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LaCie 301089U - Little Big Disk 200 GB External Hard Drive User Manual
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LaCie Little Big Disk
User Manual
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
3
Health&SafetyPrecautions
5
1. Introduction
6
1.1.WhatYourLaCieLittleBigDiskCanDo
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2. Your LaCie Little Big Disk
7
2.1.MinimumSystemRequirements
7
2.2.PackageContentsAndViewsOfTheDrive
8
2.2.1.PackageContents
8
2.2.2.RearViewOfTheDrive
9
2.3.CablesAndConnectors
10
2.3.1.FireWireconnections
10
2.3.2.USB2.0connection
12
2.3.3.OptionalA/CAdaptorKit
13
3. Installing Your LaCie Drive
14
3.1.ConnecttheLittleBigDisktoYourComputer
16
3.2.DisconnectingYourLaCieDrive
17
3.3.SwitchingFireWireandUSBConnections
18
4. Using Your LaCie Drive
19
4.1.FormattingAndPartitioningYourLaCieLittleBigDiskDrivewithTripleInterface
20
4.1.1.MacUsers
20
4.1.2.WindowsUsers
22
4.2.InstallingMultipleDevices
24
4.2.1.FireWire
24
4.2.2.USB
25
5. Tech Tips
26
5.1.FileSystemFormats
26
5.1.1.MacUsers
26
5.1.2.WindowsUsers
27
5.2.AvailableStorageCapacity
29
5.3.OptimizingDataTransfers
29
5.3.1.FireWire800PortsAndPerformance
30
5.3.2.Hi-SpeedUSB2.0PortsAndPerformance
31
5.4.Hi-SpeedUSB2.0vs.FireWire400vs.FireWire800
32
Summary of 301089U - Little Big Disk 200 GB External Hard Drive
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Page lacie little big disk user manual table of contents table of contents foreword 3 health&safetyprecautions 5 1. Introduction 6 1.1.Whatyourlacielittlebigdiskcando 6 2. Your lacie little big disk 7 2.1.Minimumsystemrequirements 7 2.2.Packagecontentsandviewsofthedrive 8 2.2.1.Packagecontents 8 2.2...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual table of contents 6. Firewire questions & answers 33 7. Usb questions & answers 36 8. Troubleshooting 37 8.1.Macusers 37 8.2.Windowsusers 42 9. Contacting customer support 45 10. Warranty 47.
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Page lacie little big disk user manual foreward copyrights copyright©2006lacie.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,or transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withouttheprior writtenconsentoflacie. Trademar...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual foreward interferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures: •reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna. •increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver. •connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected. •consultthedealeroran...
Page 5: Health & Safety Precautions
Page lacie little big disk user manual health & safety precautions health & safety precautions onlyqualifiedpersonsareauthorizedtocarryoutmaintenanceonthisdevice. •readthisuser’sguidecarefully,andfollowthecorrectprocedurewhensettingupthedevice. •donotopenyourharddriveorattempttodisassembleormodifyit...
Page 6: 1. Introduction
Page lacie little big disk user manual 1. Introduction thankyouforthepurchaseofyournewlacielittlebigdiskwith triple interface. This triple interface hard drive system combines portabilitywithcompatibility,convenienceandagenerousstorage capacitytohelpyoumanageyourdata.Yourlacieexternalhard drivesyste...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual your lacie little big disk 2. Your lacie little big disk 2.1. Minimum system requirements mac users pc users firewire 800 hardwarerequirementsforfirewire800: •g4withafirewire800/ieee1394binterfacecard systemrequirementsforfirewire800: •os10.Xorhigher firewire h...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual your lacie little big disk 2.2. Package contents and views of the drive 2.2.1. Package contents lacielittlebigdiskwithtripleinterface firewire8009-to-9-pincable firewire4006-to-6-pincable hi-speedusb2.0cable a/cpoweradaptorkit(includesa/c adaptorandlocalpowerad...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual your lacie little big disk 2.2.2. Rear view of the drive a/c power adaptor port -thisis whereyoupluginthea/cpower adaptorcable.Formoreinforma- tion,seesection2.3.3. Optional a/c adaptor kit . Firewire 800 ports (2) -thisiswhere youpluginthefirewire800cable furn...
Page 10: 2.3. Cables and Connectors
Page 0 lacie little big disk user manual your lacie little big disk 2.3. Cables and connectors 2.3.1. Firewire firewire400,alsoknownasieee1394,isahigh-speedserial input/outputtechnologyforconnectingperipheraldevicestoa computerortoeachother,andfirewire800istheimplementation ofthenewieee1394bstandard...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual your lacie little big disk firewire cables therearetwocategoriesoffirewirecablesonthemarket:firewire800cables,whichfeaturethe9-to-9-pin,9-to-6-pin, and9-to-4-pincables;andtheoriginalfirewirecableswhichfeaturethe6-to-6-pinand6-to-4-pincables. 9-to-9-pin cable: c...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual 2.3.2. Usb usbisaserialinput/outputtechnologyforconnectingperipheral devicestoacomputerortoeachother.Hi-speedusb2.0isthe latestimplementationofthisstandard,anditprovidesthenecessary bandwidthanddatatransferratestosupporthigh-speeddevices suchasharddrives,cd/dvd...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual 2.3.3. Optional a/c adaptor kit ifyouchoosetointerfacewithyourlacielittlebigdiskviaausb2.0connection,youmustalsoconnecttheincludeda/c adaptorkit,asthelittlebigdiskisnotusbbuspowered. Localpoweradaptor a/cadaptor your lacie little big disk important info: firewi...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual setting up your lacie drive 3. Installing your lacie drive gettingyourlacielittlebigdiskinstalledandconnectedassimpleasconnectinganinterfacecabletothedriveandtoa computer.Therearethreeinterfaceconnectivityoptionswhenconnectingyourlacielittlebigdiskwithtripleint...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual setting up your lacie drive mac os 9.X touseyournewlacielittlebigdiskwithtripleinterface,firstinstallthenecessarydriversoftware. Silverlining pro installation 1.Insertthelacie storage utilitiescdinyourcomputer’sinternal cd/dvddrive. 2.Openthecdicon,double-click...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual technical note: toconnectadditional devices,youmustbeusingthesameinterface, eitherfirewireorusb,andahubifyouare usingusb.Yourcomputerwillnotrecognizethe daisy-chaineddeviceiftheinterfacesaremixed, i.E.Afirewiredeviceattachedtoadrivethatis connectedtothecomputer...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual setting up your lacie drive 3.2. Disconnecting your lacie drive firewireandusbexternaldevicesfeature“plug&play”connectivity,whichmeansthatyourdrivecanbeconnectedand disconnectedwhilethecomputerisrunning.Topreventfailures,itisimportantyoufollowthesestepswhendisc...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual setting up your lacie drive 3.3. Switching between usb and firewire connections hi-speedusb2.0,firewire400andfirewire800are“hot-pluggable,”meaningthatyoucanconnectadrivetoausbor firewireportonyourcomputerevenwhenthecomputerisrunning.However,thereareimportantste...
Page 19: 4. Using Your Lacie Drive
Page lacie little big disk user manual using your lacie little big disk 4. Using your lacie drive formattingadiskconsistsofthefollowing:theoper- atingsystemerasesallofthebookkeepinginforma- tiononthedisk,teststhedisktomakesurethatall ofthesectorsarereliable,marksbadsectors(i.E., thosethatarescratche...
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Page 0 lacie little big disk user manual using your lacie little big disk 4.1. Formatting and partitioning your lacie little big disk with triple interface onceyouhaveset-upyourlacielittlebigdiskwithtripleinterface,youcanreformatorpartitionittosuityourneeds.The lacielittlebigdiskwithtripleinterfacei...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual using your lacie little big disk 7.Fromthevolume scheme: button,choosethenum- berofpartitionsyouwanttodividethedriveintoby clickingonthepulldownmenustartingwithcurrent (macos10.Xgivesyoutheoptionofdividingthedrive intoatmost8partitions).Youcancustomizethesizeof...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual 4.1.2. Windows users •windows2000andxp–usethediskmanagementutility,whichisnativetotheoperatingsystem. Formatting and partitioning using windows 2000 and windows xp theprocessofformattingandpartitioningadriveonacomputerrunningwindows2000orwindowsxpconsistsoftwo ...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual using your lacie little big disk 8.Thiswillbringupthecreate partition wizard.Clicknext. 9.Selectprimary partition.Clicknext. 10.Hereyoumustspecifypartitionsize.Itisrecommendedthatyouleavethepartitionsettothemaximumavailablesize, unlessyouwantmultiplepartitionso...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual using your lacie little big disk 4.2. Connecting multiple devices boththefirewireandusbinterfacesallowformultipledevicestobeconnected. 4.2.1. Firewire firewire400andfirewire800allowfortheconnectionofupto63devicesonthebus,withamaximumof16deviceson onebranch.Fire...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual using your lacie little big disk 4.2.2. Usb technically,youcanconnectupto127individualusbperipheralsatonetime.However,youprobablywillnotusemore than6to8peripheralsonyourusbsystem.Mostcomputersonlyhavetwousbports,soyouwouldneedahubtoconnect morethantwoperipheral...
Page 26: 5. Tech Tips
Page lacie little big disk user manual tech tips 5. Tech tips 5.1. File system formats 5.1.1. Mac users mac os 10.X users: thelacielittlebigdiskwithtripleinterfaceispre-format- tedasamacosextendedvolume.Youmaycustomizethe drivebyreformattingand/orpartitioningthedrivewith separatefilesystemformats.Fo...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual tech tips mac os standard (hfs) macosstandardreferstothefilesystemusedbymacos8.0andearlier.Onlyusethisfilesystemifyouarecreatinga volumesmallerthan32mb,usingamacwitha680x0processororcreatingafilestructurethatwillbeneedtobeusedby macsrunningmacos8.0orearlier. Un...
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Page 28 lacie little big disk user manual mac os 9.X and mac os 10.X (see important note: in section 5.1.1. File system formats - mac users for more informa- tion). • you will be dual booting with an operating system other than windows nt or windows 2000. • you may need the ability to dual boot down...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual 5.2. Available storage capacity agigabyte(gb)means1,000,000,000bytes.Inordertoutilizeaharddiskdrive,ithastobeformattedfirst.Formatting adiskconsistsofthefollowing:theoperatingsystemerasesallofthebookkeepinginformationonthedisk,teststhediskto makesurethatallofth...
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Page 0 lacie little big disk user manual tech tips ifyoudonothaveanativefirewireport,lacieoffersfirewirehostbusadaptercards,alsoknownaspciorpc/pcmcia cards,thathavebeentestedandcomplywithlaciedrives.Pleasecontactyourresellerorlaciecustomersupportformore information. 5.3.1. Firewire 800 ports and per...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual contactyourlacieresellerorlaciecustomersupportforinformationabutfirewire800pciorpccards,orvisitourweb site: www.Lacie.Com . 5.3.2. Hi-speed usb 2.0 ports and performance toutilizetheenhancedhi-speedusb2.0performance,yourcomputermustbeequippedwithahi-speedusb2.0...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual 5.4. Hi-speed usb 2.0 vs. Firewire 400 vs. Firewire 800 tryingtodecidewhichinterfacetouse,hi-speedusb2.0,firewire400orfirewire800,canbeacomplicateddecision. Yourdecisionshouldbebasedonthefollowing: computer with hi-speed usb 2.0, firewire 400 and firewire 800 p...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual 6. Firewire questions & answers what does ieee 1394 mean? Ieee(theinstituteofelectricalandelectronicsengineers)referstotheengineeringcorpsthatdevelopedthe1394thstan- dard,definingthehigh-performanceserialinput/output(i/o)bususedtoconnectperipheraldevices.Therea...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual currenttransmissioniscompleted. What are the ideal uses for firewire? Firewirehelpedfuelarevolutionfordigitalcontentcreators,andwasawardeda2001primetimeemmyengineering awardbytheacademyoftelevisionarts&sciencesforitscontribution.Duetoitshighbandwidthandsupporto...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual thefirewirecablemustbeconnectedtothefirewire400portofthedevice,andthe9-pinendmustbeconnectedtothe firewire800port. Whenfirewire400andfirewire800devicesaremixed,alltransferratesreverttotheoriginalfirewire400speed. What do i do if my computer does not have a fire...
Page 36: 7. Usb Questions & Answers
Page lacie little big disk user manual 7. Usb questions & answers what are the benefits of the usb interfaces? •cross-platform:useyourusbperipheralsonbothmacandwindowsplatforms. •“hotswappable”:noneedtoshutdownorrestartyourcomputerwhenaddingorremovingausbdevice.Plugitinand itsready. •automaticconfig...
Page 37: 8. Troubleshooting
Page lacie little big disk user manual 8. Troubleshooting 8.1. Mac users the problem questions to ask possible solutions thedriveisnot recognizedbythe computer. Doesyourcomputer’sconfiguration meettheminimumsystemrequirements forusewiththisdrive? Checksection2.1. Minimum system requirements formore ...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual thedriveisnot recognizedbythe computer. Hasthedrivebeenformatted? Makesurethatthedrivehasbeenformattedproperly. Pleaseseesections4.1. Formatting and partitioning your lacie little big disk drive with triple interface and5.1. File system formats formoreinformati...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual thedriveisnot runningnotice- ablyfasterwhen connectedvia firewire800. Areyourunningmacos9.X? Macos9.Xdoesnotsupportthespeedandperformance ofthefirewire800interface.Butyoucanconnecta firewire800devicetoacomputerrunningmacos9.Xif youconnectusingeitherthefirewire4...
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Page 0 lacie little big disk user manual areyouoperatinginmacos10.X? Applehasonlyrecentlybegunincorporatingnative hi-speedusb2.0portsintheircomputers.Toachieve hi-speedusb2.0transferrates,youwillneedtoaddahi- speedusb2.0pciorpccardtoyourcomputer.Formore information,pleasesee5.3.2. Hi-speed usb 2.0 p...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual unplannedshut- down. Didyouhaveanimpropershutdown, forcedrestartorpowerinterruption? Ifthishappensandyouarerunningmacos10.X,youcan utilizeapple’sdiscutilitytocheckthestatusofthedrive andrecoverfromsuchanevent.Pleaserefertoapple’s websitearticle:macosx:aboutusin...
Page 42: 8.2. Windows Users
Page lacie little big disk user manual 8.2. Windows users problem questions to ask possible solutions thedriveisnot recognizedbythe computer. Hasthedrivebeenformatted? Makesurethatthedrivehasbeenformattedproperly.See sections4.1. Formatting and partitioning your lacie little big disk with triple int...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual thedriveisnot recognizedbythe computer. •disconnectthefirewirecable,wait10secondsandthen reconnect. •ensurethatthefirewire/usbconnectorsareproperly aligned.Firewire/usbcablescanonlybeinsertedone way.Makesurethattheyarecorrectlyoriented. •checkthatthefirewire/us...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual thedriveisnot runningnotice- ablyfasterwhen connectedvia firewire800. Areyourunningwindows2000and haveyouinstalledthewindows2000 servicepack4? Inordertooperatefirewire800devicesunderwindows 2000,theservicepack4updatemustbeinstalled.This isafreedownloadofferedon...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual contacting customer support 9. Contacting customer support before you contact technical support 1)readthemanualsandreviewthetroubleshootingsection. 2)trytoisolatetheproblem.Ifpossible,makethedrivetheonlyexternaldeviceonthecpu,andmakesurethatallofthe cablesareco...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual contacting customer support lacie asia, singapore, and hong kong contactusat: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact/ lacie australia contactusat: http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ lacie belgium contactusat: http://www.Lacie.Com/be/contact/(français) lacie canada con...
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Page lacie little big disk user manual warranty 10. Warranty laciewarrantsyourdriveagainstanydefectinmaterialandworkmanship,undernormaluse,fortheperioddesignated onyourwarrantycertificate.Intheeventthisproductisfoundtobedefectivewithinthewarrantyperiod,laciewill,atits option,repairorreplacethedefect...