LaCie 1.0 manual

User’ s Manual Handbuch Manuel Utilisateur Manual de Instrucciones Guida Utente La Cie SA FE mob il e ha rd dri ve Use r’ s Man ual V 1.0[...]

Ho w T o Use Th is Manu al La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Ho w T o Us e Thi s Man ua l In th e tool ba r: Pri nting : Whi le opt imi zed for onsc ree n view ing , the pa ges of this man ual are forma tte d for pri nti ng on 8 1/2 ” x 11” and A4 si zed pap er , givin g you th e opti on to pri nt the entir e manu al or jus t [...]

T able of Cont ent s La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual For ewo rd 4 Hea lth , Sa fet y and Gen er al Use Preca ut ion s 6 1. Int ro duc tio n 7 1.1 . What Y our LaCie SAFE Dri ve Can Do 2. Unp ac kin g Y our LaC ie SAF E Dri ve 8 2.1 . What ’ s In clu ded With Y our LaC ie SAF E Driv e 8 2.2 . Mini mum Syste m Requ ire men ts 8 [...]

7. Hel pf ul Inf orma tion (co nt. ) 30 7.2. Form att ing and Partit ion ing Y our Drive 31 7.2 .1. Windo ws Use rs 31 7.2 .2. Mac User s 33 7.3. Opt imi zin g USB 2.0 Conne cti ons 35 7.3 .1. What is USB 2.0? 35 7.3 .3. Data T ran sfe rs 36 8. Fre qu ent ly Ask ed Qu es tio ns (F AQ) 37 9. T ro ubl es hoo tin g Y our LaC ie Dri ve 39 10. T roub le[...]

Fo rew or d pag e 4 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Cop yri ght s Cop yri ght © 20 05 LaC ie. All righ ts res erved. No part of this pub lic ati on may be repro duc ed, store d in a retri eva l sys tem , or tra nsm itt ed in any form or by any means , elec tro nic , mech ani cal , phot oco pyi ng, recor din g or oth erwise, wit[...]

Fo rew or d pag e 5 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Can ada Compl ian ce Sta tem ent Thi s Clas s A digit al app ara tus meets all req uir eme nts of the Cana dia n Inte rfere nce -Ca usi ng Equ ipm ent Regul ati ons . Man ufa ctu rer ’ s De cla rat ion for CE Certific ati on W e, LaCie , here by certi fy tha t this devic e is[...]

Pr eca ut io ns pag e 6 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual He alt h and Saf et y Pr eca ut ion s Onl y qual ifi ed per son s are aut hor ize d to car r y out mai nte nan ce on this dev ice . • Read this Use r's Guide caref ull y , and fol low the cor rec t proc edu re whe n sett ing up the devi ce. • Do not ope n your LaCi[...]

1. In tr od uct ion pag e 7 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 1. Int ro duc ti on Con gra tul ati ons on the purc has e of your new LaC ie SAF E mobi le har d driv e! By sim ply plugg ing the LaC ie SAF E mobi le har d dri ve int o your compu ter and step pin g thr oug h a quick and easy softw are setup proce ss, you can en sur e [...]

2. Un pa ck ing Y ou r LaC ie SAF E Dr iv e pag e 8 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 2. Unp ac kin g Y ou r LaC ie SAF E Dr ive Bui ldi ng on yea rs of sto rag e expe rie nce , LaC ie has teame d up with leade rs in the secur ity indus try to creat e a new fami ly of dri ves that can seaml ess ly kee p your most importa nt dat a [...]

3. Be fo re In st al lin g Y our LaC ie SA FE Dri ve pag e 9 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 3. Bef or e In sta ll ing Y o ur La Cie SA FE Dri ve Y es, we know you are anxio us to sta rt using your new LaCie SAFE mo bil e hard drive , but bec aus e it has ext ra dat a secu rit y fea tur es not found on stand ard exter nal hard d[...]

3. Be fo re In st al lin g Y our LaC ie SA FE Driv e pag e 10 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 3. 3. Ab ou t Aut ho ri ze d Use rs and Rig ht s The Admin ist rat or can regis ter finge rpr int s for up to four add iti ona l user s. Whe n regi ste rin g user s, the Admin ist rat or can opt to giv e them Read Onl y priv ile ges , R[...]

4. Co nn ec tin g Y our LaC ie Dr ive pag e 11 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 4. Con ne cti ng Y our LaC ie Dri ve Fol low these steps to quick ly get your LaCie SAFE dri ve pow ere d on and con nec ted to your co mpu ter . Cli ck on a step to get sta rted! • 4.1. Conne ct the USB 2.0 * Cabl e to Y ou r LaCi e Driv e and to Y[...]

4. Co nn ec tin g Y our LaC ie Dr ve pag e 12 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 4. 2. Co nn ec ti ng th e USB Powe r Sha ri ng Ca ble In the event that a sing le US B port on your compu ter does not provi de the neces sary powe r to oper ate your dri ve, you can dra w extr a powe r from all USB po rts on your compu ter by also usi[...]

5. Co nf ig uri ng Y our LaCi e SAF E Driv e pag e 13 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 5. Con fi gur in g Y ou r La Cie SA FE Dri ve Onc e the LaC ie SAF E driv e is con nec ted to a US B port on your compu ter , the dri ve' s top LED will blink orang e and the n turn red . Afte r a few seco nds , the dr ive will mou nt. Imp[...]

For Windo ws use rs: If no LaCi e SAFE drive icon app ear s on your compu ter , the n righ t-c lic k on the My Com put er fol der ico n and the n clic k Mana ge. From th e Comp ute r Mana gem ent windo w , sel ect Disk Manag eme nt (lo cat ed bel ow the Stora ge gro up) . Wind ows will lis t the SAF E dri ve att ach ed and the virtua l partit ion n[...]

Fig . 5.1. 3 The Mac deskt op 3. Sim ply wait a few sec ond s whi le the Insta lla tio n Prog ram insta lls the nece ssa r y com pon ent s. Whe n it is fini she d, cli ck Res tart to res tart you r Mac. Now you are read y to use you r LaCi e SAFE drive . Now that you have you r LaCi e SAF E mobi le har d driv e up and run nin g, you can conf igu re[...]

5. Co nf ig uri ng Y our LaCi e SAF E Driv e pag e 16 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 5. 2. Se tt in g Up Use r Nam es an d Pr iv il ege s 1. The first time you use you r LaCi e SAFE drive , clic k on the dri ve’ s loc k icon to open the LaCie SAFE Con fig ura tio n T ool. The Fir st Use Wizar d will appea r and wi ll wal k yo[...]

5. Co nf ig uri ng Y our LaCi e SAF E Driv e pag e 17 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 3. Ent er a name for the us er and set permi ssi ons . “Rea d only ” mean s the us er can read dat a on the dri ve, but cann ot wri te any thi ng to it. “Read and writ e” me ans the user can both read dat a on the dri ve an d writ e new[...]

5. Co nf ig uri ng Y our LaCi e SAF E Driv e pag e 18 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 5. 3. Re gi st er in g Use r Fin ger prin ts 1. Cli ck on an unh igh lig hte d fing er to begin regis ter ing a fi nge rpr int . Clic k Next to conti nue . The dia log below appea rs. 2. A dial og wil l appe ar , requ est ing that you swipe the[...]

5. Co nf ig uri ng Y our LaCi e SAF E Driv e pag e 19 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Imp ortant Inf o: If the swipe is not succe ssf ul, you’l l get an err or dia log stati ng tha t the swi pe regi str ati on fai led . Con sul t sect ion 10. T roub les hoo tin g the Fin ger pri nt Sen sor if you canno t get a succ ess ful sw [...]

5. 4. Re gi st er in g Add iti onal User s 1. T o re gis ter anoth er use r , click “New use r ...” and repea t Ste p 3 in secti on 5.2 . Sett ing Up User Nam es an d Priv ile ges and all of the step s in sect ion 5.3. Regis ter ing User Fin ger pri nts . 2. T o be gin using the driv e, cl ick “Unlo ck dri ve” and swip e one of you r regi s[...]

6. Us in g Y ou r LaC ie SAF E Dr iv e pag e 21 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 6. Us in g Y o ur La Ci e S AF E D ri ve Onc e y ou’ ve set up yo ur LaC ie SAF E d riv e w ith at le ast on e u ser , t hen yo u c an sta rt to us e i t. If the dr ive is cu rre ntl y d isc on- nec ted , f irs t c onn ect it (s ee sec tio n 4 . C [...]

6. Us in g Y ou r LaC ie SAF E Dr iv e pag e 22 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 6. 2. Us ing th e Dr iv e a s an A dm in is tra tor 1. Onc e t he dri ve is mou nte d, an ico n a ppe ars in th e M y C omp ute r f old er for Wi ndo ws or on the de skt op for Ma c. Dou ble cli ck on the SA FE ico n ( the lo ck) to ac ces s t he aut[...]

6. Us in g Y ou r LaC ie SA FE Dri ve pag e 23 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 3. Onc e t he sen sor ha s r eco gni zed yo u a s t he Adm ini str ato r , a p ers ona liz ed dia log ap pea rs. Cl ick “U nlo ck dri ve” to be gin us - ing th e d riv e, jus t a s y ou wou ld any st and ard ex tern al dri ve. Or cl ick Co nfi gur[...]

6. Us in g Y ou r LaC ie SA FE Dri ve pag e 24 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 6.2 .2. R emovi ng a User 1. If you cl ick Co nfi gur e t o c onf igu re the dr ive (s ee Ste p 2 in se cti on 6.2 Us ing th e D riv e a s a n A dmi nis tra tor ), the n t his di alo g app ear s. Hig hli ght th e n ame of th e u ser yo u w ish to re m[...]

6. Us in g Y ou r LaC ie SAF E Dr iv e pag e 25 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 4. If you wa nt to rem ove th e l ast us er— for ex amp le, if yo u w ant to le nd the SA FE dri ve to ano the r d epa rtmen t i n y our co m- pan y—s ele ct the us er' s n ame an d c lic k ” Res et to fac tory se tti ngs ... ”. Imp orta[...]

6. Us in g Y ou r LaC ie SA FE Dri ve pag e 26 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 6.2 .3. C hangi ng a User Profi le 1. If you cl ick Co nfi gur e t o c onf igu re the dr ive (s ee Ste p 2 an d S tep 3 in sec tio n 6 .2 Usi ng the Dr ive as an Ad min ist rat or) , t hen you ’ll br ing up th is dia log . S ele ct a u ser fr om the[...]

6. Us in g Y ou r LaC ie SAF E Dr iv e pag e 27 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual T o r egi st er a ne w fin ge rp rin t, s imp ly c lic k on a fi ng er th at i s n ot c ur ren tl y reg is te red . A dia lo g ap pea rs , req ue st ing t ha t y ou s wi pe th e sel ec te d f in ge r o ve r th e f in ge rpr in t sen so r . If t he sw[...]

6. 3. Us ing Mu lt ip le SA FE D ri ve s on th e Sa me C om pu ter If mul tip le saf e d riv es are pl ugg ed in, th is dia log ap pea rs, as kin g w hic h d riv e y ou wan t t o a dmi nis ter . 6. 4. Di scon ne ct in g and Loc ki ng Y ou r Dr ive T o loc k y our La Cie SA FE dri ve onc e y ou are fi nis hed us ing it , f irs t u nmo unt it . T hen[...]

7. Help ful Inf orm ati on pag e 29 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 7. Hel pf ul Inf or ma ti on 7. 1. Fi le Syst em Fo rmats Y our LaCi e SAFE mobi le har d driv e come s forma tte d with the F A T 32 file syst em form at. This is the only fil e syst em fo rmat tha t is acce ssi ble on both PC an d Mac pla tfo rms. LaCie drive [...]

7. He lp fu l Info rmati on pag e 30 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Use NTFS if: • Y ou want to opt imi ze dri ve perfo rma nce under Windo ws 200 0 or XP . • Y ou want to enc r yp t file s, ass ign permis sio ns to fi les , or want to audit files for acce ss. • Y ou will be form att ing partiti ons larg er tha n 32GB . ?[...]

7. 2. Fo rmatt ing An d Pa r tit io ni ng Y ou r LaC ie H ar d Dr iv e Onc e y ou hav e s et- up you r L aCi e H ard Dr ive , y ou can re form at or parti tio n i t t o s uit yo ur nee ds. 7.2 .1. W indow s Use rs • W ind ows 20 00 and XP – Use th e D isk Ma nag eme nt Uti lit y , w hic h i s n ati ve to the op era tin g s yst em. For mat ti ng[...]

5) Aft er Win dow s l aun che s a wa rnin g, cli ck Y es to co nti nue . 6) At thi s s cre en, yo u w ill be pr omp ted to en ter a nam e f or the har d d riv e ( it is LAC IE by def aul t), se lec t a fi le sys tem fo rmat , a nd all oca te uni t s ize . C lic k O K t o c ont inu e. Imp ortant Inf o: Pl eas e r efe r t o s ect ion 7. 1. Fil e S ys[...]

7.2 .2. M ac Us ers • M ac OS 10. x – Us e t he App le Dis k U til ity ap pli cat ion , w hic h i s n ati ve to the op era tin g s yst em. For mat ti ng an d P artiti oni ng Us in g M ac OS 1 0.x W arning ! Fol low ing th ese st eps wi ll era se any thi ng tha t i s o n t he har d d riv e. The ref ore , i f y ou hav e i nfo rmat ion th at you w[...]

8) In the V ol ume In form ati on sec tio n, cre ate a nam e f or eac h p artit ion , c hoo se the vo lum e f orma t ( Mac OS Ex ten ded , M ac OS Sta nda rd or UNI X F ile Sy ste m) and th e v olu me siz e. Imp ortant Inf o: Ple ase re fer to se cti on 7.1 . F ile Sy ste m F orma ts, fo r a mo re det ail ed dis cus sio n o n t he diffe ren ces bet[...]

7. He lp fu l Info rmati on pag e 35 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 7. 3. Op ti mi zi ng US B 2.0 Conn ec ti on s The follo win g tech nic al inf orma tio n rel ate s to your LaCie Drive and give s some pract ica l advi ce. 7.3 .1. Wha t is USB 2.0 ? The new USB 2.0 stand ard provi des high er ban dwi dth for high -sp eed perip[...]

7. He lp fu l Inf ormat io n pag e 36 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 7.3 .2. Dat a T ran sfers Dat a tran sfe rs are the flow of data that acc omp lis hes a ta sk, usual ly rel ate d to movi ng dat a for sto rag e to com put er RAM or bet wee n stor age devic es. Durin g data trans fer s, it ’ s be st to wai t befo re lau nch[...]

8. Fr eq ue ntl y As ked Que sti ons (F AQ ) pag e 37 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 8. Fr eq uen tl y A sk ed Qu est io ns (F AQ) Why do es the to p L ED bli nks wh en I c onn ect th e d riv e t o t he USB po r t on the co mpu ter ? Dur ing th e 5 se con ds whe n t he LED is bl ink ing , y ou can sw ipe yo ur fin ger to ac ces[...]

8. Fr eq ue ntl y As ked Que sti ons (F AQ ) pag e 38 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Sho uld I kee p a ba cku p o f t he dat a s tor ed on the SA FE dri ve? It’ s a lwa ys a g ood id ea to kee p a ba cku p, or eve n t wo bac kup s, of you r d ata . L aCi e p rov ide s a fu ll ran ge of pro duc ts for ba ck- ing up da ta, in c[...]

9. T rou bles ho oti ng Y our LaCi e Driv e pag e 39 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 9. T ro ub le sho ot ing Y ou r L aC ie Dr ive In the ev ent th at you r L aCi e S AFE Ha rd Dri ve is not wo rki ng cor rec tly , ple ase re fer to th e f oll owi ng che ckl ist to fi nd out wh ere the pr obl em is com ing fr om. If yo u h ave [...]

The Issue The drive is not rec ogn ize d. The drive is not rec ogn ize d. Que sti ons to Ask Are the USB dri ver s inst all ed cor rec tly and enab led ? Is the re a conf lic t with other devi ce dri ver s or exte nsi ons ? Is the file sys tem suppo rted by yo ur Ope rat ing Syste m? Doe s your compu ter ’ s confi gur ati on mee t the min imu m s[...]

The Issue Err or mes sag es und er Mac OS 10.x. The drive is worki ng slo wly . The USB 2.0 dri ve is not r un nin g noti cea bly fas ter than a USB 1.1 dri ve. Que sti ons to Ask Did you get an Err or –50 mess age whi le cop yin g to a F A T 32 volum e? Did you get an err or mes sag e tel lin g you tha t the dri ve has been dis con nec ted when [...]

Imp ortant Inf o: A void using USB conn ect ors found on certa in per iph era ls suc h as keyb oar ds. Thes e are pas - siv e (or pas s-t hro ugh ) conn ect ors that lead to power loss and unsta ble opera tio n. Imp ortant Inf o: O nly use USB cab les short er tha n 5 me ter s (app rox ima tel y 15 feet ). Usi ng lon ger ca ble s caus e the perip h[...]

10 . T ro uble sho otin g the Fi ng er pri nt Sens or pag e 43 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 10 . T rou bl esh oo tin g the F ing er pri nt Se ns or In the ev ent th at you r L aCi e S AFE mo bil e h ard dr ive 's fin ger pri nt sen sor do es not re cog niz e y ou as an aut hor ize d u ser , p lea se ref er to the fo llo [...]

11 . Cont acti ng Cu sto me r Sup port pag e 44 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 11 . C on tac ti ng Cu sto me r S up por t Bef ore Y ou C ont act T ech nic al Sup port: 1) Rea d t he man ual s a nd rev iew th e s ect ion s 9 . T roubl esh oot ing Y our Dri ve and 10 . T roub les hoo tin g t he Fin ger pri nt Sen sor . 2) T r y t[...]

11 . Cont acti ng Cu sto me r Sup port pag e 45 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual LaC ie Aus tra lia Con tac t Us At: htt p:/ /ww w .laci e.c om/ au/ con tac t/ LaC ie Can ada Con tac t Us At: htt p:/ /ww w .laci e.c om/ cae n/c ont act / (Eng lis h) LaC ie Fin lan d Con tac t Us At: htt p:/ /ww w .laci e.c om/ fi/ con tac t LaC i[...]

12 . W arra nty pag e 46 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual 12 . W ar ra nty LaC ie war ran ts you r driv e agai nst any def ect in mater ial and work man shi p, und er norm al use , for the peri od des ign ate d on you r warr ant y certif ica te. In the even t thi s prod uct is found to be defec tiv e with in the warra nty peri od[...]

Gl oss ar y pag e 47 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Gl oss ar y Bac kup – (1 ) The act of creat ing at leas t one add iti ona l copy of data ont o a differe nt (an d safe ) sto rag e devi ce fro m wher e it can be retri eve d at a late r time if neede d. (2) A co py of a file , dire cto r y , or vol ume on a se par ate stora [...]

Gl oss ar y pag e 48 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Dri ver (peri phe ral manag er) – A sof twa re com pon ent that en abl es the compu ter syste m to comm uni cat e with a pe rip her al. Mos t peri phe ral s will not oper ate corre ctl y – if at all – if the app rop ria te dri ver s are no t inst all ed on the syste m. F[...]

Gl oss ar y pag e 49 La Cie SAFE mobi le ha rd driv e Us er’ s Man ual Int erfac e – The prot oco l data tran smi tte rs, data rec eiv ers , logi c and wir ing that lin k one pie ce of co mpu ter equip men t to ano the r , su ch as a hard drive to an adap ter or an adapt er to a syst em bus . Pro toc ol mea ns a set of rul es for opera tin g th[...]

Gl oss ar y pag e 50 La Cie SAFE mob ile har d dri ve Us er’ s Man ual RAM (Ra ndo m Acce ss Mem or y) – Gene ral ly ref err ed to as a com put er’ s “mem ory .” An integ rat ed cir cui t memo r y chi p that all ows inform ati on to be st ore d and ret rie ved by a mi cro pro ces sor or contr oll er . The info rma tio n can be sto red or [...]