User manual LACIE BIG DISK WITH TRIPLE INTERFACE

[. . . ] LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic. Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized To Exit: From the Menu bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. 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 Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword Precautions 1. Mac Users 4 6 7 7 8 10 10 11 11 12 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 26 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 38 40 40 40 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual 5. 1. 2. [. . . ] · Mac OS 10. x ­ Use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is native to the operating system. For instructions on installing and using Silverlining Pro, please refer to the Silverlining manual, located on your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format. For instructions on using the Mac OS 10. x Apple Disk Utility application, please refer to the section below. Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10. x Caution!Therefore, if you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, backup this information before performing these steps. 2) Once the drive mounts onto the desktop, go to the Menu Bar, and open Go. 4) In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder, and then double-click Disc 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 that reads LaCie. 7) From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual 4. Using Your LaCie Drive page 37 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. 8) In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, MS-DOS File System or UNIX File System) and the volume size. File System Formats ­ Mac Users, for a more detailed discussion on the differences between the two systems. · If you want to format the drive in the MS-DOS File System (also known as FAT 32), you will need to create multiple partitions no larger than 128GB. · Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should use0the Mac OS Extended format since it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users. 9) In the Options section, click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers box if you plan on sharing the drive between the Mac OS 9. x and Mac OS 10. x. 10) Once you have finalized the volume format, number of partitions, size and options, click OK. 11) 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. LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface User's Manual 4. 1. 2. Using Your LaCie Drive page 38 · Windows 2000 and XP ­ Use the Disk Management Utility, which is native to the operating system. For instructions on installing and using Silverlining 98, please refer to the Silverlining 98 manual, located on your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format. Formatting And Partitioning Using Windows 2000 And Windows XP The process of formatting and partitioning a drive on a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) partitioning/formatting the drive. 3) From the Computer Management window, select Disk Management (located below the Storage group). 4) If this is the first time the drive is being formatted, Windows 2000 will launch the Write Signature Wizard (Write Initialize Wizard in Windows XP). [. . . ] Partition, -ing ­ After formatting, the hard drive is not yet ready to store files. It must be divided into sections that will contain special information required for a Mac or PC to operate and other sections that will contain the files. 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. [. . . ]