Technical Information
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LaCie Big Disk
4) Check the Windows 98 SE version installed on your computer. Supported versions of Windows 98 SE are 4.10.2222A
and above. To check the version number, you need to execute the program
Systems
.
5) To proceed, launch the following command from the Windows
Task Bar: Start > Settings > Control Panel > System
.
If your FireWire drive is still not recognized, or if you encounter any difficulties, check the type of FireWire controller available
in your computer. You can access it from the Task Bar of Windows. Proceed as follows:
1) Double click on
Start
:
a- Double click on
Settings
b- Double click on
Control Panel
c- Double click on
System
2) Go to Peripheral manager and double click on
IEEE 1394 Bus Controller
.
3) The IEEE 1394 controller type appears on the second line.
4) Double click on this line and note the information which follows in order to communicate it to your dealer’s
technical support:
• Peripheral type
• Manufacturer
• Equipment version
• Peripheral state
Available Storage Capacity
In order to utilize a hard disk drive, it has to be formatted first. Formatting a disk consists of the following: the operating
system erases all of the bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure that all of the sectors are reliable,
marks bad sectors (i.e., those that are scratched) and creates internal address tables that it later uses to locate information.
Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity is generally about 5% less than the non-formatted capacity. So, if for
example, your drive system has a non-formatted capacity of 500GB, after formatting, the drive will actually have a capacity
of roughly 475GB.
5.2 FAT 32 vs. NTFS
There are basically two file system formats for PCs: FAT 32 and NTFS. Performance is very similar between the two systems,
and the following information will hopefully make choosing one or the other a little easier.
