User manual LACIE RIKIKI

[. . . ] LaCie rikiki User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BoxContent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MinimumSystemRequirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] . . . youwillbeusingthedriveonMacsonly;performance willgenerallybegreaterwhencomparedtoFAT32. This filesystemisNOTcompatiblewithWindowsOS. Use FAT 32 (MS-DOS) if. . . . . . willbeusingyourdrivewithbothWindowsandMac. Maximumsinglefilesizeis4GB. What is Partitioning? Youcanalsodividetheharddiskintosections, calledpartitions. A partitionisasectionoftheharddisk'sstoragecapacitythatiscreatedtocontainfilesanddata. Forinstance, youcouldcreatethree partitions on your drive: one partition for your office documents, oneasabackupandoneforyourmultimediafiles. Or, ifyouwill besharingthedrivewithanotherpersoninyourhouseholdoroffice, youcancreateapartitionforeachpersonwhousesthedrive. LaCie rikiki User Manual Formatting & Partitioning page 11 3. 1. Windows Users TheprocessofformattingadriveonacomputerrunningWindows XP, WindowsVista, orWindows7consistsoftwosteps:(1)installing asignatureonthedrive, and(2)formattingthedrive. Thesesteps willeraseanythingthatisonthedisk. CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the yourharddrive. Ifyouhaveinformationthatyouwanttoprotector continuetouse, backupthisinformationbeforeperformingthese steps. Connectthedrivetothecomputerviatheinterfaceport. Fromthe"ComputerManagement"window, selectDisk Management(locatedbelowtheStoragegroup). SeeFig. If the "Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard" window appears, clickCancel. WindowswilllisttheHardDisksthatareinstalledonthesystem. Locatethedrivethatisrepresentedbythe icon. Right-click theiconandselectInitialize. In the box to the right that says Unallocated, right-click and selectNew Partition. . . Onthefirstpageofthe"NewPartitionWizard, "clickNext. See Fig. 06. Fig. 05 continued on next page. . . Fig. 06 LaCie rikiki User Manual Formatting & Partitioning page 12 8. 12. On the Format Partition window, select Quick Format. 07). Fig. 07 13. ClickFinish tobegintheformattingprocess. 14. Windows Disk Management will format and partition the disk accordingtoyoursettings(Fig. 08), andyourdrivewillappear inMy Computer, readytouse. Fig. 08 LaCie rikiki User Manual Formatting & Partitioning page 13 3. 2. Mac Users CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the yourharddrive. Ifyouhaveinformationthatyouwanttoprotector continuetouse, backupthisinformationbeforeperformingthese steps. Connectthedrivetothecomputerandturnonthedrive. SelectUtilitiesfromtheGomenuintheFindermenubar. IntheUtilitiesfolder, double-clickDisk Utility. Select the volume labeled LaCie hard disk fromthelistofavailableharddisksontheleft sideofthewindow(Fig. [. . . ] DisconnectanyotherUSBdevicesandseeifthedrive'sperformance increases. Isthereaconflictwithotherdevice driversorextensions?ArethereotherUSBdevicesconnectedtothesameportorhub? continued on next page. . . LaCie rikiki User Manual Troubleshooting page 19 Problem Thedriveisnotrunning noticeablyfasterwhen connectedviaHi-Speed USB2. 0. Question IsthedriveconnectedtoaUSB1. 1 portonyourcomputer, ortoaUSB 1. 1hub? Solution IfyourdriveisconnectedtoaUSB1. 1portorhub, thisisnormal. AHi-SpeedUSB2. 0devicecanonlyoperateatHi-SpeedUSB2. 0 performancelevelswhenitisconnecteddirectlytoaHi-SpeedUSB 2. 0portorhub. Otherwise, theHi-SpeedUSB2. 0devicewilloperate attheslowerUSB1. 1transferrates. ChecktoseethattheHi-SpeedUSB2. 0driversforbothyourhostbus adapteranddevicehavebeeninstalledcorrectly. Ifindoubt, uninstall thedriversandre-installthem. [. . . ]