LaCie d2 USB 3.0
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Getting Connected
User Manual
page 14
2.3. STEP 3: Launch LaCie Setup
Assistant
Before using your drive, LaCie Setup Assistant software must be
launched to format your drive. It will:
✦
Optimize your drive according to your needs
✦
Copy the manual and utilities onto your LaCie hard disk
The LaCie Setup Assistant does not prevent you from using your
computer’s native disk utility program to format or partition your
LaCie drive. Simply follow the Setup Assistant through completion,
then use your computer’s native disk utility (Disk Management for
Windows or Disk Utility for Mac) to reformat your drive. See section
2.5. Formatting and Partitioning
for more information.
To launch LaCie Setup Assistant:
Windows users:
double click on the LaCie icon in “My Computer”
(or in “Computer” for Windows Vista users).
Mac users:
double click on the “LaCie Setup Assistant” icon which
will appear on your desktop.
If you do not launch LaCie Setup Assistant or if you quit LaCie Setup
Assistant after the formatting has begun, your drive will not be ready
to use and will require manual formatting. The user manual and
utilities will not be available on your drive and will have to be down-
loaded from the LaCie website:
www.lacie.com
.
IMPORTANT INFO:
LaCie recommends that you copy the user
manual and utilities onto your computer’s internal hard drive or
other medium when setup is complete.
