User manual LACIE SAFE MOBILE HARD DRIVE

[. . . ] LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual V 1. 0 User's Manual Handbuch Manuel Utilisateur Manual de Instrucciones Guida Utente LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Beginning / Go to End Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. To Exit: For Windows: From the Menu Bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. For Mac: From the Menu Bar at the top of your screen, select Acrobat > Quit Acrobat. 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 SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual Table of Contents Foreword Health, Safety and General Use Precautions 1. [. . . ] It is the native file system of Windows 98 and Windows Me, and is supported by Windows 2000 and XP. When FAT 32 is used with Windows 2000 and XP, though, volume size is limited to 32GB (by the Windows partition utility, i. e. Disk Manager), and the individual file size is limited to 4GB. NTFS This acronym stands for New Technology Filing System, and it is the native file system for Windows NT, Windows 2000 and XP. NTFS offers several features that are not available with FAT 32; i. e. file compression, encryption, permissions, and auditing, as well as the ability to mirror drives and RAID 5 capabilities. The minimum supported volume size for NTFS is 10MB, with a maximum of 2TB, with no limit to file size. Volumes created in NTFS can only be directly accessed (not through shares) by Windows NT, Windows 2000 and XP, without resorting to help from third-party products. Guidelines for Choosing FAT 32 Or NTFS Use FAT 32 if: · You want to access your data on any Operating System--FAT 32 is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Mac OS 10. x. · You will be dual booting with an Operating System other than Windows NT or Windows 2000. · You may need the ability to dual boot down the line. Once you have converted a volume from FAT 32 to NTFS, there is no going back. You can convert from FAT 32 to NTFS, but not the other way around. LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual Use NTFS if: · You want to optimize drive performance under Windows 2000 or XP. · You want to encrypt files, assign permissions to files, or want to audit files for access. · You will be formatting partitions larger than 32GB. · You need to store individual files that are larger than 4GB. · You need a filing system that can be mirrored or structured like a RAID 5 configuration. 7. Helpful Information page 30 Important Info: If you will be sharing the hard drive between Mac and Windows operating environments, you will want to leave the drive formatted in FAT 32. 7. 1. 2. Mac Users Mac OS 10. x Users: You have the option of formatting the drive in one of four formats: Mac OS Standard (HFS), Mac OS Extended (HFS+), MS-DOS File System and UNIX File System (UFS). HFS - Mac OS Standard Mac OS Standard refers to the file system used by Mac OS 8. 0 and earlier. This is no longer a modern file system specification, and Mac OS Extended is more efficient. Only use this file system if you are creating a volume smaller than 32MB, using a Mac with a 680X0 processor, or you are creating a file structure that will be need to be used by Macs using Mac OS 8. 0 or earlier. [. . . ] 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. LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual Glossary page 50 RAM (Random Access Memory) ­ Generally referred to as a computer's "memory. " An integrated circuit memory chip that allows information to be stored and retrieved by a microprocessor or controller. [. . . ]