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LaCie USB 2.0 manual

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    用户手册 ユ ー ザ ー マ ニ ュ ア ル manual de instrucciones guída utente handbuch gebruikershandleiding manuel utilisateur user manual 용자 설명서 little disk Hi- Speed USB 2.0[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 T able of Con tent s T able of Contents Health and Safet y Precautions 3 General Use Pr ecautions 3 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Dr ive 5 1.1. Box Content 6 1.2. Minimum System Requirements 7 2. Getting Connected 8 2.1. Connecting the Little Disk to Y our Computer 8 2.2. I[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 2 F orw ard Copyrights Copyright © 2007 LaCie. All rights reser ved. No part of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me- chanical, photocopying, recording or other wise, without the prior w ri[...]

  • Page 4

    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 3 F orw ard is symbol on the prod- uct or on its packaging indicates that this prod- uct must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equip ment by handing it over to a designed collec- tion point for the [...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 4 F orw ard of the LaCie Hard Disk or use ex- cessive force on it. Never use excessive force on your LaCie Hard Disk. If you detect a problem, see the T roubleshooting section in this manual. ❖ CAUTION : A shielded-ty pe power cord is required in order to meet FCC emission limi[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 5 In trod uct ion Features ■ Pr ofessional perf ormance ❖ Store, back up and exchange your files ❖ Easy to use, P lug & P lay setup ❖ 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Drive Building on over a decade of design excellence, LaCie has created a new line of dr ives that [...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 6 In trod uct ion 3 1.1. Bo x Content 1 LaCie Little Disk mini P ortable Hard Dr ive 2 USB extension cable 3 Carr ying c ase ImpOrT ANT INfO: P lease save your pack- aging. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or ser viced, it must be returned in its original pa[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 7 In trod uct ion Windows Users W indows 2000, Windows XP or Windows V ista 233MHz P entium or higher 32MB RAM or greater USB 2.0 Internet connection (for downloading updates) ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Mac Users Mac OS 10.3 or later G3 or later or Intel Core processor 32MB RAM or great[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 8 Ge ttin g C onne cte d 2. Getting Connected 2.1. Connecting the Little Disk to Y our Computer Fig . 2.1.B ImpOrT ANT INfO: Y our L aCie hard disk is powered by your computer’ s USB 2.0 bus. If the Little Disk does not power on when connected, check the physical connections an[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 9 Ge ttin g C onne cte d Y our LaCie hard drive comes pre-loaded with easy- to-use backup software ready for instal lation on y our computer . LaCie 1-C lick Backup is a basic file backup pro- gram that al lows you to backup files f rom diff erent source locations to one desti[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 0 Ge ttin g C onne cte d 2.3. Disconnecting Y our LaCie Hard Drive USB external devices feature “ plug & play ” connec- tivity , which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. T o prevent failures, how e ver , it is impor ta[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 1 F orm atti ng and P arti tio ning What is Formatting? W hen a disk is formatted, the f ollowing things oc- cur: the oper ating sy stem 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[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 2 F orm atti ng and P arti tio ning 3.1. Formatting for Windows Users e process of formatting a dr ive on a computer running W indows 2000 or W indows XP consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the dr ive, and (2) formatting the dr ive. ese steps will erase a[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 3 F orm atti ng and P arti tio ning ImpOrT ANT INfO: P lease refer to section 3, F ormatting and P artitioning , for a more detailed comparison of the various file system for mats. Fig . 3.1.2.C Fig . 3.1.2.D On the F ormat Partition window , you have the op- tion of selecting[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 4 F orm atti ng and P arti tio ning 3.2. Formatting for Mac Users Connect the drive to the computer and wait for it to mount. Select Utilities f rom the Go menu in the F inder menu bar . In the Utilities folder , double-c lick Disk Utilit y . e Disk Utility window will open.[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 5 In terf ace and Da ta T ra nsfe r I nfor mat ion USB is a serial input/output tec hnolog y for connect- ing peripheral devices to a computer or to each other . Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessar y bandwidth and data tr[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 6 In terf ace and Da ta T ra nsfe r I nfor mat ion A data transfer is the flow of data that accomplishes a task, usuall y related to moving data f rom storage to computer R AM or between storage devices. During data transfers, it ’ s best to wait before launching other appli[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 7 T roub lesh oot ing Problem Question Answer e drive is not recog- nized by the computer . Does an icon for the drive appear on the desktop? ere should be an icon for the LaCie drive on the desktop . If the drive does not appear , follow the rest of the T roubleshooting [...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 8 T roub lesh oot ing Problem Question Answer e drive is not recog- nized by the computer . Are your computer’ s USB buses working properly? Open Apple System Profiler , expand the Hardware list and click on USB. If your device is not listed, recheck the cables and tr y t[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 9 T roub lesh oot ing Problem Question Answer e drive is not recog- nized by the computer . Has the drive been formatted? Make sure that the drive has been formatted properly . P lease see section 3, F ormatting and Partitioning . Does your computer’ s operating system sup[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 2 0 Co ntac tin g Cu sto mer Sup port Read the User Manual and r evie w the T roubleshoot- ing section. T r y to isolate the problem. If possible, make the dr ive the only external device connected to your computer , and make sure that all of the c ables are correctly and securel[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 2 1 Co ntac tin g Cu sto mer Sup port LaCie T echnical Support Contacts LaCie Asia, S ingapore, and Hong Kong Contact us at: http://www .lacie.com/asia/contact/ LaCie Australia Contact us at: http://www .lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Belgium Contact us at: http://www .lacie.com/be/[...]

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    L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 2 2 W arra nty In form ati on 7. W arranty Information LaCie warrants your drive against any defect in ma- terial and workmanship , under normal use, for the peri- od designated on your warr anty certific ate. In the e vent this product is found to be defective within the warran[...]