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Getting Connected

LaCie mini

COMPANION HARD DRIVE

user manual | page 8

2. Getting Connected

Follow these steps to quickly get your LaCie mini powered on and connected to your computer. See the
following steps to get started!

2.1. Connect the Power Supply and Switch On the Drive
2.2. Connect the USB 2.0 Cable to Your LaCie Drive and to Your Computer

Once you’ve gotten the drive powered on and connected to your computer, move on to section 3. Using
Your LaCie Drive for important information on how to format and utilize your drive.

Mac OS 9.x Users!
Windows 98 SE and Windows Me Users!

Before following the next three steps, first install this important software to help you configure and manage your LaCie drive.
• Mac OS 9.x Users, see 3.1.1.
• Windows 98 SE and Windows Me Users, click see 3.1.2.

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Summary of Contents for MINI COMPANION HARD DRIVE U S B 2.

Page 1: ...U S B 2 0 C O M P A N I O N H A R D D R I V E user manual user manual user manual user manual user manual user manual user manual user manual ...

Page 2: ...nect the USB 2 0 Cable to Your LaCie mini and to Your Computer 12 3 Using Your LaCie Drive 13 3 1 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie mini 14 3 1 1 Mac Users 14 3 1 2 Windows Users 16 4 Helpful Information 18 4 1 Advice for Optimizing USB 2 0 Connections 18 4 1 1 What Is USB 2 0 18 4 1 2 Disconnecting USB 2 0 Devices 19 4 1 3 Data Transfers 20 4 2 File System Formats 21 4 2 1 Mac Users 21 4 2 2...

Page 3: ...ted 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 protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may ca...

Page 4: ...n Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Manufacturer s Declaration for CE Certification We hereby certify that this device is in compliance with both the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC issued by the Commission of the European Community Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European Norms Class B EN60950 EN55022 EN50082 1 EN61000...

Page 5: ...l be unused for an extended period of time Otherwise there is an increased risk of electrical shock short circuiting or fire Use only the power supply shipped with the device Do not use the hard drive near other electrical appliances such as televisions radios or speakers Doing so may cause interference which will adversely affect the operation of the other products Do not place the drive near sou...

Page 6: ...ows Me and Windows XP Mac OS 9 x Apple USB support 1 3 5 and greater and Mac OS 10 1 10 2 10 3 and 10 4 Hardware Requirements for USB 2 0 Mac G3 processor or greater Computer with USB 2 0 or 1 1 interface Intel Pentium 233MHz compatible processor or greater Minimum 32MB RAM Tech Note To achieve USB 2 0 speeds your drive must be connected to a USB 2 0 host port If it is connected to a USB 1 1 port ...

Page 7: ...g your LaCie mini Your LaCie mini 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 Mac Mini DO NOT turn over your drive or place your Lacie mini on top of the Apple Mac mini as this will risk overheating ...

Page 8: ...USB 2 0 Cable to Your LaCie Drive and to Your Computer Once you ve gotten the drive powered on and connected to your computer move on to section 3 Using Your LaCie Drive for important information on how to format and utilize your drive Mac OS 9 x Users Windows 98 SE and Windows Me Users Before following the next three steps first install this important software to help you configure and manage you...

Page 9: ...our computer s internal CD DVD drive 2 Open the CD icon and double click on the Silverlining Software folder 3 Click on the Silverlining Installer icon Fig 2 1 4 The Silverlining Utilities screen appears Click on Continue 5 The Silverlining Read Me screen appears Read the following information and click on Continue 6 The License Agreement screen appears Click on Agree 7 The Installation screen app...

Page 10: ...ble click the Silverlining 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 screen will appear To alter the location where the software is installed on your system click the Browse button If you do not want to change the location do not click on the Browse bu...

Page 11: ... or another manufacturer Using any other power cable or power supply may cause damage to the device and void your 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 Important Note You may use your LaCie mini when in a foreign country thanks to its autoswitching 100 240 Volt power su...

Page 12: ...into the USB port for a stable connnection Tech Note Please refer to section 4 1 Advice for Optimizing USB 2 0 Connections for important information on disconnecting USB 2 0 devices and ensuring optimum performance To achieve USB 2 0 speeds your drive must be connected to a USB 2 0 host port If it is connected to a USB 1 1 port your drive will operate at USB 1 1 speeds For more details see 4 1 Adv...

Page 13: ...sers This LaCie Hard Drive is formatted 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 Mac Users If you will be using the drive in a strictly Mac OS environment leave the drive formatted as one large Mac OS Extended volume If you want to be able to install multiple Mac operating systems on the LaCie Dri...

Page 14: ... to protect or continue to use backup this information before performing these steps 1 Connect the drive to the computer via the USB 2 0 port 2 Once the drive mounts onto the desktop go to 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 window will ...

Page 15: ...ystem UFS you should use the Mac OS Extended format since it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users 9 In the Options section click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers box if you plan on sharing the drive between the Mac OS 9 x and Mac OS 10 x 10 Once you have finalized the volume format number of partitions size and options click OK The following message will appear Warning Saving th...

Page 16: ...and partitioning a drive on a 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 Connect the drive to the computer via the USB 2 0 port 2 Right click My Computer and click Manage 3 From the Computer Management window select Disk Management located below...

Page 17: ... system that is compatible with Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 and Windows XP however it has limitations In Windows 2000 and Windows XP you will not be able to create a partition greater than 32GB NTFS NTFS is a newer file system that is compatible only with Windows NT Windows 2000 and Windows XP It has fewer limitations than FAT 32 and will enable a partition to be created that is larger t...

Page 18: ...rk when connected to a USB 1 1 port 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 correct type of connection on computer Consult LaCie Customer Support or your LaCie reseller for more information USB 2 0 Host Bus Adapters and Performance To utilize the newly enhance...

Page 19: ... not installed the update simply disconnect 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 over a hardware image 2 A message will appear detailing the devices that the Eject icon controls i e Safely remove Click on this prompt 3 You will then be given the following mess...

Page 20: ...hat it is USB 2 0 certified The cable that is provided with your LaCie drive is USB 2 0 certified Warning Do not connect USB 2 0 cables so that they form a ring of devices There is no need for terminators on USB 2 0 devices so the unused USB 2 0 connectors should be left empty 2 Check that the power supply and ground connection are seated properly 3 Disconnect your computer s USB 2 0 cable Wait 30...

Page 21: ...Mac OS 10 x Users 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 the file system used by Mac OS 8 0 and earlier This is no longer a modern file sytem specification and Mac OS Extended is more efficient Only use this file system if you are creating a ...

Page 22: ...ffers several features 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 NTFS is 10MB with a maximum of 2TB with no limit to file size Volumes created in NTFS can only be directly accessed not through shares by Windows NT Windows 2000 and XP without resort...

Page 23: ... help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device If your manual does not reflect the configurations of the product that you purchased please check our Web site for the most current version available The Issue The drive is not recognized Questions to Ask Is the drive s power on Does an icon for the drive appear on the computer Are all of the cables connected securely and ...

Page 24: ...l Performance and Maintenance System Hardware tab Device Manager button USB Controller click on the plus sign next to the controller icon and you should see your device listed If you cannot see the device recheck the cables and try the other troubleshooting solutions listed here Consult LaCie Technical Support See section 6 Contacting Customer Support for more details Tech Note Mac Users Apple is ...

Page 25: ... System Check section 1 1 Minimum System Requirements If the drive is configured as a removable drive under Windows 98SE or Windows Me the removable setting will need to be re checked each time that the drive is taken to a new system To do this go to the Device Manager and click on the Drives Settings tab When copying files or folders from Mac OS 10 x to a FAT 32 volume certain characters cannot b...

Page 26: ...er hub to a connector on the existing 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 performance levels As USB 2 0 is backwards compatible you will be able to connect USB 1 1 devices to USB 2 0 hubs howev er the USB 1 1 devices will still maintain their normal perfo...

Page 27: ...ou 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 Before contacting us make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the following information on hand Your LaCie drive s serial number on the bottom of your drive Operating system Mac OS or Windows ...

Page 28: ...e com es support request LaCie Switzerland Contact Us At http www lacie com chfr contact LaCie USA Contact Us At http www lacie com contact LaCie Australia Contact Us At http www lacie com au contact LaCie Canada Contact Us At http www lacie com caen contact English LaCie Finland Contact Us At http www lacie com fi contact LaCie Germany Contact Us At http www lacie com de contact LaCie Japan Conta...

Page 29: ...liers accept 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 damages such as but not limited to damage or loss of property or equipment loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interruptions Any...

Page 30: ...LaCie USA 22985 NW Evergreen Pkwy Hillsboro OR 97124 LaCie France 17 rue Ampère 91349 Massy Cedex ...

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