4. Using Your LaCie Drive
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LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA
User’s Manual
4.3. Configuring Your LaCie Drive As A Bootable Disk
The LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA supports being accessed as a bootable disk under both the Mac and Windows operating
systems.
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 Hard Drive Serial ATA
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 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 Hard Drive Serial ATA 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 Hard Drive Serial ATA is the boot disk.
