray may be locked To unlock it insert the round end of the provided 2 in 1 tool into the slot on the drive lock and turn the lock unt...

Page 20: ...the grooves are vertically oriented The drives are locked when both locks are vertical TECHNICAL NOTE Data is still accessible during a RAID 1 rebuild The 2big USB 3 0 can be disconnected from the wo...

Page 21: ...s than 1MB all the way to 2TB It is the native file system of Windows 98 and Windows Me and is supported by Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 When FAT 32 is used with Windows XP Windows Vista and...

Page 22: ...not limited by block size MS DOS File System FAT 32 This is the Microsoft file system more typically known as FAT 32 Use this file system if you are going to move your LaCie hard disk drive between Ma...

Page 23: ...sions and Windows 7 32 and 64 bit versions recognize volumes greater than 2TB but the disks must be con verted to the GPT file system 1 Connect the drive to the power source and to the computer via th...

Page 24: ...drive letter or mount path Fig 20 Click Next 11 Select the file format for the disk FAT32 will only appear as an option if the partion is 32GB or less see 3 4 1 File System Formats Once FAT32 or NTFS...

Page 25: ...s Fig 22 To make a change select Back 13 Your drive s partition s should have a Healthy status in the list of drives in Disk Management Fig 23 You will also see the drive s partition s in My Computer...

Page 26: ...bit Switching from MBR to GPT or conversely from GPT to MBR is not difficult Please copy all important data to a separate disk before making the change since adjusting the partition table format is de...

Page 27: ...te volumes also known as partitions You can choose to create a single partition or many Type the size of the partition you want to create in megabytes MB For example a 100GB gigabyte parti tion is 100...

Page 28: ...tition If the parti tion size is 32GB or less the choices will include NTFS and FAT32 Once the format is selected you may check Perform a quick format which allows for a much faster format While Disk...

Page 29: ...m overcomes many of the limitations of FAT32 In addition to Win dows Vista SP1 and Windows 7 the exFAT file system can work on Windows XP SP2 with a special driver Mac OS support is question able whic...

Page 30: ...L NOTE LaCie suggests using the Mac OS Extended format since it may provide a more familiar experience to Macin tosh users CAUTION Following these steps will erase everything from the 2big USB 3 0 Bac...

Page 31: ...the volume Format pull down list Fig 35 7b select one of the following Mac formats Mac OS Extended Journaled Mac OS Extended Mac OS Extended Case sensitive Journaled Mac OS Extend ed Case sensitive o...

Page 32: ...our specific problem You can also visit the drivers pages where the most recent software updates are available If you need further assistance please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Supp...

Page 33: ...e LEDs of functional disks become solid blue when initialized RAID 1 only Rebuild Blinking blue Off All The hard drives have been idle for over 30 minutes Blinking blue and red Strong blue RAID 1 JBOD...

Page 34: ...rt your computer and try again Make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements for compatibility with the 2big USB 3 0 See section 1 1 Minimum System Requirements for more information Ch...

Page 35: ...nd that you have the following information on hand Information Where to Find Information 1 LaCie hard drive serial number Located on a sticker at the back of drive or on the original packaging 3 Macin...

Page 36: ...www lacie com ie contact LaCie Italy http www lacie com it contact Japan Elecom CO LTD http www lacie jp LaCie Korea http www lacie com kr contact LaCie Latin America http www lacie com la contact LaC...

Page 37: ...en One or two of the hard disks have been removed and re placed by any hard disk other than a drive provided by La Cie For drive removal replacement process see section 3 3 Removing and Installing Dri...

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