LaCie Mobile Drive User’s Guide 04/17/2003 v.2
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1. Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie Mobile Drive. This hard drive will
give you a unique combination of compatibility and convenience, as well as generous
storage capacity. LaCie Mobile Drives are ideal for professionals and home users,
and for various applications such as databases, desktop publishing, digital content
creation and digital audio/video. For even greater flexibility, your LaCie external
hard drive is also cross-platform, which enables you to use it on both Macs and PCs.
With all it can do for you, we’re confident that your LaCie Mobile Drive will quickly
become an important tool in your day-to-day business and personal computing.
This manual will help you to:
• Install your new device properly
• Get your drive up and running
• Quickly learn how to operate it
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The LaCie Mobile Drive does not require a power supply for computers equipped with a standard
bus-powered USB port. Some USB hubs or boards are not powered; please contact your reseller or
LaCie Technical Support for more information.
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Precautions
Always follow the basic precautions to use your LaCie Mobile Drive safely and correctly. Respecting
these guidelines will help to avoid the possibility of personal injury to yourself or others, as well as to
prevent damage to your device and other computer equipment. For a complete list of precautions,
please see
10. Health and Safety Precautions
of this manual.
Warranty
LaCie accepts no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device, or for any of the problems
caused as a result. Under no circumstances does LaCie guarantee the reliability of the hard drive.
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:
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