Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Hard Disk 301871EK LaCie
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 operatin.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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