User manual LACIE SAFE MOBILE HARD DRIVE

[. . . ] LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual V 1. 0 User's Manual Handbuch Manuel Utilisateur Manual de Instrucciones Guida Utente LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Beginning / Go to End Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. To Exit: For Windows: From the Menu Bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. For Mac: From the Menu Bar at the top of your screen, select Acrobat > Quit Acrobat. Icons Used In This Manual Italicized paragraphs feature an icon describing the type of information being given. Important Info: This icon refers to an important step that must be followed. Tech Note: This icon refers to tips to help maximize performance. Caution!This icon indicates a potential hazard, and gives tips on how to avoid them. LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual Table of Contents Foreword Health, Safety and General Use Precautions 1. [. . . ] Only use this file system if you are creating a volume smaller than 32MB, using a Mac with a 680X0 processor, or you are creating a file structure that will be need to be used by Macs using Mac OS 8. 0 or earlier. HFS+ - Mac OS Extended Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS 8. 1 and later. HFS+ represents an optimization of the older HFS file system by using hard disk space more efficiently. Building off of HFS, they increased the number of blocks from 65, 536 to 4. 29 billion. MS-DOS File System This is the Microsoft file system, more typically known as FAT 32. This is the file system to use if you are going to be using your LaCie hard drive between Macs and Windows operating systems. UNIX File System This is the file system based on UNIX, and is preferable for users developing UNIX-based applications within Mac OS 10. x. Unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System, you should instead format your drive using Mac OS Extended (HFS+), because it provides Mac users with a more familiar operating experience. LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual 7. Windows Users Once you have set-up your LaCie Hard Drive, you can reformat or partition it to suit your needs. · Windows 2000 and XP ­ Use the Disk Management Utility, which is native to the operating system. 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) Windows will list the hard drives that are installed on the system. Locate the LaCie drive that you have attached, highlight it and rightclick on the name and select Format. LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual 7. Helpful Information page 32 5) After Windows launches a warning, click Yes to continue. 6) At this screen, you will be prompted to enter a name for the hard drive (it is LACIE by default), select a file system format, and allocate unit size. File System Formats, for a more detailed discussion on the differences between the two systems. 7) After you have set the volume information for your new hard drive and clicked OK, Windows will issue a final warning. Click OK to continue and Windows will begin formatting the hard drive. Once formatting is complete, you will be able to use your hard drive. LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User's Manual 7. 2. 2. Helpful Information page 33 · Mac OS 10. x ­ Use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is native to the operating system. 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. 1) Connect the drive to the computer via the USB 2. 0 port and swipe a registered finger over the sensor to access the data storage area of the LaCie SAFE drive. 2) Once you have access to the drive, go to the Menu Bar, and open Go. 4) In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder, and then double-click Disk 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 labeled LaCie SAFE drive. [. . . ] Partition, -ing ­ After formatting, the hard drive is not yet ready to store files. It must be divided into sections that will contain special information required for a Mac or PC to operate and other sections that will contain the files. A partition is just one section of the hard drive that will contain either special data put there by Silverlining or other files and data. Peripheral ­ A generic term applied to printers, scanners, mice, keyboards, serial ports, graphics cords, disk drives and other computer subsystems. [. . . ]