3. Installing Your LaCie Drive
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LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme with Triple Interface
User’s Manual
Windows 2000 And Windows XP – FireWire 400
After the first connection of a FireWire-based peripheral, Windows detects the drive, and will install it automatically as a new
peripheral, even if you have previously installed it on another port on the same FireWire bus. Let Windows install the
FireWire drivers of your LaCie drive.
on
auto
off
FW800
FW800
FW400
USB 2.0
on
auto
off
FW800
FW800
FW400
USB 2.0
Connect the 6-pin end of the FireWire 400 cable into the
FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Bigger Disk
Extreme with Triple Interface.
Connect the 6-pin end of the
FireWire 400 cable into an
available FireWire 400 port on
your computer.
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2
3
Computer models vary. Please consult your computer’s User’s Manual for the exact location of your interface.
Tech Note:
For more information about FireWire, please
see sections:
•
2.3.1. FireWire
•
5.3. Optimizing Data Transfers
•
6. FireWire Questions & Answers
.
Before your LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme
with Triple Interface will be ready to use,
you will need to format the drive. You can
also customize the configuration of your
hard drive system.
Please refer to the following sections for
more information:
4.1. Formatting And Partitioning Your
LaCie Drive – 4.1.2. Windows Users
FireWire 400 Cable 6-pin end
FireWire 400 port
