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LaCie Mobile Drive

Hi-Speed USB 2.0

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Health and Safety Precautions 

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General Use Precautions 

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1. Introduction To The LaCie Mobile Hard Drive 

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1.1. Minimum System Requirements 

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1.2. Package Content 

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2. Getting Connected 

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2.1. Silverlining 98 and USB 2.0 Driver Installation 

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2.2. Connect the USB 2.0 Interface Cable 

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2.3. Connect the USB Power Cable 

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3. Using Your LaCie Drive 

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3.1. Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive 

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3.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Connection 

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3.3. Disconnecting Your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive 

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4. Troubleshooting 

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4.1. Mac Users 

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4.2. Windows Users 

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5. Contacting Customer Support 

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5.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 

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6. Warranty Information 

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Summary of Contents for Mobile Drive

Page 1: ...1 Silverlining 98 and USB 2 0 Driver Installation 8 2 2 Connect the USB 2 0 Interface Cable 9 2 3 Connect the USB Power Cable 10 3 Using Your LaCie Drive 11 3 1 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie...

Page 2: ...ference that may cause undesired operation NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pur suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are...

Page 3: ...quids on the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive as they may spill into its openings Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock short cir cuiting fire or personal injury Make sure that the computer and LaCie...

Page 4: ...red in order to meet FCC emission limits and also to prevent interference to the nearby radio and televi sion reception It is essential that only the supplied power cord be used Important Info Any los...

Page 5: ...ou can take it anywhere The LaCie Mobile Hard Drive couldn t be easier to install and use Simply plug it into your laptop or desktop and save your fi les with the click of a button It s Plug Play and...

Page 6: ...interface Computer with USB 2 0 interface Minimum 32MB RAM Minimum 32MB RAM 1 2 Package Content Important Info Please save your pack aging In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or se...

Page 7: ...ep 1 2 1 Silverlining 98 and USB 2 0 Driver Installation Page 8 Step 2 2 2 Connect the USB 2 0 Interface Cable Page 9 Step 3 2 3 Connect the USB Power Cable Page 10 Other Users Step 1 2 2 Connect the...

Page 8: ...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...

Page 9: ...be connected to a Hi Speed USB 2 0 port on your computer Otherwise you will be limited to USB 1 1 data transfer rates Technical note Please refer to page 16 Hi Speed USB 2 0 Connections for important...

Page 10: ...power to operate your drive the included USB Power Cable connects to an available USB port on your computer The USB ports either USB 2 0 or USB 1 1 on your computer will help provide power to your La...

Page 11: ...lled Partitioning A partition is a section of the hard drive s storage capacity that is created to contain files and data For instance you could create three partitions on your drive one partition for...

Page 12: ...agement Utility Disk management utility The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of two steps 1 installing a signature on the drive and 2 formatting...

Page 13: ...11 Using Your LaCie Drive for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats Disk management utility Disk management utility drive ready for use 13 Click Finish to begin the format pro...

Page 14: ...by using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme area In the Volume Information section create a name for each partition choose the volume format Mac OS Extended Mac OS Standard or...

Page 15: ...sh users 8 Once you have finalized the volume format number of partitions size and options click OK The follow ing message will appear Warning Saving the new volume will erase all existing volumes Thi...

Page 16: ...ction Helpful Information Hi Speed USB 2 0 Questions and Answers What Are The USB Interface Benefits Cross platform Use your USB peripherals on both Mac and Windows platforms Hot Swappable No need to...

Page 17: ...e transmit ted via the USB cable By connecting yet another hub to a connector on the existing hub you can then plug in a new set of peripherals etc up to a maximum of 127 Some hubs have no power suppl...

Page 18: ...teps when disconnecting your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive Windows Users From the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen click the Eject icon a small green arrow over a hardware im...

Page 19: ...on the desktop There should be an icon for the LaCie drive on the desktop If the drive does not appear follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem Does your computer s configura...

Page 20: ...lume file names with certain characters cannot be copied These characters include but are not limited to Check your files and folders to ensure that these types of characters are not being used Did yo...

Page 21: ...bile Hard Drive does not run continuously it is activated at certain temperatures Troubleshooting Problem Question Answer The drive is not recog nized by the computer Has the drive been formatted Make...

Page 22: ...nnect any other USB devices and see if the drive s perfor mance increases The drive is not run ning noticeably faster when connected via Hi Speed USB 2 0 Is the drive connected to a USB port on your c...

Page 23: ...You Contact Technical Support Information to Include in Email Correspondence Information Where to Find Information 1 LaCie Mobile Hard Drive serial number Located on a sticker at the back of drive or...

Page 24: ...e com 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 com jp contact LaCie Netherl...

Page 25: ...iers 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 consequ...

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