User manual LACIE BIG DISK WITH TRIPLE INTERFACE

[. . . ] LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic. Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized To Exit: From the Menu bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. Icons Used In This Manual Italicized paragraphs feature an icon describing the type of information being given. Important Info: This icon refers to an important step that must be followed. Tech Note: This icon refers to tips to help maximize performance. Caution!This icon indicates a potential hazard, and gives tips on how to avoid them. LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword Precautions 1. Package Contents And Views Of The Drive 2. 2. 1. [. . . ] Therefore, if you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, backup this information before performing these steps. 1) Connect the drive to the computer via one of the interface ports. 2) Once the drive mounts onto the desktop, go to the Menu Bar, and open Go. 3) From the Go menu, click on Applications. 4) In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder, and then double-click Disc Utility from the Utilities folder. In the left side of the window will be a list of the available hard disk drives. You should see a volume that represents your internal hard drive, and one that reads LaCie. 6) Select the LaCie drive, and then click on the Partition tab. 7) From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual 4. Using Your LaCie Drive page 37 starting with Current (Mac OS 10. x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. 8) In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, MS-DOS File System or UNIX File System) and the volume size. Tech Note: · Please refer to section 5. 1. 1. File System Formats ­ Mac Users, for a more detailed discussion on the differences between the two systems. · If you want to format the drive in the MS-DOS File System (also known as FAT 32), you will need to create multiple partitions no larger than 128GB. · Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should use0the Mac OS Extended format since it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users. 9) In the Options section, click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers box if you plan on sharing the drive between the Mac OS 9. x and Mac OS 10. x. 10) Once you have finalized the volume format, number of partitions, size and options, click OK. The following message will appear: "Warning!Saving the new volume will erase all existing volumes. Are you sure you want to do that?" Click Partition to continue. 11) Mac OS 10. x will automatically setup the disk with the partitions and volume format you selected, and your new drive will be available for use. LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual 4. 1. 2. [. . . ] This process of dividing up the hard drive is called partitioning. A partition is just one section of the hard drive that will contain either special data put there by Silverlining or other files and data. Peripheral ­ A generic term applied to printers, scanners, mice, keyboards, serial ports, graphics cords, disk drives and other computer subsystems. This type of peripheral often relies on its own control software, known as a peripheral driver. [. . . ]