Manual Updates
LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most up-to-date, comprehensive User’s Manuals available on the market. It is our
goal to provide you with a friendly, easy-to-use format that will help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your
new device.
If your manual does not reflect the configurations of the product that you purchased, please check our Web site for the most
current version available. You can access our manuals at:
www.lacie.com/support/manuals
1.2 What is USB 2.0?
The new USB 2.0 standard provides higher bandwidth for high-speed peripherals such as external hard drives, high-speed
scanners, CD-RW and DVD drives. USB 2.0 delivers transfer rates of 480Mb/s, while conveniently maintaining backward
compatibility with USB 1.1 devices.
USB 2.0 can still be used to connect lower-speed USB 1.1 ports and devices like digital cameras, scanners, modems,
keyboards, mice, joysticks and printers. In the USB 2.0 system, existing USB peripherals do not have to be upgraded, and
lower-speed devices will not require additional performance, instead operating as USB 1.1 devices.
USB Icons
These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces. They appear on USB cables and next to the USB port connectors
on certain computers.
USB 1.1 icon
USB 2.0 icon
1.3 LaCie Storage Utilities Software
The LaCie Storage Utilities CD is a hybrid CD-ROM that has the Mac version,
Silverlining Pro
, and the PC version,
Silverlining 98
, on the same CD. Mac users will be able to only view and use the Mac portion, and PC users will be able to
only view and use the PC version.
Mac Users Using Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x
Please see the Silverlining manual for instructions on how to use this software. This manual is located on your LaCie Storage
Utilities CD in PDF format.
Mac Users Using Mac OS 10.x
Use the formatting and partitioning capabilities in the Apple Disk Utility. Please refer to your Mac OS 10.x documentation or
online help for instructions.
Introduction
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LaCie d2 USB Hard Drive
