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LaCie Little Big Disk

User Manual

Contacting Customer Support

9. Contacting Customer Support

Before You Contact Technical Support

1) Read the manuals and review the Troubleshooting section.

2) Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the CPU, and make sure that all of the 

cables are correctly and firmly attached.

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 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
• Operating system (Mac OS or Windows) and version
• Computer brand and model
• Names of CD or DVD drives installed on your computer
• Amount of memory installed
• Names of any other devices installed on your computer

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Страница 1: ...ur LaCie Drive 14 3 1 Connect the Little Big Disk to Your Computer 16 3 2 Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive 17 3 3 Switching FireWire and USB Connections 18 4 Using Your LaCie Drive 19 4 1 Formatting And...

Страница 2: ...Little Big Disk User Manual Table of Contents 6 FireWire Questions Answers 33 7 USB Questions Answers 36 8 Troubleshooting 37 8 1 Mac Users 37 8 2 Windows Users 42 9 Contacting Customer Support 45 10...

Страница 3: ...the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject...

Страница 4: ...hat this product conforms to the following European standards Class B EN60950 EN55022 EN50082 1 EN61000 3 2 With reference to the following conditions 73 23 EEC Low Voltage Directive 89 336 EEC EMC Di...

Страница 5: ...will be unused for an extended period of time Otherwise there is an increased risk of electrical shock short circuiting or fire Do not use the hard drive near other electrical appliances such as tele...

Страница 6: ...triple interface ensuring you can connect the drive everywhere 1 1 What Your LaCie Little Big Disk Can Do High performance storage Easy plug and play installation on PC or Mac Built in RAID 0 storage...

Страница 7: ...stem Requirements for USB OS 9 x and 10 x Apple USB support 1 3 5 and greater FireWire 800 Hardware Requirements for FireWire 800 Pentium III or higher compatible processor with a FireWire 800 IEEE 13...

Страница 8: ...ROM 1 2 3 5 6 4 Important Info Please keep your box In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced it must be returned in its original packaging 1 4 2 3 5 MOBILE HARD DRIVE STORAG...

Страница 9: ...d with the drive See section 2 3 1 FireWire Connections for more information FireWire 400 Port This is where you plug in the FireWire 400 cable furnished with the drive See section 2 3 1 FireWire Conn...

Страница 10: ...reWire 400 devices to operate under the FireWire 800 port FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 also share the following features Hot pluggable devices can be added and removed while the bus is active Isochro...

Страница 11: ...cables which feature the 9 to 9 pin 9 to 6 pin and 9 to 4 pin cables and the original FireWire cables which feature the 6 to 6 pin and 6 to 4 pin cables 9 to 9 pin cable Connects FireWire 800 devices...

Страница 12: ...f USB s uses and capabilities USB Cables Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a Hi Speed USB 2 0 port The cable will...

Страница 13: ...ded A C adaptor kit as the Little Big Disk is not USB bus powered Local power adaptor A C adaptor Your LaCie Little Big Disk Important Info FireWire connections do not require this AC adapter connecti...

Страница 14: ...are using USB Your computer will not recognize the daisy chained device if the interfaces are mixed i e a FireWire device attached to a drive that is connected to the computer via the Hi Speed USB 2...

Страница 15: ...taller fig A 3 The Silverlining Utilities screen appears Click Continue 4 The About to Install screen appears Read the following information and click Continue 5 The License Agreement screen appears C...

Страница 16: ...A C adaptor cable IF you are interfacing with the Little Big Disk via USB 2 0 Connect the interface cable to your drive through the host connector FireWire 400 FireWire 800 or USB 2 0 Connect the cab...

Страница 17: ...devices that the Eject icon controls i e Safely remove Click on this prompt You will then be given the following message Safe to Remove Hardware or similar It is now safe to disconnect the device Mac...

Страница 18: ...s to follow for your drive to function properly When changing from a Hi Speed USB 2 0 connection to a FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 con nection and vice versa follow these steps 1 Follow the steps in s...

Страница 19: ...ave 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 Little Big Disk with Triple Interface partition the drive into...

Страница 20: ...our LaCie Stor age Utilities CD in PDF format Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10 x 1 Connect the drive to the computer via one of the interface ports 2 Once the drive mounts onto the desktop...

Страница 21: ...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 This can NOT be undone...

Страница 22: ...t located below the Storage group 4 If this is the first time the drive is being formatted Win dows 2000 will launch the Write Signature Wizard Write Initialize Wizard in Windows XP Click Next fig A 5...

Страница 23: ...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...

Страница 24: ...nce LaCie does not rec ommend daisy chaining more than 4 FireWire devices one after the other instead use several FireWire cards ports directly from the computer Technical note To daisy chain devices...

Страница 25: ...ipheral 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 series of peri...

Страница 26: ...g the hard drive between Mac and Windows operat ing environments you will want to follow these guidelines Mac OS 9 x Works reliably with FAT 32 partitions less than 32GB Mac OS X prefers that all part...

Страница 27: ...2 FAT is an acronym for File Allocation Table which dates back to the beginnings of DOS programming Originally FAT was only 16 bits but after the second release of Windows 95 it was upgraded to 32 bit...

Страница 28: ...have converted a volume from FAT 32 to NTFS there is no going back You can convert from FAT 32 to NTFS but not the other way around Use NTFS if You want to optimize drive performance under Windows 20...

Страница 29: ...ion of the FireWire host bus adapter interfaces vary widely For computers running Windows 2000 and later the FireWire inter face which is referred to as either IEEE 1394 or iLink on PCs is less common...

Страница 30: ...ically deliver data at the 400Mb s rates When the devices are daisy chained connected to each other and sharing a single port the devices may be reduced to the transfer rate of the slowest device With...

Страница 31: ...2 0 drivers that enable the computer to control the card These drivers must be installed in order for USB 2 0 devices connected to the port to work at their correct speeds Computers running Windows 2...

Страница 32: ...lready using both of your Hi Speed USB 2 0 ports on your computer you would use the FireWire port to connect your drive and vice versa Avoiding hubs for USB topology and daisy chains for FireWire topo...

Страница 33: ...evices to be connected via a single bus and offer peer to peer con nectivity enabling multiple computers and FireWire devices to be connected at the same time FireWire also supports both isochronous a...

Страница 34: ...nected To A FireWire 800 Port Unfortunately this is not the case In order to attain FireWire 800 speeds both the device and port have to be FireWire 800 enabled For instance an external hard drive wit...

Страница 35: ...ginal FireWire 400 speed What Do I Do If My Computer Does Not Have A FireWire Port Most computers manufactured today incorporate at least one FireWire port If your computer does not have a native port...

Страница 36: ...ct 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 slower speeds What...

Страница 37: ...ices and Volumes tab If your device is not listed follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem Are both ends of the FireWire USB cable firmly attached Disconnect the FireWire USB...

Страница 38: ...the LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface recognized by the computer If the LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface is recognized by the computer try connecting the other device directly to...

Страница 39: ...ire 800 port using a FireWire 800 9 to 6 pin cable sold separately Is the drive connected via the FireWire 800 9 to 9 pin cable to the a FireWire 800 port To achieve the high transfer rates of the Fir...

Страница 40: ...bus adapter and device have been installed cor rectly If in doubt uninstall the drivers and re install them Does your computer or operating sys tem support Hi Speed USB 2 0 See sections 2 1 Minimum sy...

Страница 41: ...lume If the file cluster size is set at 4KB which is the default set ting under Windows this may be too small Reformat the drive and change the cluster size to 32KB The drive turns on and off when you...

Страница 42: ...ng system support the file system Check your computer s documentation and see sections 4 1 Formatting and partitioning your LaCie Little Big Disk with triple interface and 5 1 File system formats for...

Страница 43: ...394 Controller Click on the sign next to the controller icon and you should see your device listed Windows XP Users Go to Start Control Panel Per formance and Maintenance System Hardware tab Device Ma...

Страница 44: ...e off If you wish to power off the drive while it is connected to your computer first make sure that your computer is not accessing the drive and then follow the steps in section 3 2 Disconnecting you...

Страница 45: ...ached 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 c...

Страница 46: ...Cie 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 Netherlands Contact us at...

Страница 47: ...o 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 damage...

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