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3. Installing Your LaCie Drive
Getting your LaCie Rugged Drive installed and connected as simple as connecting an interface cable to
the drive and to a computer. There are three interface connectivity options when connecting your LaCie
Rugged Drive with Triple Interface to your computer: FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and Hi-Speed USB
2.0.
The Rugged Drive is plug & play for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS X. If you’re using one
of those operating systems, move ahead to section 3.1 Connect the USB 2.0 Cable to your Computer.
Important Note:
Mac OS 9.x users
: You must install Silverlining Pro software. For details see the following pages for
installation steps..
Windows 98SE and Windows Me users:
You must install the included driver software and Silverlining
98. See the following pages for installation steps.
Important Note:
This LaCie drive is preformatted in HFS+ is immediately compatible with Mac OS
9.x and Mac OS 10.x. For use with Windows, cross-platform use between Mac and Windows and
for more information about reformatting, please see the following sections for more information:
4.1. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Drive - 4.1.1. Mac Users
5.1. File System Formats - 5.1.1. Mac Users
Important Note:
You can not have the FireWire and USB interfaces connected at the same time! If
you will be switching between interfaces, you must also follow the steps in section 3.5. Switching
Interfaces. For information about connecting additional FireWire and USB devices to the LaCie
Rugged Drive with Triple Interface, please see section 3.3. Installing Multiple Devices.
Tech Note:
To connect additional devices, you must be using the same interface, either FireWire or
USB, and a hub if you are using USB. Your computer will not recognize the daisy-chained device if
the interfaces are mixed, i.e. a FireWire device attached to a drive that is connected to the computer
via the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface.
3. Installing Your LaCie Drive
