User manual LACIE MOBILE HARD DRIVE

[. . . ] Register your product online for free technical support: www. lacie. com/register. htm go directly to manual LaCie Mobile Hard Drive User's Manual - FireWire Table of Contents Foreword Precautions 1. Getting Connected 2. 1 Connect the FireWire Cable to the Drive and to Your Computer 2. 2 Connecting the Optional Power Sharing Cable 3. Using Your LaCie Drive 3. 1 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive 3. 1. 1 Windows Users 3. 1. 2 Mac Users 4. Warranty Table of Contents page 1 2 4 5 5 6 9 10 11 12 12 14 16 16 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 24 26 LaCie Mobile Hard Drive User's Manual - FireWire Foreword page 2 Copyrights Copyright © 2003 LaCie. [. . . ] 15) Disk Management will create the partition and begin formatting the drive. Once completed, close Disk Management and your new drive will be ready to use. LaCie Mobile Hard Drive User's Manual - FireWire 3. 2. 2. Mac Users Using Your LaCie Drive page 14 · Mac OS 9. x ­ Install and use LaCie Silverlining Pro, which is included with your drive. · Mac OS 10. x ­ Use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is native to the operating system. For instructions on installing and using Silverlining Pro, please refer to the Silverlining manual, located on your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format. Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10. x Warning!Therefore, if you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, backup this information before performing these steps. 2) Once the drive mounts onto the desktop, go to the Menu Bar, and open Go. 4) In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder, and then double-click Disc Utility from the Utilities folder. In the left side of the window will be a list of the available hard disk drives. You should see a volume that represents your internal hard drive, and one that reads LaCie. 7) From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu starting with Current (Mac OS 10. x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. LaCie Mobile Hard Drive User's Manual - FireWire Using Your LaCie Drive page 15 8) In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard or UNIX File System) and the volume size. File System Formats, for a more detailed discussion on the differences between the two systems. Important Note: Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS Extended format since it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users. 9) In the Options section, click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers box if you plan on sharing the drive between the Mac OS 9. x and Mac OS 10. x. 10) Once you have finalized the volume format, number of partitions, size and options, click OK. 11) Mac OS 10. x will automatically setup the disk with the partitions and volume format you selected, and your new drive will be available for use. LaCie Mobile Hard Drive User's Manual - FireWire Helpful Information page 16 4. Advice For Optimizing FireWire Connections The following technical information relates to your LaCie CD-RW Drive and gives some practical advice: 4. 1. 1. What is FireWire/IEEE 1394? A serial bus used to connect external computer and consumer electronic devices to computers and consumer electronic consoles. "1394" is an abbreviation of IEEE 1394, the name given to this high-performance serial bus. IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is the name of the engineering corps that developed this standard. These four names all refer to the same interface: ·IEEE 1394 - the name of the standard, used in the computer industry. [. . . ] Windows XP Users: Go to Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager button > IEEE 1394 Controller > click on the plus sign next to the controller icon, and you should see your device listed. If you cannot see the device, recheck the cables and try the other troubleshooting solutions listed here. Contacting Customer Support for more details. LaCie Mobile Hard Drive User's Manual - FireWire The Issue The drive is not recognized. Questions to Ask Possible Solutions Troubleshooting page 23 Is the file system supported by your Check the documentation for your Operating System. [. . . ]