Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product USB Key MAX LaCie
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L aCi e U SB K e y MA X 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 ritten consent of LaCie.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX Us er M anu al pa ge 6 In trod uct ion 1.1. Bo x Content 1 LaCie USB Key Max 2 USB extension cable 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 packaging.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX Us er M anu al pa ge 8 Ge ttin g C onne cte d 2. Getting Connected 2.1. Connecting the USB K ey MAX 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 U SB K ey MAX 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 destination.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 .
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 .
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 applications on the same USB 2.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 .
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 .
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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 securely attached.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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.
L aCi e U SB K ey MAX 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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