Toolkit lets you enter your password whenever you want to lock or unlock the drive, and provides other
useful tools such as:
Changing your password
Managing backup plans.
Creating mirror folders.
Enabling/disabling security.
Resetting your device to factory settings
Optimize disk format for performance when used with a specific operating system.
For details on Toolkit features, see the
Storage format
LaCie Rugged SSD is preformatted exFAT for compatibility with both Windows and Mac computers. If you
use the drive with only one type of computer, you can optimize file copy performance by formatting the
drive in the native file system for your operating system. Choose one of the following methods to optimize
your drive:
Use Toolkit to optimize disk format. See the
for details.
Manually format your drive. See
Optional Formatting and Partitioning
for details.
Disconnec ng the device
In order to avoid file system corruption, it’s important to unmount LaCie Rugged SSD’s volumes before
disconnecting the interface cable. See
Safely Remove LaCie Rugged SSD From Your Computer
for details.
Toolkit is required in order to enable security for LaCie Rugged SECURE. Be sure to install Toolkit
in order to password-protect your device using Seagate Secure 256-bit encryption.
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