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How To Use This Manual

LaCie Big Disk USB 2.0

User’s Manual

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Страница 1: ...entire manual or just a specific page or section To Exit From the Menu bar at the top of your screen select File Quit Icons Used In This Manual Italicized paragraphs feature an icon describing the ty...

Страница 2: ...r LaCie Drive 13 3 1 Connecting The Power Supply 14 3 2 Connecting The Interface Cable 15 3 2 1 Mac Users 15 3 2 2 Windows Users 19 3 3 Installing Multiple Devices 21 3 4 Disconnecting Your LaCie Driv...

Страница 3: ...er s Manual 5 3 1 Hi Speed USB 2 0 Ports And Performance 31 5 3 2 Computer with only USB ports 31 6 USB Questions Answers 32 7 Troubleshooting 34 7 1 Mac Users 35 7 2 Windows Users 38 8 Contacting Cus...

Страница 4: ...rt 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...

Страница 5: ...Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Manufacturer s Declaration for CE Certification We LaCie so...

Страница 6: ...ronment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit Always unplug the hard drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of time Oth...

Страница 7: ...our LaCie drive to match your exact needs LaCie s Hard Drive is ideally suited for a wide range of high end high traffic environments including Workstations Audio Video Editing Database Management Eng...

Страница 8: ...e processor with a USB 2 0 or 1 1 interface card 32MB RAM or greater System Requirements for USB Windows 2000 and Windows XP Hi Speed USB 2 0 Hardware Requirements for USB G3 or greater with USB 2 0 o...

Страница 9: ...it External power supply Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable LaCie Storage Utilities CD ROM Important Info Please keep your box In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced it must be returne...

Страница 10: ...Disk USB 2 0 User s Manual 2 2 2 Views of the Drive 2 2 2 1 Front View 1 1 On Off Button Power LED Activity LED Push the button to power the drive on The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on a...

Страница 11: ...umber Sticker This is where you will find your LaCie drive s serial number Write down the serial number and keep it in a safe place because you will need to provide the number in the event you have to...

Страница 12: ...s Hot swappable no need to shut down or restart your computer when adding or removing devices Please see USB Questions And Answers for a more detailed discussion of USB s uses and capabilities USB Ico...

Страница 13: ...drive Make sure to place your drive in a well ventilated space do not block the ventilation outlet on the back of the drive and keep the area in front of the drive unobstructed to allow for proper ai...

Страница 14: ...er supply This means that if the drive is connected to a USB connector on your computer when you turn on the computer the LaCie drive will turn on automatically Likewise when you turn off your compute...

Страница 15: ...for the Windows OS 3 2 1 Mac Users These installation steps are separated by interface and Mac OS To view the installation steps of the interface you plan on using click on the appropriate operating s...

Страница 16: ...Disk Utilities to format in HFS or use several partitions FAT 32 for crossplatform For more information please refer to 4 1 Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Drive 4 1 1 Mac Users Mac OS Drive I...

Страница 17: ...ining Installer 3 The Silverlining Utilities screen appears Click on Continue 4 The About to Install screen appears Read the following information and click on Continue 5 The License Agreement screen...

Страница 18: ...ive by pressing the On Off button on the front of the drive Your LaCie Big Disk USB 2 0 will now be ready for use You can then use the formatting and partitioning capabilities in Silverlining Pro to c...

Страница 19: ...erating system you plan on using see the following section Windows 2000 Windows XP Hi Speed USB 2 0 If you will be using your LaCie drive in a cross platform Mac Windows environment please see the fol...

Страница 20: ...the other end of the Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable into an available USB port on your computer 1 2 3 4 Computer models vary Please consult your computer s User s Manual for the exact location of your interf...

Страница 21: ...e than two peripheral drives The hub regenerates the signals generally providing between 4 to 7 connections To add even more drives connect a new hub to a connector of the original hub creating a new...

Страница 22: ...writing and that the activity LED is off before disconnecting the USB cable 3 4 1 Windows Users From the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen click on the Eject icon a small...

Страница 23: ...e Hard Drive is formatted in NTFS for Windows 2000 and Windows XP You will need to re format the drive in order for it to appear and operate under the Mac operating system After you ve formatted the d...

Страница 24: ...ve information that you want to protect or continue to use backup this information before performing these steps 1 Connect the drive to the computer via one of the interface ports 2 Once the drive mou...

Страница 25: ...e recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System UFS you should use the Mac OS Extended format since it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users 9 In the O...

Страница 26: ...interface ports 2 Right click My Computer and click Manage 3 From the Computer Management window select Disk Management located below the Storage group 4 If this is the first time the drive is being f...

Страница 27: ...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 th...

Страница 28: ...ile system if you are creating a volume smaller than 32MB using a Mac with a 680X0 processor or you are creating a file structure that will be need to be used by Macs using Mac OS 8 0 or earlier HFS M...

Страница 29: ...T 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 w...

Страница 30: ...nd later the Hi Speed USB 2 0 interface is a fairly standard feature Nearly all recent Apple computers support the original USB standard while Hi Speed USB 2 0 has only just recently been adopted The...

Страница 31: ...riginal USB specifications Mac OS 10 2 7 and later supports Hi Speed USB 2 0 and Mac OS 10 x also supports Hi Speed USB 2 0 but you will have to purchase a third party PCI or PC Card and appropriate d...

Страница 32: ...USB USB is perfect for more traditional connections such as keyboards mice joysticks and scanners These types of devices don t require fast data transfer rates and operate very successfully at the sl...

Страница 33: ...rals from freezing up if one of them is not working properly or is down Will Hi Speed USB 2 0 Devices Work On USB Hubs And Vice Versa You can use your Hi Speed USB 2 0 devices with USB hubs but the pe...

Страница 34: ...he most recent software updates will be available If you need further assistance please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Support see 9 Contacting Customer Service for details Manual Upda...

Страница 35: ...pply that the drive has been turned on by pressing the On Off button the front of the drive and that the outlet the power supply is connected to is also turned on Review the installation steps under 3...

Страница 36: ...e other troubleshooting tips listed here Contact LaCie Technical Support for help Make sure that the drive has been formatted properly Please see sections 4 1 Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Dr...

Страница 37: ...peed USB 2 0 Ports And Performance Apple has only recently begun incorporating native Hi Speed USB 2 0 ports in their computers To achieve Hi Speed USB 2 0 transfer rates you will need to add a Hi Spe...

Страница 38: ...nd see sections 4 1 Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Drive and 5 1 File System Formats for more information Go into My Computer and look for an icon and drive letter assigned to the LaCie drive...

Страница 39: ...nager button USB Controller Click on the sign next to the controller icon and you should see your device listed If you still can t see your device recheck the cables and try the other troubleshooting...

Страница 40: ...SB port or hub this is normal A Hi Speed USB 2 0 device can only operate at Hi Speed USB 2 0 performance levels when it is connected directly to a Hi Speed USB 2 0 port or hub Otherwise the Hi Speed U...

Страница 41: ...ttached If you 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...

Страница 42: ...p www lacie 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 a...

Страница 43: ...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 dama...

Страница 44: ...e ing This is an area of electronic storage usually RAM set aside to store frequently used data from electro mechanical storage hard drives floppy disks CD DVD ROM tape cartridges etc Therefore storin...

Страница 45: ...ion that usually only happens at the factory that created the hard disk It is unusual for something to happen to a hard disk that requires the end user to initially perform this operation GB GigaByte...

Страница 46: ...inal data Partition ing After formatting the hard drive is not yet ready to store files It must be divided into sections that will contain special information required for a Mac or PC to operate and o...

Страница 47: ...ay be kept PCs generally use disk units and other external storage media diskettes CD ROMs magnetic disks etc for permanent storage of information Striping Spreading data evenly over multiple disk dri...

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