User manual LACIE D2 SAFE HARD DRIVE

[. . . ] LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive User Manual Table of Contents page Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Removing Users 4 4 6 7 8 8 9 10 13 15 15 16 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 27 28 28 28 29 29 30 31 32 32 LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive User Manual Table of Contents page 6. 2. 6. Warranty Information Glossary 32 33 33 34 35 38 40 42 44 44 50 51 52 53 54 LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive User Manual Forward page Copyrights Copyright © 2006 LaCie. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of LaCie. [. . . ] Removing a Fingerprint To remove a fingerprint, select it and click Remove this fingerprint. . . A confirmation dialog opens, asking if you are sure you want to remove the selected fingerprint. 6. 2. 3. B ImpOrTANT INfO: The last fingerprint for an existing user cannot be removed; a new fingerprint must first be registered or the user must be deleted. LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive User Manual Using Your LaCie d2 SAFE Drive page 6. 2. 4. Follow the instructions for adding changing user information and fingerprints in sections 6. 2. 2. Removing Users To remove a user, select the user's name from the user list on the main configuration screen and click Remove user. A confirmation dialog opens, asking if you are sure you want to remove the user (Fig. Resetting the Drive To reset the drive to factory settings, click Reset users. . . . A confirmation dialog opens, asking if you are sure you want to remove all user and fingerprint information (Fig. 6. 2. 6. B LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive User Manual Using Your LaCie d2 SAFE Drive page 6. 3. Using Multiple SAFE Drives on the Same Computer If multiple SAFE drives are connected to your computer, the dialog in Fig. Choose the drive you want to Configure or Unlock and click Configure. . . Also, a drive selection menu appears at the top of the main SAFE Hard Drive Configuration window. You can use this menu to view settings for any SAFE drive connected to your computer. Preferences To change your preferences for the way Safe Hard Drive Configuration works with your computer, click the Preferences button on the main configuration window and make your selections. Fig. 6. 4 LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive User Manual Formatting Your d2 SAFE page 7. Formatting Your LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive When your SAFE Hard Drive is initialized (see step 5 on page 26) it is formatted for your operating system. Your SAFE Hard Drive is is formatted in HFS+ if connected to a Mac, or in NTFS if connected to a Windows computer. If you would like to use your SAFE Hard Drive with both types of operating systems, you will have to reformat your drive to FAT 32. ImpOrTANT INfO: Reformatting will erase everything from the hard drive. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before reformatting. What is Formatting? When a disk is formatted, the following things occur: the operating system erases all of the bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure that all of the sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors (i. e. , those that are scratched) and creates internal address tables that it later uses to locate information. The LaCie Setup Assistant formatted your drive for you automatically the first time you used it. To reformat your drive, follow the instructions in this section. File System Formats There are three different file system format categories: NTFS, FAT 32 (MS-DOS), and Mac OS Extended (HFS+). [. . . ] The brands and models of other internal and external peripherals installed on my computer Mac users: Click on the Apple icon in the menu bar and select About this Mac. Windows users: Right click My Computer and select Properties > General. Mac users: Click on the Apple icon in the finder bar and select About this Mac. The Apple System Profiler will launch and will list your internal and external peripherals. Windows users: Right click My Computer and select Properties > Hardware. LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive User Manual Contacting Customer Support page 12. 1. [. . . ]