User manual LACIE GOLDEN DISK

[. . . ] golden disk Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 user manual manuel utilisateur manual de instrucciones gebruikershandleiding guída utente handbuch LaCie Golden Disk User Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Warranty Information 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 16 17 18 18 20 22 23 24 LaCie Golden Disk User Manual Forward Page Copyrights Copyright © 2007 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. Trademarks Apple, Mac, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. [. . . ] See the table, right, for more information. LaCie Golden Disk User Manual Formatting and Partitioning Page 1 3. 1. Formatting for Windows Users The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. 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, rightclick and select New Partition. . . On the first page of the "New Partition Wizard, " click Next. CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the Hard Disk. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps. Fig. Windows Disk Management will format and partition the disk according to your settings (Fig. 3. 1. D. ), and your drive will appear in My Computer, ready to use. Fig. 3. 1. D ImpOrTANT INfO: Please refer to section 3, Formatting and Partitioning, for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats. LaCie Golden Disk User Manual Formatting and Partitioning Page 1 3. 2. 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 10. 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 OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIX File System, or MS-DOS). Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use. Fig. 3. 2. CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the Hard Disk. 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 3, Formatting and Partitioning, 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 Golden Disk User Manual Interface and Data Transfer Information Page 1 4. USB 2. 0 Connection USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high speed devices such as Hard Disks, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras. USB 2. 0 Cables Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 port. The cable will also work when connected to a USB 1. 1 port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1. 1 transfer rates. [. . . ] Otherwise, the Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 device will operate at the slower USB 1. 1 transfer rates. Check to see that the Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 drivers for both your host bus adapter and device have been installed correctly. See section 1. 2, Minimum System Requirements. Is the drive connected to a HiSpeed USB 2. 0 port on your computer?Does your computer or operating system support Hi-Speed USB 2. 0? LaCie Golden Disk User Manual Contacting Customer Support Page 6. [. . . ]