Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product LITTLE DISK USB 2.0 LaCie
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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 ab le o f C onte nts T able of Contents Health and Safet y Precautions 3 General Use P recautions 3 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Dr ive 5 1.1. Box Content 6 1.2. Minimum System Requirements 7 2.
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.
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.
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.
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 per formance ❖ Store, back up and exchange your files ❖ Easy to use, P lug & P lay setup ❖ 1.
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.
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 W indows Vista 233MHz P entium or higher 32MB RAM or greater USB 2.0 Internet connection (for downloading updates) ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Mac Users Mac OS 10.
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.
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 f or installation on your computer .
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.
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 att ing and P arti tio ning What is Formatting? W hen a disk is formatted, the f ollowing things oc- cur: the operating system 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.
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 att ing 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 drive, and (2) formatting the dr ive.
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 att ing 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 f ormats.
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 att ing 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 .
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 technolog y for connect- ing peripheral devices to a computer or to each other .
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, usually related to moving data f rom stor age to computer R AM or between storage devices.
L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 7 T ro ubl esho oti ng 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 aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 8 T ro ubl esho oti ng Problem Question Answer e drive is not recog- nized by the computer . Are your co mputer ’ s USB buses working properly? Open Apple System Profiler , expand the Hardware list and click on USB.
L aCi e L ittl e D isk • DE SIGN BY SAM H ECHT Us er M anu al pa ge 1 9 T ro ubl esho oti ng 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 .
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 por t Read the User Manual and r e view the T roubleshoot- ing section.
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 por t 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 .
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.
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