Setting Up Your LaCie Drive
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LaCie DVD Dual Drive
User’s Manual
3.2.2.2. FireWire Installation
1) Turn on your computer. Wait until startup has completed.
2) Follow the steps in
3.1. Connecting the Power Supply
.
3) Connect the FireWire cable to your LaCie drive, and the other end to an available FireWire port on your computer. Make
sure that the Power LED lights, indicating that the drive is powered up.
4) Windows will detect the new device and load Microsoft's native driver for the LaCie drive. If this driver was not installed
during the initial installation of Windows, you may be asked to insert your Windows installation CD-ROM in your computer’s
internal CD/DVD-ROM drive. After Windows is done, you may be asked to restart your computer.
5) On the Windows desktop, open
My Computer
. Windows will have assigned a drive letter and icon for your drive.
6) Put a CD or DVD in the drive to test the drive. If the CD or DVD mounts (if its name is visible), it is ready for use.
3.3. Installing Multiple USB Peripherals
Technically, you can connect up to 127 individual USB peripherals at one time. However, you probably will not use more than
6 to 8 peripherals on your USB system. Most computers only have two USB ports, so you would need a hub to connect more
than two peripheral drives. The hub regenerates the signals, generally providing between 4 to 7 connections. To add even
more drives, connect a new hub to a connector of the original hub, creating a new series of peripherals, etc. But the hub
slows down the transfer rate by lengthening the path of the signal. To optimize performance, connect your drive directly to
one of the built-in ports in your computer.
3.4. Installing Multiple FireWire Peripherals
FireWire allows for the connection of up to 63 devices on the bus, with a maximum of 16 devices on one branch. FireWire
devices can be connected on a chain and do not necessarily need a hub. Simply connect the first peripheral to a FireWire
port on your computer. Connect the second peripheral to the other FireWire port on the first drive etc., using the cables
provided with your drives.
3.5. Disconnecting Your LaCie DVD Dual Drive
USB and FireWire external devices feature “plug & play” connection. This means that your drive can be connected and
disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures, it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your
U&I device.
Warning!
Do not disconnect the USB or FireWire cable when the drive is reading or writing to a disc. Disconnecting
while the drive is operating could cause the destruction of data or damage the drive itself. Make sure that your drive
is not reading or writing and that the activity LED is off before disconnecting the USB or FireWire cable.
