LaCie Hard Disk 301871EK manual

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual T able of Contents Health and Safet y Pr ecautions 3 General Use Pr ecautions 3 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Disk 5 1.1. Box Content 6 1.2. Minimum System Requirements 7 2. Getting Connected 8 2.1. T urning the Drive On 9 2.2. Connecting the USB cable 10 2.3. Launching L aCie Se[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual F orw ard P age 2 Copyrights Copyright © 2007 LaCie. All rights reser ved. No part of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sy stem, or tr ansmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me- chanical, photocopying, recording or other wise, without the pr ior[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual F orw ard P age 3 is sy mbol on the prod- uct or on its pac kaging 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 [...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual F orw ard P age 4 Do not place the LaCie Hard Disk near sources of magnetic inter fer- ence, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Magnetic interference can affect the opera- tion and stability of your LaCie Hard Disk. Do not place heavy objects on top of the LaCie Har[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual In tro duc tio n P age 5 Features ■ Efficient USB desktop hard drive with modern design ❖ Easy for anyone to set-up and use ❖ Store and back up your files, music, photos and video ❖ 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Disk Building on over a decade of design excellence, LaCie [...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual In tro duc tio n P age 6 1 2 DESIGN NEIL POUL TO N Quick Install Guide hard disk DE SIGN BY NEIL POU LTON 4 1.1. Bo x Content 1 LaCie Hard Disk 2 P ower suppl y 3 Hi-Speed USB cable 4 Q uick Install Guide LaCie Utilities and user manual are pre-loaded on the drive. ImpOrT ANT INfO: P[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual In tro duc tio n P age 7 Windows Users W indows 2000, W indows XP or Windows Vista P entium I I 350MHz processor or higher 128MB RAM or greater USB interface port Internet connection (for downloading updates) ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Mac Users Mac OS X 10.3 or later G3, G4, G5 or Mac Inte[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual Ge tti ng Con nec ted P age 8 2. Getting Connected Step 1 2.1. T urning the Dr ive On P age 9 Step 2 2.2. Connecting the USB cable P age 10 Step 3 2.3. Launching L aCie Setup Assistant P age 11 ImpOrT ANT INfO: P lease follow the setup steps in the or der they are given to ensur e th[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual Ge tti ng Con nec ted P age 9 2.1. T urning the Drive On ImpOrT ANT INfO: P lease connect the pow er supply before connecting the USB cable to ensure that the v ol- ume mounts correctly on your computer . e pow er supply kit is composed of two cables: one cable ( A ) connects to t[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual Ge tti ng Con nec ted P age 10 2.2. Connecting the USB cable Attach the large end of the USB cable to an available USB 2.0 port on your computer . Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB 2.0 port on the back of the hard disk . After a few seconds, the hard disk wil l mount [...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual Ge tti ng Con nec ted P age 11 Before using your drive, LaCie Setup Assistant sof t- ware must be launched to format your drive. It will: Optimize your drive according to your needs Copy the manual and utilities on y our drive It is highly advised to copy the user manual and utilitie[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual Ge tti ng Con nec ted P age 12 2.4. Disconnecting Y our LaCie Hard Disk USB external devices feature “plug & play ” connec- tivity , whic h means that your drive c an be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. T o prevent failures, however , it is important [...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual F orm att ing an d P ar tit ion ing P age 13 What is Formatting? W hen a disk is formatted, the following things oc- cur: the operating sy stem erases al l of the bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure that all of the sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors [...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual F orm att ing an d P ar tit ion ing P age 14 3.1. Formatting for Windows Users e process of formatting a dr ive on a computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP or W indows V ista consists of two steps: (1) instal ling a signature on the drive, and (2) f ormatting the drive. ese [...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual F orm att ing an d P ar tit ion ing P age 15 ImpOrT ANT INfO: P lease r efer to section 3, F ormatting and Partitioning , f or a more detailed comparison of the various file system for mats. Fig . 3.1.C Fig . 3.1.D Click Next . Click Next . Click Next . Click Next . On the F ormat P[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual F orm att ing an d P ar tit ion ing P age 16 3.2. Formatting for Mac Users Connect the dr ive to the computer and tur n on the drive. Select Utilities f rom the Go menu in the Finder menu bar . In the Utilities folder , double-c lick Disk Utilit y . e Disk Utility window will open[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual In ter fac e a nd Dat a T ran sfe r I nfo rma tio n P age 17 USB is a ser ial input/output technolog y f or 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 da[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual In ter fac e a nd Dat a T ran sfe r I nfo rma tio n P age 18 A data transfer is the flow of data that accomplishes a task, usually related to moving data f rom storage to computer R AM or between storage devices. D uring data transfers, it ’ s best to wait before launching other a[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual T ro ubl esh oot ing P age 19 If your LaCie Hard Disk is not wor king cor- rectly , please refer to the following chec klist to de- termine the source of the problem. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive still does not work proper ly , please che[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual T ro ubl esh oot ing P age 20 Problem Question Answer e drive is not recog- nized by the computer . Are both ends of the USB cable securely attached? Check both ends of the USB cable to make sure they are fully seated in their respective ports. T r y disconnecting the cable, waiti[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual T ro ubl esh oot ing P age 21 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 roubleshootin[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual T ro ubl esh oot ing P age 22 Problem Question Answer e drive is not run- ning noticeably faster when connected via Hi-Speed USB 2.0. Is the drive connected to a USB 1.1 port on your computer , or to a USB 1.1 hub? If your drive is connected to a USB 1.1 port or hub , this is norm[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual Co nta cti ng Cus tom er Sup por t P age 23 Read the User Manual and review the T roubleshoot- ing section. T r y to isolate the problem. If possible , make the drive the only external device connected to your computer , and make sure that all of the cables are correctl y and securel[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual Co nta cti ng Cus tom er Sup por t P age 24 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/contact/ (F r ançais) LaCie Ca[...]

L aC ie Har d D isk • DESI GN BY NEI L PO UL T ON Us er Man ual LaCie warrants your drive against any defect in ma- terial and workmanship , under normal use, for the peri- od designated on your warrant y cer tificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, L aCie will, at its option, repair or replace the[...]