User manual LACIE BOX

[. . . ] LaCie Box · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 1. MinimumSystemRequirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 2. BoxContent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. 3. ViewoftheDrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Turn on the drive by moving the power switch to the ON position. Afterafewseconds, thevolumewillmountonyour computerandappearinMyComputer(Windowsusers)oron yourdesktop(Macusers). Fig. 07 Fig. 08 LaCie Box · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Setting Up the LaCie Box page 12 2. 3. Disconnecting Your Hard Drive External USB devices feature "plug & play" connectivity, which meansthatyourdrivecanbeconnectedanddisconnectedwhile thecomputerisrunning. Topreventfailures, however, itisimportanttofollowthesestepswhendisconnectingyourharddrive. 2. 3. 1. Windows Users Fig. 09-WindowsUsers FromtheSystemTray(locatedinthelowerright-handsideofyour screen), clicktheEjecticon(asmallgreenarrowoverahardware image)(Fig. Amessagewillappear, listingthedevicestheEjecticoncontrols (itshouldsay, "Safelyremove. . . "). Clickonthedriveyouwishto disconnect. Thismessagewillappear:"SafetoRemoveHardware"(orsimilar). Itisnowsafetodisconnectthedevice. 2. 3. 2. Mac Users Fig. 10-MacUsers Dragtheharddriveicontothetrash(Fig. 10 - Mac Users). (The iconpicturedbelowisagenericUSBdeviceicon. Yourdrivemay berepresentedbyaniconthatlookslikethedriveitself. ) When the icon disappears from the desktop, the drive can be disconnected. LaCie Box · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Formatting page 13 3. Optional Formatting & Partitioning IfyourneedschangewhenusingtheLaCieBox, youcanreformat your SATA 3. 5" hard drive to optimize it for use with Windows orMac, orforcross-platformuse. Forexample, ifyoupreviously formatted your drive to work with a Mac using HFS+, but now you want to share your hard disk with Windows users, you can reformatittoFAT32(MS-DOS). Toreformatyourdrive, follow theinstructionsinthissection. IMPORTANT INFO:Pleasecopyallcriticalorimportantdata fromtheLaCieBoxtoyourcomputer'sinternalharddriveoran external hard drive before reformatting. Reformatting will erase everythingfromtheSATAdiskwithintheLaCieBox. Ifyouhave datathatyouwanttoprotectorcontinuetouse, copythisinformationbeforereformatting. File System Formats Therearethreedifferentfilesystemformatcategories:NTFS, FAT 32(MS-DOS), andMacOSExtended(HFS+). Seethetablebelowformoreinformation. Use NTFS if. . . . . . you will be using the drive only with Windows XP, WindowsVista, orWindows7(performancewillgenerally be greater when compared to FAT 32). This file systemiscompatibleinreadonlymodewithMacOS 10. 3andhigher. What is Formatting? Whenadiskisformatted, thefollowingthingsoccur:theoperatingsystemerasesallofthebookkeepinginformationonthedisk, tests the disk to make sure that all of the sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors (i. e. , those that are scratched), and creates internaladdresstablesthatitlaterusestolocateinformation. Use HFS+ if. . . . . . youwillbeusingthedriveonMacsonly;performance will generally be greater when compared to FAT 32. ThisfilesystemisNOTcompatiblewithWindowsOS. Use FAT 32 (MS-DOS) if. . . . . . youwillbeusingyourdrivewithbothWindowsand Mac. Maximumsinglefilesizeis4GB. What is Partitioning? Youcanalsodividetheharddiskintosections, calledpartitions. Apartitionisasectionoftheharddisk'sstoragecapacitythatis createdtocontainfilesanddata. Forinstance, youcouldcreate threepartitionsonyourdrive:onepartitionforyourofficedocuments, oneasabackup, andoneforyourmultimediafiles. Or, if youwillbesharingthedrivewithanotherpersoninyourhousehold or office, you can create a partition for each person who usesthedrive. Partitioningisoptional. LaCie Box · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Formatting page 14 3. 1. Windows Users The process of formatting a drive on a computer running WindowsXP, WindowsVista, orWindows7consistsoftwosteps:(1) installingasignatureonthedrive, and(2)formattingthedrive. CAUTION:Followingthesestepswilleraseeverythingfromthe LaCieBox. Itisveryimportanttobackupallinformationthatyou wanttoprotectorcontinuetousebeforeperformingthesesteps. From the "Computer Management" window, select Disk Management(locatedbelowtheStoragegroup). SeeFig. Ifthe"InitializeandConvertDiskWizard"windowappears, clickCancel. WindowswilllisttheHardDisksthatareinstalledonthesystem. LocatetheSATAdiskhousedwithintheLaCieBox. RightclicktheiconandselectInitialize. IntheboxtotherightthatsaysUnallocated, right-clickand selectNewPartition. . . continued on next page >> Fig. 11 Fig. 12 LaCie Box · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual 8. [. . . ] ArebothendsoftheUSBcables firmlyattached? Makesurethatthepowersupplyisproperlyconnectedandthatthe outletthepowersupplyisconnectedtoisworking. Setting Up the LaCie Box. CheckbothendsoftheUSBcabletomakesuretheyarefullyseated intheirrespectiveports. Trydisconnectingthecables, waiting10seconds, andthenreconnectingthem. Ifthedriveisstillnotrecognized, restartyourcomputerandtryagain. Ifyouinstalleda3. 5"SATAdisk, makesurethatitsSATAconnector isfirmlyconnectedtotheportinsidetheLaCieBox. Alsocheckthe procedureinsection2. 1. Step 1: Installing a Hard Drive. Isthereaconflictwithotherdevice driversorextensions? [. . . ]