User manual LACIE MOBILE DISK

[. . . ] mobile disk mobile hard drive USB 2. 0 user manual manuel utilisateur manual de instrucciones gebruikershandleiding guída utente handbuch LaCie Mobile Disk User Manual Table of Contents page Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Drive 1. 1. Connecting the Optional Power Sharing Cable 2. 3. Interface and Data Transfer Information 4. 1. [. . . ] Windows Disk Management will format and partition the disk according to your settings, and your drive will appear in My Computer, ready to use. Formatting and Partitioning page Fig. 3. 1. 2. D ImpOrTANT INfO: Please refer to section 3, Formatting and Partitioning, for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats. LaCie Mobile Disk User Manual Formatting and Partitioning page 3. 2. Connect the drive to the computer and turn on the drive. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar. In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility. Select the volume labeled LaCie Hard Drive from the list of available hard disks on the left side of the window. To reformat for use with Windows and Mac: a. Select MS-DOS File System (FAT 32) from the Volume Format menu. Enter a name for the drive of no more than 11 characters. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS 10. x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions). You can adjust the size of each partition using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. In the Volume Information section, enter a name for each volume (partition), choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIX File System, or MS-DOS if you did step 5). Once you have finalized the volume options, click Partition. Click Partition again when the alert message appears to continue. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use. Fig. 3. 2. 2. CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the hard drive. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps. ImpOrTANT INfO: Please refer to section 3, Formatting and Partitioning, for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats. ImpOrTANT INfO: Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS Extended format because it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users. LaCie Mobile Disk User Manual Interface and Data Transfer Information page 4. Interface and Data Transfer Information 4. 1. USB 2. 0 Connection USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting 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 necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high speed devices such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras. USB 2. 0 Cables Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 port. The cable will also work when connected to a USB 1. 1 port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1. 1 transfer rates. [. . . ] Contacting Customer Support Before Contacting Customer Support 1. Read the User Manual and review the Troubleshooting section. If possible, make the drive the only external device connected to your computer, and make sure that all of the cables are correctly and securely attached. If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still cannot get your LaCie drive to work properly, contact us using the contacts on page 26. [. . . ]