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2. Your LaCie Drive

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LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA

User’s Manual

2.2. Package Contents

LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA with Drive Stand kit

LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM

Serial ATA interface cable

Power supply and adapter cable

Important Info:

Please keep your box. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced, it must

be returned in its original packaging.

2.3. Views Of The Drive

Front View –

On/Off Button / Power LED

Push the button to power the drive on and/or off. The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on. 

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Summary of Contents for d2 Serial ATA

Page 1: ...ized paper giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section To Exit From the Menu bar at the top of your screen select File Quit Icons Used In This Manual Italicized...

Page 2: ...3 3 2 Connecting The Drive To Your Computer 14 3 2 1 Mac Users 14 3 2 2 Windows Users 15 3 3 Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive 16 3 3 1 Mac Users 16 3 3 2 Windows Users 16 4 Using Your LaCie Drive 17 4 1...

Page 3: ...ntents page 3 LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA User s Manual 6 Serial ATA Questions Answers 28 7 Troubleshooting 30 7 1 Mac Users 31 7 2 Windows Users 33 8 Contacting Customer Support 35 9 Warranty 37 G...

Page 4: ...e this device NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable...

Page 5: ...dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Manu...

Page 6: ...environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit Always unplug the hard drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of tim...

Page 7: ...calability 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...

Page 8: ...tant 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 restorati...

Page 9: ...able Power supply and adapter cable Important Info Please keep your box In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced it must be returned in its original packaging 2 3 Views Of Th...

Page 10: ...Power Supply Connector This is where you plug in the AC adapter supplied with the drive See section 3 1 Connecting The Power Supply for more information Serial Number Sticker This is where you will f...

Page 11: ...nt within the port to help prevent incorrect mating There is also an extrusion on the outside of the connector to help guide and align the connector during insertion Hot plug support Serial ATA enable...

Page 12: ...tting up your drive Make sure to place your drive in a well ventilated space do not block the ventilation outlet on the back of the drive and keep the area in front of the drive unobstructed to allow...

Page 13: ...warranty Always remove the AC adapter before transporting your LaCie drive Failure to remove the adapter may result in damage to your drive and will void your warranty Tech Note You may use your LaCie...

Page 14: ...PCI Card Tech Note For more information about Serial ATA please see sections 2 4 Cables And Connectors 5 3 Optimizing Data Transfers 7 Serial ATA Questions Answers Your drive should appear on your de...

Page 15: ...ATA port on your computer Important Info In order to have external Serial ATA functionality your computer must be equipped with a third party or built in Serial ATA PCI card with external connectors s...

Page 16: ...ding or writing and that the activity LED is off before disconnecting the Serial ATA cable Tech Note Serial ATA is a new technology and some legacy computers and operating systems may not support all...

Page 17: ...rmats that are predominately found in Mac and Windows environments Mac OS Extended HFS for Mac OS 9 x and Mac OS 10 x NTFS for Windows 2000 and XP FAT 32 for Windows Me and legacy operating systems Im...

Page 18: ...the Menu Bar and open Go 3 From the Go menu click on Applications 4 In the Applications menu open the Utilities folder and then double click Disc Utility from the Utilities folder 5 The Disc Utility...

Page 19: ...continuous record of changes to files on the hard drive You will not be able to format in the MS DOS File System either unless you choose the Erase tab in the Disc Utility window and create an entire...

Page 20: ...he drive These steps will erase anything that is on the disk 1 Connect the drive to the computer via one of the interface ports 2 Right click My Computer and click Manage 3 From the Computer Managemen...

Page 21: ...ard Click Next 9 Select Primary Partition Click Next 10 Here you must specify partition size It is recommended that you leave the partition set to the maximum available size unless you want multiple p...

Page 22: ...than 32GB Tech Note For a more detailed discussion on the various file system formats and partitioning please refer to section 5 1 2 File System Formats Windows Users NTFS NTFS is a newer file system...

Page 23: ...ograms and then select Administrative Tools Common and select Disk Administrator 2 Once Disk Administrator has been launched select your LaCie hard drive from the list of disks 3 Right click the liste...

Page 24: ...e 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 P...

Page 25: ...le System you should instead format your drive using Mac OS Extended HFS because it provides Mac users with a more familiar operating experience Important Info If you will be sharing the hard drive be...

Page 26: ...permissions and auditing as well as the ability to mirror drives and RAID 5 capabilities The minimum supported volume size for NTFS is 10MB with a maximum of 2TB with no limit to file size Volumes cr...

Page 27: ...Note For more information on the Serial ATA interface please see 6 Serial ATA Questions Answers At the time of publication July 2004 computer manufacturers have not begun to implement external Serial...

Page 28: ...ovides several key advancements that will help spur widespread implementation Performance Serial ATA is a point to point topology and does not have to share the bus instead dedicating full bandwidth t...

Page 29: ...tion supports all ATA and ATAPI devices i e CD DVD tape drives etc and delivers superior performance than both Hi Speed USB 2 0 and FireWire IEEE 1394 external Serial ATA connectors are intended for s...

Page 30: ...ivers page where the most recent software updates will be available If you need further assistance please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Support see 8 Contacting Customer Service for d...

Page 31: ...the drive and that the outlet the power supply is connected to is also turned on Review the installation steps under 3 2 Connecting The Drive To Your Computer 3 2 1 Mac Users There should be an icon f...

Page 32: ...mputer with the drive on Some older systems and non LaCie PCI cards may not support hot plug functionality Contact LaCie Technical Support for help When copying files or folders from Mac OS 10 x to a...

Page 33: ...1 2 File System Formats Windows Users for more information Check your computer s documentation and see sections 4 2 Formatting Your LaCie Drive Windows Users and 5 1 2 File System Formats Windows User...

Page 34: ...s the cables provided with your LaCie drive If you have followed all of these steps and the drive is still not recognized shut down your computer wait 3 to 5 minutes restart your computer and try agai...

Page 35: ...ly attached If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist and you still can t get your LaCie drive to work properly contact us via the provided Web link Be...

Page 36: ...ww lacie com se contact LaCie United Kingdom Ireland Contact Us At http www lacie com uk support request LaCie Grand Export Contact Us At http www lacie com intl contact LaCie Belgium Contact Us At ht...

Page 37: ...ccept 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...

Page 38: ...Cache ing This is an area of electronic storage usually RAM set aside to store frequently used data from electro mechanical storage hard drives floppy disks CD DVD ROM tape cartridges etc Therefore st...

Page 39: ...eration that usually only happens at the factory that created the hard disk It is unusual for something to happen to a hard disk that requires the end user to initially perform this operation GB GigaB...

Page 40: ...original data Partition ing After formatting the hard drive is not yet ready to store files It must be divided into sections that will contain special information required for a Mac or PC to operate a...

Page 41: ...on may be kept PCs generally use disk units and other external storage media diskettes CD ROMs magnetic disks etc for permanent storage of information Striping Spreading data evenly over multiple disk...

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