User manual LACIE D2 USB 3.0

[. . . ] LaCie d2 USB 3. 0 · Design by neil Poulton User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BoxContent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MinimumSystemRequirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Fig. 05 LaCie d2 USB 3. 0 · Design by neil Poulton User Manual Getting Connected page 14 2. 3. STEP 3: Launch LaCie Setup Assistant Before using your drive, LaCie Setup Assistant software must be launchedtoformatyourdrive. Itwill: Optimizeyourdriveaccordingtoyourneeds CopythemanualandutilitiesontoyourLaCieharddisk The LaCie Setup Assistant does not prevent you from using your computer's native disk utility program to format or partition your LaCiedrive. SimplyfollowtheSetupAssistantthroughcompletion, then use your computer's native disk utility (Disk Management for WindowsorDiskUtilityforMac)toreformatyourdrive. Seesection 2. 5. Formatting and Partitioningformoreinformation. To launch LaCie Setup Assistant: Windowsusers:doubleclickontheLaCieiconin"MyComputer" (orin"Computer"forWindowsVistausers). Macusers:doubleclickonthe"LaCieSetupAssistant"iconwhich willappearonyourdesktop. IfyoudonotlaunchLaCieSetupAssistantorifyouquitLaCieSetup Assistantaftertheformattinghasbegun, yourdrivewillnotbeready to use and will require manual formatting. The user manual and utilitieswillnotbeavailableonyourdriveandwillhavetobedownloadedfromtheLaCiewebsite:www. lacie. com. IMPORTANT INFO: LaCie recommends that you copy the user manual and utilities onto your computer's internal hard drive or othermediumwhensetupiscomplete. LaCie d2 USB 3. 0 · Design by neil Poulton User Manual Getting Connected page 15 2. 4. Disconnecting Your Drive USB external devices feature "plug & play" connectivity, which meansthatyourdrivecanbeconnectedanddisconnectedwhilethe computerisrunning. Topreventfailures, however, itisimportantto followthesestepswhendisconnectingyourLaCiedrive. Windows XP Users From the System Tray (locatedin the lower right-hand sideof your screen), click the Eject icon (a small green arrow over a hardwareimage)(Fig. Amessagewillappear, listingthedevicestheEjecticoncontrols (itshouldsay, "Safelyremove. . . "). ClickontheLaCieharddisk inthisprompt. Thismessagewillappear:"SafetoRemoveHardware"(orsimilar). Itisnowsafetodisconnectthedevice. Fig. 06 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Users From the System Tray (locatedin the lower right-hand sideof yourscreen)clickontheplugicon(notethewhitecheckmark insideagreencircle)(Fig. A messagewillappearnotifyingyouthatitissafetoremovethe device. Fig. 07 Mac Users Dragtheharddriveicontothetrash(Fig. 09). (Theiconpictured belowisagenericUSBdeviceicon. Yourdrivemayberepresentedbyaniconthatlookslikethedriveitself. ) Whentheicondisappearsfromthedesktop, thedrivecanbe disconnected. Fig. 08 Fig. 09 LaCie d2 USB 3. 0 · Design by neil Poulton User Manual Getting Connected page 16 2. 5. Formatting and Partitioning LaCie Setup Assistant should be run once when you first connect yourdrive. Duringthisprocess, thedrivewillbeformattedforyour needs. However, ifyouabortedtheprocessorifyouwishtoreformatyour driveafteryou'vecompletedtheSetupAssistant, readthischapter for formatting and partitioning information. See sections 2. 5. 2 to 2. 5. 4forformattinginstructions. Windows File System Formats TherearetwopossiblefilesystemformatcategoriesforWindowsusers:NTFSandFAT32(MS-DOS). Seethetablebelowformoreinformation. Use NTFS if: . . . youwillbeusingthedriveonlywithWindowsXP(performancewillgenerallybegreaterwhencomparedtoFAT32). ThisfilesystemiscompatibleinreadonlymodewithMac OS10. 3andhigher. 2. 5. 1. About File System Formats Windows Users FAT32:FATisanacronymforFileAllocationTable, whichdates backtothebeginningsofDOSprogramming. Originally, FATwas only 16 bits, but after the second release of Windows 95 it was upgraded to 32 bits, hence the name FAT 32. In theory, FAT 32 volume sizes can range from less than 1MB all the way to 2TB. It is the native file system of Windows 98 and Windows Me, and issupportedbyWindows2000, WindowsXP, WindowsVista, and Windows7. WhenFAT32isusedwithWindows2000, WindowsXP, WindowsVista, andWindows7however, volumesizeislimitedto 32GB(bytheWindowspartitionutility, i. e. DiskManager), andthe individualfilesizeislimitedto4GB. NTFS:ThisacronymstandsforNewTechnologyFilingSystem, and it is the native file system for Windows NT, Windows 2000, WindowsXPandWindowsVista. NTFSoffersseveralfeaturesthatare notavailablewithFAT32;i. e. filecompression, encryption, permissions, andauditing, aswellastheabilitytomirrordrivesandRAID5 capabilities. TheminimumsupportedvolumesizeforNTFSis10MB, withamaximumof2TBwheninitializedinMBRformatorwithouta limitwheninitializedinGPTformat, withnolimittofilesize. Volumes createdinNTFScanonlybedirectlyaccessed(notthroughshares) byWindowsNT, Windows2000, WindowsXP, WindowsVista, and Windows7withoutresortingtohelpfromthird-partyproducts. Use FAT32 if: . . . youwillbeusingyourdrivewithbothWindowsandMac OS 9. x or 10. x or sharing the drive between Windows 2000, 98SE, XP, Vista, andWindows7. Maximumsingle filesizeis4GB. LaCie d2 USB 3. 0 · Design by neil Poulton User Manual Getting Connected page 17 Mac OS Users Youmaycustomizethedrivebyreformattingand/orpartitioningthe drivewithseparatefilesystemformats. Foroptimalperformancein MacOSenvironments, formatandpartitionthedriveasonelarge MacOSExtendedvolume. MacOSExtended(HFS+):MacOSExtendedreferstothefilesystem used by Mac OS X. [. . . ] CheckbothendsoftheUSBcabletomakesuretheyare fullyseatedintheirrespectiveports. Trydisconnectingthe cables, waiting10seconds, andthenreconnectingthem. If thedriveisstillnotrecognized, restartyourcomputerand tryagain. IfyourdriveisconnectedtoastandardUSB(2. 0or1. 1) port, thisisnormal. AUSB3. 0devicecanonlyoperateat USB3. 0performancelevelswhenitisconnecteddirectlyto aUSB3. 0port. Otherwise, theUSB3. 0devicewilloperate attheslowerUSBtransferrates. Formoreinformation, pleaseseesection1. 5. ChecktoseethattheUSB3. 0driversforbothyourhost busadapteranddevicehavebeeninstalledcorrectly. Ifin doubt, uninstallthedriversandre-installthem. Also, make surethatyouareconnecteddirectlytoaHi-SpeedUSB3. 0 portonyourcomputer. Doesyourcomputer'sconfigurationmeet theminimumsystemrequirementsforuse withthisdrive?Isthedrive'spowersupplyconnected? Didyoufollowthecorrectinstallationsteps forthespecificinterfaceandoperating system? [. . . ]