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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword   

 Precautions 

4

 

1 Unpacking Your LaCie Drive 

5

    1.1 Minimum System Requirements 

6

    1.2 Stacking Your LaCie mini 

7

 

2 Getting Connected 

8

    2.1 Connect the Power Supply and Switch On the Drive  

11

    2.2 Connect the inteface cable to Your LaCie mini and to Your Computer 

12

    2.3 Using your LaCie mini as a hub 

13

 

3 Using Your LaCie Drive 

14

    3.1 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie mini  

15

      3.1.1 Mac Users 

15

      3.1.2 Windows Users 

17

 

4 Helpful Information 

19

    4.1. Advice for Optimizing FireWire Connections 

19

      4.1.1 What Is FireWire/IEEE 1394? 

19

      4.1.2 Disconnecting FireWire Devices 

20

    4.2 Advice for Optimizing USB 2.0 Connections 

20

      4.2.1 What Is USB 2.0? 

21

      4.2.2 Disconnecting USB 2.0 Devices 

22

      4.2.3 Data Transfers 

23

    4.3 File System Formats 

24

      4.3.1 Mac Users 

24

      4.3.2 Windows Users 

25

 

5 Troubleshooting 

26

 6 Contacting Customer Support 

31

 7 Warranty 

33

Summary of Contents for Ethernet Disk mini

Page 1: ...a hub 13 3 Using Your LaCie Drive 14 3 1 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie mini 15 3 1 1 Mac Users 15 3 1 2 Windows Users 17 4 Helpful Information 19 4 1 Advice for Optimizing FireWire Connection...

Page 2: ...Statement WARNING Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user s authority to operate this device NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a C...

Page 3: ...e 89 336 EEC and the Low Voltage Direc tive 73 23 EEC issued by the Commission of the European Community Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European Norms Class B EN6...

Page 4: ...may damage the drive or disfigure its casing Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight even through a window Inversely placing your drive in an environment that is too...

Page 5: ...daisy chaining You can use your LaCie mini across platforms It is ideal for speed intensive applications the LaCie mini handles your demanding data needs Secure and stable the LaCie mini is an easy w...

Page 6: ...st use an appropriate LaCie certified interface cable sold separately The iLink interface requires a 4 pin to 6 pin cable and the FireWire 800 interface requires a 6 pin to 9 pin cable Consult your La...

Page 7: ...is designed to stack under another LaCie mini or your Apple Mac mini To allow for proper cooling always stack your LaCie mini under your Apple Mac Mini or another LaCie mini DO NOT turn over your driv...

Page 8: ...mputer 2 3 Connect USB and FireWire devices with the lateral connector Once you ve gotten the drive powered on and connected to your computer move on to section 3 Using Your LaCie Drive for important...

Page 9: ...r s internal CD DVD drive 2 Open the CD icon and double click the Silverlining Software folder 3 Double click the Silverlining Installer icon Fig 2 1 4 The Silverlining Utilities screen appears Click...

Page 10: ...erlining 98 folder 3 Double click the Silverlining98_Install EXE icon 4 Silverlining 98 will then initialize the install screen 5 The Welcome screen will appear Click Next 6 The Destination Location s...

Page 11: ...ie drive Failure to remove the adapter may result in damage to your drive and will void your warranty Important Note You may use your LaCie mini when in a foreign country thanks to its autoswitching 1...

Page 12: ...ease refer to section 4 2 Advice for Optimizing USB 2 0 Connections for important infor mation on disconnecting USB 2 0 devices and ensuring opti mum performance To achieve USB 2 0 speeds your drive m...

Page 13: ...ire cables into your computer Tech Note For information about connecting your LaCie mini to your computer see section 2 2 Connect ing the interface cable to your LaCie mini and to your computer Tech N...

Page 14: ...d Drive is for matted for the Mac operating system and you will need to re format the drive in order for it to appear and operate under the Windows operating system Important Note If you will be using...

Page 15: ...format Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10 x Warning Following these steps will erase anything that is on the hard drive Therefore if you have informa tion that you want to protect or con tinu...

Page 16: ...3 File System Formats for a more detailed discussion on the differences between the two systems Important Note Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System UFS y...

Page 17: ...computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of two steps 1 installing a signature on the drive and 2 partitioning formatting the drive These steps will erase anything that is on the disk 1 C...

Page 18: ...with Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 and Windows XP however it has limitations In Win dows 2000 and Windows XP you will not be able to create a partition greater than 32GB NTFS NTFS is a newer f...

Page 19: ...used by Apple iLink the brand name used by Sony DV logo used by video camcorder manufacturers What can the FireWire interface be used for With its high data transfer rates FireWire is a great interfac...

Page 20: ...ning To prevent failures it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your FireWire device Windows Users Important Note Windows 98 SE Users If you have installed the Windows Storage Suppl...

Page 21: ...ort but drive performance will be limited to USB 1 1 transfer rates There are also different types of USB connections such as the mini cable and device end Make sure that you have the cor rect type of...

Page 22: ...date simply discon nect the drive when it is not active No unmounting is required 1 From the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen click on the Eject icon a small green arrow...

Page 23: ...he cables provided with your LaCie drive are USB 2 0 and IEEE 1394 certified Warning Do not connect FireWire or USB 2 0 cables so that they form a ring of devices There is no need for terminators on F...

Page 24: ...s You have the option of formatting the drive in one of four formats Mac OS Standard HFS Mac OS Extended HFS MS DOS File System and UNIX File System UFS HFS Mac OS Standard Mac OS Standard refers to t...

Page 25: ...atures that are not available with FAT 32 i e file compression encryption permissions and auditing as well as the ability to mirror drives and RAID 5 capabilities The minimum supported volume size for...

Page 26: ...le on the market It is our goal to provide you with a friendly easy to use format that will help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device If your manual does not reflect t...

Page 27: ...ice Manager button USB Controller or IEEE 1394 click on the plus sign next to the con troller icon and you should see your device listed Tech Note Mac Users Apple is constantly providing updated suppo...

Page 28: ...Support See section 6 Contacting Customer Sup port for more details The drive is not recognized Is the file system supported by your Operating System Check the documentation for your Operating System...

Page 29: ...ter to sleep mode and when the computer is woken from sleep it does not give the drive enough time to spin up from its sleep mode Are you having problems getting your FireWire device to be recognized...

Page 30: ...xisting hub you can then plug in a new set of peripherals and so on up to a maximum of 127 You can use your USB 2 0 devices with USB 1 1 hubs but the peripherals will be limited to USB 1 1 perfor manc...

Page 31: ...rself 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 Before contacting us make sure that...

Page 32: ...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 co jp LaCie Netherlands Contact us...

Page 33: ...t 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 dam...

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