User manual LACIE USB KEY BLACK

[. . . ] Table of Contents Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Silverlining 98 and USB 2. 0 Driver Installation 2. 2. Connect the Integrated USB 2. 0 Interface Cable 2. 4. Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie USB Key 3. 2. [. . . ] Connect the drive to the computer via one of its interfaces and turn on the drive by pressing the blue button. From the Go menu, click on Applications. In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder, and then double-click Disk 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 labeled LaCie Hard Drive. From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu 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. In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard or UNIX File System) and the volume size. 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. 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. ImpOrTANT INfO: Following these steps will erase anything that is on the hard drive. Therefore, if you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, backup this information before performing these steps. Disk management utility (Mac) ImpOrTANT INfO: Please refer to page 11, Helpful Information, 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 since it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users. user manual | Helpful Information . . Hi-Speed USB . 0 Connection What is USB 2. 0? The new USB 2. 0 standard provides higher bandwidth for high-speed peripherals such as external hard drives, high-speed scanners and CD-RW drives. USB 2. 0 delivers transfer rates up to 480Mb/s, while conveniently maintaining backward compatibility with USB 1. 1 devices. USB 2. 0 can still be used to connect lower-speed USB 1. 1 ports and devices like digital cameras, scanners, modems, keyboards, mice, joysticks and printers. In the USB 2. 0 system, existing USB peripherals do not have to be upgraded, and lower speed devices will not require additional performance, instead operating as USB 1. 1 devices. connected to the port to work at their correct speeds. For installation instructions, please refer to the documentation that comes with the host adapter card. LaCie supplies only the appropriate USB 2. 0 drivers for its peripherals and does not provide drivers for thirdparty host adapter cards. To obtain the right drivers for your host adapter card, visit your card manufacturer's Internet site. USB Cables and Connectors Your LaCie drive is shipped with a USB 2. 0-certified USB cable, to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a USB 2. 0 port. [. . . ] Contacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support 1. Read the User Manual and review the Troubleshooting section. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the CPU, and make sure that all of the cables are correctly and firmly attached. If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can't get your LaCie USB Key to work properly, contact us via the contacts on page 22. [. . . ]