3. Installing Your LaCie Drive
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LaCie d2 Hard Drive
User’s Manual
Windows 2000 And Windows XP – FireWire 800
After the first connection of a FireWire 800-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 800 drivers of your LaCie drive.
Connect the 9-pin end of the FireWire 800 cable into the
FireWire 800 port on the back of the LaCie d2 Hard Drive.
Connect the other end
of the 9-pin FireWire
800 cable into an
available FireWire
800 port on your
computer.
Computer models vary. Please consult your computer’s User’s Manual for the exact location of your interface.
Your LaCie d2 Hard Drive will now be ready for
use. Now you will need to format and partition
the drive to suit your needs. Please see
4.1.
Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Drive –
4.1.2. Windows Users
for more information.
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After following the steps in
3.1. Connecting The Power Supply
, power on the drive by pressing the On/Off button
on the front of the drive.
Tech Note:
For more information about
FireWire, please see sections:
•
2.3.1. FireWire
•
5.3. Optimizing Data Transfers
•
6. FireWire Questions & Answers
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