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4. Using Your LaCie Drive
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LaCie d2 SATA II 3Gbits
User’s Manual
4.3. Configuring Your LaCie Drive As A Bootable Disk
The LaCie d2 SATA II 3Gbits supports being accessed as a bootable disk under both the Mac and Windows operating sys-
tems.
Mac Users
Important Info:
Please consult your computer’s user’s manual to ensure that your system supports external Serial
ATA hard drive boot functionality.
Once the drive has appeared on the desktop, install your system software and choose your LaCie d2 SATA II 3Gbits as the
destination for the installation. After the installation has been completed successfully, go to
System Preferences
, choose
Startup Disk
and select your disk from the list.
Windows Users
Important Info
: Please consult your computer’s user’s manual to ensure that your system supports external Serial
ATA II hard drive boot functionality.
If your BIOS and system support booting off an ATA/IDE PCI bus, you can configure your device as a boot disk under
Windows 2000 and XP. Install your system software and choose your LaCie d2 SATA II 3Gbits as the destination for the
installation. After installation has been completed successfully, go into your BIOS and re-order the boot order so that the LaCie
d2 SATA II 3Gbits is the boot disk.