LaCie 301200U User Manual Download

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LaCie Big Disk

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LaCie Big Disk

Vertical stand kit

Power supply kit

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable

FireWire 400 6-to-6-pin cable

FireWire 800 9-to-9-pin cable

LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM

(includes User Manual)
LaCie Shortcut Button CD-ROM

Quick Install Guide

Your LaCie Big Disk box should contain the follow-

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Your LaCie Big Disk

LaCie User Manuals

LaCie ‘1-Click’ Backup Software (Windows XP/2000, Mac OS X)

Silverkeeper backup software (Mac OS 9 & OS X)

Silverlining Pro Utilities (Mac OS 9)

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Launch any application with one easy push

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EMC® Retrospect® Express HD 2.0 with Shortcut Button

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Summary of Contents for 301200U

Page 1: ...LaCie d2 Big Disk Extreme Hard Drive user manual manuel utilisateur guída utente handbuch 用户手册 manual de instrucciones gebruikershandleiding ユーザーマニュアル 용자 설명서 USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 ...

Page 2: ...onnecting the Power Supply 14 3 2 a Connecting the USB Cable 15 3 2 b Connecting the FireWire 400 Cable 16 3 2 c Connecting the FireWire 800 Cable 17 3 3 Connecting Multiple Devices 18 3 4 Disconnecting Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme 19 3 5 Switching Interfaces 19 3 6 LaCie Shortcut Button 20 4 Helpful Information 28 4 1 Formatting and Partitioning 29 4 2 Interface Comparisons 32 5 FireWire Questions...

Page 3: ...uding 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 pur suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency en ergy and if not instal...

Page 4: ...hey may spill into its openings Doing so increas es the risk of electrical shock short circuiting fire or personal injury Make sure that the computer and LaCie Big Disk Extreme are elec trically grounded If the devices are not grounded there is an increased risk of electrical shock Power re quirements 100 240 V 1 5 A 60 50 Hz Supply voltage fluctuations not exceeding 10 of the nominal transient ov...

Page 5: ... It is essential that only the supplied power cord be used Important Info Any loss corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data To help prevent the loss of your data LaCie highly recommends that you keep TWO copies of your data one copy on your ext...

Page 6: ...onments the LaCie Big Disk Extreme can be stood vertically on the LaCie Drive Stand included placed in the LaCie Desk Rack sold separately or incorpo rated into standard 19 computer equipment racks with the LaCie Rackmount Kit sold separately 1 Introduction to the LaCie Big Disk Extreme Introduction Your Big Disk Extreme Hard Drive Capabilities Hi Speed USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 inter face...

Page 7: ...ost drives do not require a fan Only the largest capacity drives may need a fan To find out if your drive includes a fan please refer to the item number and product datasheet Some models of the Big Disk Extreme have a thermo regulated smart fan which activates when the heat inside the casing reaches a certain temperature The smart fan adjusts automatically to changes in tem perature Upright Stack ...

Page 8: ...re 800 FireWire 400 or USB 2 0 port Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Vista 500MHz processor or higher Minimum 128MB RAM 512MB recommended FireWire 800 FireWire 400 or USB 2 0 port Mac OS 10 2 8 or later G4 G5 Intel 500MHz processor or higher Minimum 128MB RAM 512MB recommended Important Info The LaCie Big Disk Extreme is compatible with the Intel Core pro cessors ...

Page 9: ... Software Windows XP 2000 Mac OS X Silverkeeper backup software Mac OS 9 OS X Silverlining Pro Utilities Mac OS 9 2 0 0 7 L a C i e A l l r i g h t s reserved LaCie and the LaCie logo are trademarks of LaCie which may be registered in som e j u r i s d i c t i o n s 7 1 1 2 6 8 d2 Storage Utilities version 1 4 6 Windows and Mac OS compatible 7 Quick Install Guide d2 big disk extreme USB 2 0 FireWi...

Page 10: ...with Activity LED Push the Shortcut Button to launch the docu ment or application of your choice see section 3 6 LaCie Shortcut Button for more informa tion The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on and blinks to indicate drive activity Front View 1 Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme 1 ...

Page 11: ... save mode The Big Disk Extreme will then take several seconds to spin up to full power 4 Hi Speed USB 2 0 Port This is where you plug in the Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable furnished with the drive See page 15 Connecting the Interface Cable for more information 5 FireWire 800 Ports This is where you plug in the FireWire 800 cable furnished with the drive See page 17 Connecting the Interface Cable for more...

Page 12: ... the FireWire 800 port at FireWire 400 speed FireWire 400 FireWire 800 Benefits Hot pluggable devices can be added and re moved while the bus is active Isochronous data delivery no dropped frames FireWire supports real time data delivery Flexible up to 63 devices can be connected on a single bus FireWire Icons Thesesicons willhelpyoueasily identifytheFireWire interface They appear on FireWire cabl...

Page 13: ... Hi Speed USB 2 0 works with the original USB specifications Hot swappable no need to shut down or restart your computer when adding or removing de vices USB 2 0 icon USB 1 1 icon USB Icons These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces They appear on USB cables and next to the USB port connectors on certain computers USB 2 0 Cables Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi Speed USB 2 0...

Page 14: ...n necting multiple devices and special steps that need to be followed when disconnecting the drive or switching between the different interfaces Installing Your LaCie Hard Drive Step 1 Connecting the Power Supply Page 14 Step 2 Connecting the USB Cable Page 15 Connecting the FireWire 400 Cable Page 16 Connecting the FireWire 800 Cable Page 17 Connecting Multiple Devices Page 18 CAUTION Your LaCie ...

Page 15: ...cable or power supply may cause damage to the device and void your war ranty Always remove the AC adapter before transport ing your LaCie drive Failure to remove the adapt er may result in damage to your drive and will void your warranty Technical note On Off Auto Power Switch The AUTO position allows the drive to be pow ered on and off automatically with your computer works with USB and FireWire ...

Page 16: ...t on your computer B 1 2 3 off auto on FW4OO USB 2 O FW8OO FW8OO 4 Windows Users You must format the drive before it will mount in your My Computer folder See page 29 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme for more details Mac Users The drive is pre formatted for Mac use and should appear on your desktop Technical note To achieve Hi Speed USB 2 0 transfer rates you have to be conn...

Page 17: ...le to an available FireWire 400 port on your computer B 1 2 3 off auto on FW4OO USB 2 O FW8OO FW8OO A B Technical note For more information on FireWire connections see the following pages Page 11 Cables and Connectors Page 33 FireWire Questions Answers Technical note For information on daisy chaining using the FireWire interface see page 18 Connecting Multiple Devices 4 Windows Users You must form...

Page 18: ...le to an available FireWire 800 port on your computer B 1 2 3 off auto on FW4OO USB 2 O FW8OO FW8OO A B Technical note For information on daisy chaining using the FireWire interface see page 18 Connecting Multiple Devices 4 Windows Users You must format the drive before it will mount in your My Computer folder See page 29 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme for more details Mac...

Page 19: ...ire 400 or 800 cable into an available FireWire 400 or 800 port on your FireWire peripheral b Attach the other end of the FireWire 400 or 800 cable to an available FireWire 400 or 800 port on the LaCie Big Disk Extreme C 3 The digital camera should now appear under My Computer Windows users or on the desktop Mac users off auto on FW4OO USB 2 O FW8OO FW8OO A B Important Info You can not have the Fi...

Page 20: ...hen given this message Safe to Remove Hardware or similar It is now safe to disconnect the device 1 2 3 Mac Users Drag the hard drive icon to the trash When the icon disappears from the desktop the drive can be disconnected 1 2 3 5 Switching Interfaces FireWire and USB external devices feature plug play connectivity which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer i...

Page 21: ...d drive to your computer via USB or FireWire 3 6 1 Software Installation To install LaCie Shortcut Button and EMC Retrospect Express Insert the installation CD into your computer s CD ROM drive Double click the CD icon Follow the on screen instructions 1 2 3 Technical note EMC Retrospect Ex press and LaCie Shorcut Button must be unin stalled separately Uninstalling EMC Retrospect Express does not ...

Page 22: ...pens See Fig 3 6 2 A Mac and 3 6 2 B Windows 1 2 Fig 3 6 2 A Important Info Pushing the button launches setup only once After setup pushing the button will launch the action you specify in setup Mac Interface Fig 3 6 2 B Windows Interface Drive List Displays all compatible LaCie drives currently connected to your computer Settings and Information Displays and modi fies LaCie Shortcut Button prefer...

Page 23: ...t To use a custom action click the Please choose a custom action radio button See B in Fig 3 6 2 C and 3 6 2 D Click the Choose button and navigate to the ap plication document or script you want to launch with the Button Click Open A new icon and name are displayed for the selected application document or script Click Apply Click OK 3 4 5 6 Set up EMC Retrospect Express Set up a Custom Action Sel...

Page 24: ...tion 3 6 2 beginning with step 3 of the type of action you want to activate Fig 3 6 3 A Mac Users Windows Users To change the action assigned to a Button open LaCie Shortcut Button by clicking on the LaCie Short cut Button icon in the Control Panel Start Settings Control Panel See Fig 3 6 3 B Select the Settings tab and follow the instructions in section 3 6 2 beginning with step 3 of the type of ...

Page 25: ... See A in Fig 3 6 4 A Mac and 3 6 4 B Windows If no drives can be detected on the USB or FireWire bus the list will display No drives connected See B in Fig 3 6 4 A Mac and 3 6 4 B Windows Check your drive s connections and make sure it is turned on If the problem persists see section 4 Troubleshooting Fig 3 6 4 B Fig 3 6 4 A 3 6 4 Drive Detection LaCie Shortcut Button ...

Page 26: ...n the system tray displays a connection message when a button enabled LaCie drive is connected or disconnected from the computer See Fig 3 6 4 C To remove the LaCie Shortcut Button icon from the system tray uncheck the Show in system tray check box on the LaCie Shortcut Button main window See Fig 3 6 4 D Fig 3 6 4 D LaCie Shortcut Button ...

Page 27: ...d in the drive list Items on the Information tab are not editable See Fig 3 6 5 A Mac and 3 6 5 B Windows Fig 3 6 5 A The software version number of the LaCie Shortcut Button is displayed below the drive list To search for new updates go to www lacie com support Fig 3 6 6 Fig 3 6 5 B 3 6 5 Information 3 6 6 Updates LaCie Shortcut Button ...

Page 28: ...ript in its new location or return it to its original location Problem Solution Drive is connected but No drives connected message appears in the drive list Check both ends of the FireWire or USB cable to make sure they are fully seated in their respective ports Try disconnecting the cables waiting 10 seconds and then reconnecting them If the drive is still not recognized restart your computer and...

Page 29: ...on of the hard drive s storage capacity that is created to contain files and data For instance you could create three partitions on your drive one partition for your Office documents one for your backup and one for your multimedia files v 4 Helpful Information Technical note FAT 32 is recommended for sharing a hard drive with Windows 2000 Win dows XP and Windows Vista and Mac OS users However keep...

Page 30: ...ista consists of two steps 1 installing a signature on the drive and 2 formatting the drive These steps will erase anything that is on the disk Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port Right click My Computer and click Manage From the Computer Management window select Disk Management located below the Storage group If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appears click Canc...

Page 31: ...ster format however this will disallow Disk Manage ment to check the drive for errors recommended Click Next Important Info Please refer to page 28 Helpful Information for a more detailed compari son of the various file system formats Disk management utility Disk management utility drive ready for use 13 Click Finish to begin the format process 14 Your drive is ready for use and should now appear ...

Page 32: ... Mac OS Extended Mac OS Standard or UNIX File Sys tem and the volume size Once you have finalized the volume format number of partitions size and options click OK The follow ing message will appear Warning Saving the new volume will erase all existing volumes This can NOT be undone Are you sure you want to do that Click Partition to continue Mac OS 10 x will automatically setup the disk with the p...

Page 33: ...and a FireWire port you will get noticeably better perfor mance by using the FireWire connection Compared to Hi Speed USB 2 0 FireWire has higher sustained data transfer rates a feature especially important for audio and video editors Also Hi Speed USB 2 0 will not allow you to daisy chain multiple hard drives to your computer Computer With only USB 1 1 Ports If your computer is only equipped with...

Page 34: ...re is no danger of inaccurately ordered or delayed frames What Is The Difference Between FireWire 400 And FireWire 800 Essentially the main difference between the two in terfaces is speed FireWire 800 effectively doubles the bandwidth of the original FireWire 400 interface The new FireWire 800 interface offers truly impressive re sults with speeds up to 800Mb s for a single bus and even greater fo...

Page 35: ...kwards compatible meaning that FireWire 800 devices will still operate via the original FireWire 400 port However to connect a FireWire 800 device to a FireWire 400 port a specific adapter cable must be used Two types of FireWire 400 ports exist 6 pin and 4 pin For FireWire 800 devices to work they must be connected by placing the 9 pin end of the FireWire cable into the FireWire 800 port of the d...

Page 36: ... standard Hi Speed USB 2 0 provides the neces sary fast data transfer rates that today s devices require and combines the earlier specifications so older devices that operated under the original USB standards will still work with Hi Speed USB 2 0 Will USB Devices Run Faster When Con nected To A Hi Speed USB 2 0 Bus Unfortunately no The Hi Speed USB 2 0 specifica tion is specifically written to all...

Page 37: ...wards compatible so you will be able to connect USB devices to Hi Speed USB 2 0 hubs however the USB devices will still maintain their normal performance levels i e 12 Mb s In order to achieve the fast data transfer rates of Hi Speed USB 2 0 you must connect your Hi Speed USB 2 0 device directly to a Hi Speed USB 2 0 port on ei ther a computer or hub For more information about the USB interface pl...

Page 38: ...r the most current version available 7 Troubleshooting Problem Question Answer The drive is not recog nized by the computer Does an icon for the drive appear on the desktop There should be an icon for the LaCie drive on the desktop If the drive does not appear follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem Does your computer s configuration meet the minimum system require ments...

Page 39: ...ing And Partitioning Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme and 28 Helpful Information for more information Error messages under Mac OS 10 x Did you get an Error 50 message while copying to a FAT 32 volume When copying files or folders from Mac OS 10 x to a FAT 32 vol ume certain characters cannot be copied These characters include but are not limited to Check your files and folders to ensure that these type...

Page 40: ...nt capacities and only the highest capacities feature a drive fan Problem Question Answer The drive is not recog nized by the computer Has the drive been formatted Make sure that the drive has been formatted properly Please see pages 29 Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Big Disk Ex treme and 28 Helpful Information for details Does your computer s operating system support the file system Check...

Page 41: ... connected to your computer turning the computer on will automatically turn the drive on Likewise turning the computer off will automatically turn the drive off If you wish to power off the drive while it is connected to your computer first make sure that your computer is not accessing the drive and then follow the steps page 19 Disconnecting Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme After you have disconnected...

Page 42: ...evice have been installed correctly If in doubt un install the drivers and re install them Does your computer or operating system support Hi Speed USB 2 0 See page 7 Minimum System Requirements Are you using a certified Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable to connect your drive Ensure that the cable you are using has been properly certified The Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable that was shipped with your LaCie drive has b...

Page 43: ...ontact Technical Support Information to Include in Email Correspondence Information Where to Find Information 1 LaCie Big Disk Extreme serial number Located on a sticker at the back of drive or on the original packaging 2 LaCie Big Disk Extreme file format Mac users Select the Big Disk Extreme Hard Drive icon on the desktop and press Command I or press the Control key and choose Get Info Windows u...

Page 44: ...ww lacie com fr contact LaCie Germany Contact us at http www lacie com de contact LaCie Italy Contact us at http www lacie com it contact LaCie Japan Contact us at http www lacie com jp contact LaCie Netherlands Contact us at http www lacie com nl contact LaCie Norway Contact us at http www lacie com no contact LaCie Spain Contact us at http www lacie com es contact LaCie Sweden Contact us at http...

Page 45: ...ppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device or for any of the problems caused as a result LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct special or consequential damages such as but not limited to damage or loss of property or equipment loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interrup tions ...

Page 46: ...response to disk intensive operations significantly Configuration When talking about a PC configu ration is understood to be the sum of the internal and external components of the system including memory disk drives the keyboard the video subsystem and other peripherals such as the mouse modem or printer The configuration also implies software the operating sys tem and various device managers driv...

Page 47: ... needs to be written to it that helps the Mac and Windows create files and save data The process is called initialization This process like formatting causes all user data on the storage device to be lost Interface The protocol data transmitters data receiv ers logic and wiring that link one piece of computer equipment to another such as a hard drive to an adapter or an adapter to a system bus Pro...

Page 48: ...ll software is a set of instruc tions for the computer A set of instructions to per form a particular task is called a program There are two main types of software system software an operating system such as Mac OS or Windows which controls the operation of the computer and application software programs such as Word or Excel which enable users to perform tasks such as word processing spreadsheet c...

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