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LaCie Two Big Hard Drive
User Manual
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
3
Precautions
5
1. Introduction
7
1.1. What Your LaCie Two Big Can Do
7
2. Your LaCie Two Big
8
2.1. Minimum System Requirements
8
2.2. Package Contents
9
2.3. Views Of The Drive
10
2.3.1. Front View
10
2.3.2. Front View without Front Panel
10
2.3.3. Rear View
11
2.4. Cables & Connectors
12
2.4.1. Serial ATA II and eSATA
12
3. Setting Up Your LaCie Two Big
13
3.1. Set up the Two Big
14
3.2. Storage Policies
15
3.3. Changing the Storage Policy Configuration
16
3.4. Partitioning the LaCie Two Big Disk Drives
18
3.4.1. Partitioning the LaCie Two Big Disk Drives — Windows
18
3.4.2. Partitioning the LaCie Two Big Disk Drives — Mac
23
4. Maintaining Your LaCie Two Big
25
4.1. Removing/replacing a drive
25
4.2. Firmware updates
26
5. LaCie Two Big Front Panel LED Indicators
27
6. Tech Tips
28
6.1. Available Storage Capacity
28
6.2. File System Formats
29
6.2.1. File System Formats — Mac Users
29
6.2.2. File System Formats — Windows Users
30
6.3. Serial ATA II Questions and Answers
31
7. Understanding RAID and Two Big Storage Policies
33
7.1. RAID 0 (Fast)
33
7.2. RAID 1 (Safe)
35
