1. Introduction
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LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA
User’s Manual
1. Introduction
Thank you for your purchase of your new LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA! Based on the
revolutionary new Serial ATA technology, these hard drives feature the latest technological
advancements in interface connectivity and have the bandwidth to handle both the most
demanding applications and environments.
The LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA was built for performance, and integrates easily into
systems that require high data transfer speeds to serve up files quickly and efficiently,
maximizing your storage system utilization and enhancing your productivity. These drives
are hot-pluggable and, due to their support of the Serial ATA specification, offer serious
advantages in terms of reliability, scalability, interoperability and data integrity.
Being constructed from aluminum alloys, the LaCie d2 Hard Drive actively works to
conduct heat away from the drive. Engineered to fit seamlessly in to any work
environment, the LaCie d2 Hard Drive can be stood vertically on the LaCie Drive Stand
(included), placed in the LaCie Desk Rack (sold separately) or incorporated into
standard 19” computer equipment racks with the LaCie Rackmount Kit (sold
separately).
1.1. What Your LaCie Drive Can Do
• Store and archive your important files and data
• Act as a boot-up disk* under both Windows and Mac OS
• Integrate into RAID 0/1 arrays
• Backup one or more workstations
Tech Note:
To take advantage of the bootable feature, the LaCie d2 SATA Hard Drive must be formatted as a
bootable drive in accordance with the operating system being used. The computer must also include a BIOS or a
Serial ATA PCI card, such as the LaCie SATA PCI Card, that supports bootable functionality with an external hard
drive.
