User manual LACIE 2BIG DUAL

[. . . ] LaCie 2big Dual User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Warranty 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 24 25 25 29 30 31 31 32 33 34 35 36 LaCie 2big Dual User Manual Forward page 2 which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Modifications to this product not authorized by LaCie could void the FCC & Industry Canada regulations and negate your authority to operate the product. [. . . ] From the "Computer Management" window, select Disk Management (located below the Storage group). If the "Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard" window appears, click Cancel. In the box to the right that says Unallocated, right-click and select New Partition. . . On the first page of the "New Partition Wizard, " click Next. 2. 3. 2. B. Setup page 16 CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the 2big. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps. Fig. 14. Windows Disk Management will format and partition the disk according to your settings (Fig. 2. 3. 2. D. ), and your drive will appear in My Computer, ready to use. Fig. File System Formats, for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats. LaCie 2big Dual User Manual 2. 3. 3. Select the volume labeled LaCie Hard Disk from the list of available hard disks on the left side of the window. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS 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 Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use. Fig. 2. 3. 3. Setup page 18 CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the 2big. 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 2. 3. 1. File System Formats, 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 2big Dual User Manual Setup page 19 2. 4. Visit LaCie's Web site, www. lacie. com, for the latest firmware update. LaCie may periodically offer firmware updates for LaCie 2big User Manual RAID page 20 3. About 2big Dual RAID Modes This section will help you decide which RAID mode is right for your application. Fast (RAID 0), Section 3. 1. 1 Big, Section 3. 1. 2 JBOD, Section 3. 1. 3 Safe 100 (RAID 1), Section 3. 1. 4 Safe 50, Section 3. 1. 5 Safe 33, Section 3. 1. 6 TeChNICAl NOTe: Capacity varies depending upon RAID mode. Big, Fast and JBOD = total accessible capacity Safe 100 (RAID 1) = 50% capacity Safe 50 (RAID 1) = 75% capacity Safe 33 (RAID 1) = approximately 83% capacity 3. 1. 1. [. . . ] For Mac OS X, the Disk Utility should show a SCSI Connection ID for the virtual disks on the LaCie 2big User Manual Contacting Customer Support page 34 5. Contacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support 1. 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 drive to work properly, contact us at www. lacie. com. [. . . ]