User manual LACIE MINI HUB QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] Warranty Foreward 3 5 6 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 14 16 18 18 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 27 29 user manual | page 2 LaCie HARD DRIVE mini COMPANION Foreward Copyrights Copyright © 2005 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 mini, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Windows Users Using Your LaCie Drive The LaCie mini is formatted in HFS+ so Windows users must reformat it. If you want cross platform use between Windows and Mac and or Windows 98 SE and Me, please use FAT32. · Windows 98 SE and Me ­ Install and use LaCie Silverlining 98, which is included with your drive. · 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 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). If you are formatting a single drive, only one drive should be visible. 7) Now, with the disk management window open, a new drive will be visible. Rightclick on the available space and select Create Partition. . . user manual | page 16 LaCie HARD DRIVE mini COMPANION 8) This will bring up the Create Partition Wizard. Click Next. Using Your LaCie Drive 10) Here you must specify partition size. To obtain the right drivers for your host adapter card, visit your card manufacturer's Internet site. user manual | page 18 LaCie HARD DRIVE mini COMPANION 4. 1. 2. Disconnecting USB 2. 0 Devices Helpful Informaion USB 2. 0 external devices feature "plug & play" connection. This means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures, it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your USB 2. 0 device. Windows Users Important Note: Windows 98 SE Users: If you have installed the Windows Storage Supplement Update, you will have to unmount the drive before disconnecting it or powering it down. If you have not installed the update, simply disconnect the drive when it is not active. 1) From the System Tray (located in the lower right-hand side of your screen), click on the Eject icon (a small green arrow over a hardware image). Fig. 4. 1. 4 2) A message will appear, detailing the devices that the Eject icon controls, i. e. 3) You will then be given the following message: "Safe to Remove Hardware" (or similar). Mac Users You must unmount the hard drive system before disconnecting it or powering it down. · Launch Silverlining Pro, highlight the hard drive and select "Unmount. " The drive can now be disconnected. Mac OS 9. x Mac OS 10. x user manual | page 19 LaCie HARD DRIVE mini COMPANION 4. 1. 3. Data Transfers Helpful Informaion Data transfers are the flow of data that accomplishes a task, usually related to moving data from storage to computer RAM or between storage devices. [. . . ] For more than two devices, you must make new connections using a peripheral called a "hub. " A hub, which you hook up directly to a USB connector on your computer, usually has 4 or 7 output connections enabling you to connect the same number of peripherals. One of the hub's main functions is to regenerate signals that lose part of their strength as they are transmitted via the USB cable. By connecting yet another hub to a connector on the existing hub, you can then plug in a new set of peripherals and so on, up to a maximum of 127. You can use your USB 2. 0 devices with USB 1. 1 hubs, but the peripherals will be limited to USB 1. 1 performance levels. [. . . ]