PC Users Using Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Use the formatting and partitioning capabilities that are included with your operating system. Please see
for more details.
PC Users Using Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) and Windows Me
You have the option of using Silverlining 98, included with your drive, on the Silverlining CD (in PDF format), or using the
formatting and partitioning capabilities in your operating system. Please see
for more details.
2. Getting To Know Your LaCie Hard Drive
What Can Your External Hard Drive Do?
• Store and exchange data between several computers.
• Back up your computer’s internal hard drive.
• Store files created by your various applications.
2.1 Minimum System Requirements
Hardware Requirements:
• Mac or PC with USB 2.0 or 1.1 interface
System Requirements:
• Mac OS 8.6, 9.x and 10.x (Apple USB support 1.3.5 and greater)
• Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me and Windows XP
• Intel Pentium 233MHz-compatible processor or greater; minimum 32MB RAM
2.2 LaCie d2 USB 2.0 Hard Drive – Views
Front View
1 – On/off button / Power LED
Push the button to power the drive on. The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on, and blinks to indicate disk activity.
Getting to Know Your LaCie Hard Drive
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LaCie d2 USB Hard Drive
with stand
without stand
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