Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton table of contents user manual page 1 table of contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5 1.1. Shockprotectionfeatures.........................................
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton table of contents user manual page 2 6.2.2. Windowsvistaandwindows7users..................................................................................... 37 6.2.3. Macusers.................................................................................
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton foreword user manual page 3 copyrights copyright © 2010 lacie. All rights re- served.Nopartofthispublicationmaybe reproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, re- cordingorotherwise...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton foreword user manual page 4 this symbol on the prod- uct or on its packaging indicatesthatthisproduct must not be disposed of withyourotherhousehold waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handingitovertoadesignedc...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 5 1. Introduction thankyouforpurchasingthelacieruggedsafe.Bysimplycon- nectingthedrivetoyourcomputerandwalkingthroughaquickand easysoftwaresetup,youcanensurethatyourdataissecurefrom unauthorizedusers. Thelacieruggedsafeperfo...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 6 1.1. Shock protection features digital data is best handled with care, but people and their files aresubjecttomishapsandunfortunateaccidents.Inaworldfullof bumps,spills,andadventures,thelacieruggedsafeisdata’sbest protecti...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 7 1.3. Box content yourlacieruggedsafeshouldcontainthefollowing: 1. Lacieruggedsafe 2. Hi-speedusb2.0cable 3. Firewire800cable 4. Firewire400to800(6pinto9pin)adaptercable 5. Powersharingcable 6. Quickinstallguide important i...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 8 1.4. Minimum system requirements technical note: toachieveusb2.0speeds,yourdrivemustbe connectedtoausb2.0hostport.Ifitisconnectedtoausb1.1port, yourdrivewilloperateatusb1.1speeds. Technical note: aregisteredusercanaccessth...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 9 1.5. Views of the drive 1.5.1. Top/front view 1. Biometric fingerprint sensor –thisiswhereyouswipeyour fingertogainaccesstoyourlacieruggedsafe.Seesection 2.1. How to use the fingerprint sensor ,formoreinformation. 2. Drive...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 10 1.6. Cables and connectors 1.6.1. Usb cables and connectors usb is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devicestoacomputerortoeachother.Hi-speedusb2.0isavail- ableonmostconsumerandprofessionalworksta...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton before installing your hard drive user manual page 11 2. Before installing your lacie rugged safe thelacieruggedsafeisunlikemanyotherportabledrivesasitis builtfordatasecurity,bothinsideandout.Pleasefamiliarizeyourself withthedrive’sprotectionfeaturesbefo...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton before installing your hard drive user manual page 12 2.2. Being an administrator the administrator has complete control over who can access the datastoredonthelacieruggedsafe.Theadministratorcan: ✦ addorremoveusers ✦ changeauser’snameorpassword ✦ assign...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton before installing your hard drive user manual page 13 3. Connecting your lacie rugged safe follow these steps to connect and power on your lacie rugged safe. Step topic 1 3.1. Connecting the interface cable 3.2. Connecting multiple devices 2 3.3. Connect...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton before installing your hard drive user manual page 14 3.1. Connecting the interface cable 3.1.1. Connectivity: installing lacie safe manager connectingthelacieruggedsafetoinstall laciesafemanager operatingsystem port windows(allversions) usb2.0&firewire4...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton before installing your hard drive user manual page 15 3.2. Connecting multiple devices firewire800allowsforconnectingadditionalharddrivesordevices (i.E. Digital video camera) directly to the lacie rugged safe (this connectioniscalleda“daisychain”). To da...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton before installing your hard drive user manual page 16 3.3. Connecting the optional power- sharing cable (usb) itispossiblethattheusbconnectionfromyourcomputerwillnot provideenoughpowertothelacieruggedsafe.Toprovidead- ditionalpowertotheruggedsafe,attacht...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton installing lacie safe manager user manual page 17 3.4. Install and run lacie safe manager software lacie safe manager will help you manage access rights to your lacieruggedsafe. Important info: laciesafemanagerisonlyrequiredonone computertoconfigurethedr...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton installing lacie safe manager user manual page 18 3.4.2. Mac users mac10.6.Xworkstationsmayusetheusb2.0portorthefirewire porttoinstalllaciesafemanager.However,mac10.5.Xsystems shouldonlyusetheusb2.0portfortheinstallation.Bothportsare available for config...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton unmounting the drive user manual page 19 technical note: toquicklylockyourruggedsafedrive,un- mountorejectthedatapartitionfromtheosandswipearegistered finger.Theledwillblinkred,indicatingthatthedriveislocked.See section 5.1. Unlocking and locking your ru...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton setting up your rugged safe user manual page 20 4. Setting up your lacie rugged safe thelacieruggedsafemustbeattachedtoyourcomputertoprop- erlyrunlaciesafemanagerforthefirsttime.( 3. Connecting your lacie rugged safe )oncethedeviceisdetected,laciesafeman...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton setting up your rugged safe user manual page 21 4.1. Step 1: registering the first user user information laciesafemanagerwilllaunchautomaticallywhenyourrugged safeisattachedtoyourcomputer.Beforemovingforward,check thatyourdriveisselectedinthecolumnonthel...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton setting up your rugged safe user manual page 22 4.2. Step 2: registering the first user’s fingerprint 1. Tobeginregisteringafingerprint,clickonthetipofafingerthat hasnotbeenselected( fig. 25 ).Anavailablefingerisindicated by a dark blue light while light...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton setting up your rugged safe user manual page 23 8. Laciesafemanagerwillaskifyouwanttoformatthedriveus- ingfat32forusewithwindowsandmac( fig. 29 ).Ifyouprefer hfs (mac) or ntfs (windows), choose cancel and use your operatingsystem’sdiskutilitytoformatther...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 24 5. Using your lacie rugged safe youcanstarttouseyourlacieruggedsafedriveonceyouhave successfullyregisteredatleastoneuser.Connectthedrivetobegin storingandaccessingdata(seesection 3. Connecting your lacie rugged ...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 25 5.1. Unlocking and locking your rugged safe 5.1.1. Unlocking the drive with lacie safe manager installed important info: laciesafemanagerisonlyrequiredonone computertoconfigurethedriveforauthenticationandtomanag...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 26 5.1.2. Unlocking the drive without lacie safe manager installed 1. Connecttheruggedsafetothecomputer. 2. Theledontopofthedrivewillturngreenthanredwhilethe driveisinitializing.Afewmomentslater,theledwillblinkred....
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 27 5.1.3. Locking the drive 1. Computerswithorwithoutlaciesafemanagermaylockthe drivebyejecting(windows)orunmounting(mac)thepartition: ✦ windowsusersmayejectthedevice.Right-clickonthedrive iconinmycomputer(windowsx...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 28 5.2. Manage your rugged safe 5.2.1. Accessing the rugged safe administration page toperformadministrativefunctionssuchasadding,modifying,or removingusers,youmustopenlaciesafemanager.Theadmin- istratorwillbeablet...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 29 fig.37-administrationpageforauserwithadministration rights fig.38-administrationpageforauserwithout administrationrights 4. The administration page will open if the login and password matcharegistereduser( fig. ...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 30 5.2.2. Administration page fig. 39 showstheadministrationpagewhenviewedwithadminis- trationrights.See fig. 38 - administration page for a user without administration rights foranexampleofauser’sadministrationpag...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 31 5.2.3. Granting administration rights (administrator only) 1. Click on one of the current users. In fig. 40 , the user jacob hasbeenselected.Notethatthereisnostarontheusericon andthattheoption“allowthisusertoadm...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton using your rugged safe user manual page 32 5.3. Lacie safe manager launch preferences tomakeadjustmentsonhowlaciesafemanagerlaunches,select the rugged safe icon in the menu bar (mac) or right-click in the systemtray(windows).Choosepreferences.( fig. 44 )...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 33 6. Formatting your lacie rugged safe thefirstuserregistrationasksifyouwouldliketoformatyourlacie ruggedsafeinfat32.Fat32isafilesystembestusedwhenshar- ingadrivebetweenmacandwindowsoperatingsystems.Youmay ele...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 34 6.2. Formatting your lacie rugged safe 6.2.1. Windows xp users thestepslistedbelowwillhelpyouformatandpartitionyourdisk driveusingwindowsxp.Pleasesee 6.2.2. Windows vista and win- dows 7 users or 6.2.3. Mac ...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 35 9. Specifythepartitionsize.Bydefault,thepartitionoccupiesthe entirevolume( fig. 48 )butyoumaychangethesizebasedupon theworkingenvironment.Clicknext. Important info: lacie does not support using the rugged sa...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 36 fig.51 12.Awindowappearslistingyourchoices.Ifallseemswell,click finishtobegintheformatprocess( fig. 51 ).Tomakeachange, selectback. 13.Yourdrive’spartitionshouldhavea“healthy”statusinthelist ofdrivesindiskma...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 37 6.2.2. Windows vista and windows 7 users master boot record or guid partition table? Masterbootrecord(mbr)partitioninghasbeentheharddrive standardformanyyears.Itsupportsamaximumoffourprimary partitionswithas...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 38 3. The new simple volume wizard will appear. To continue choosenext.( fig. 56 ) 4. Thiswizardallowsyoutocreatevolumes,alsoknownasparti- tions.Youcanchoosetocreateasinglepartitionormany.Type thesizeoftheparti...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 39 5. Assignadriveletteroracceptthedefault.( fig. 58 )selectnext. 6. Choosethefilesystemformatforthepartition.Ifthepartition sizeis32gborless,thechoiceswillincludentfsandfat32. Oncetheformatisselected,youmayche...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 40 fig.60 fig.61 technical note: windowsvistasp1andwindows7offerthe exfatfilesystem,whichisnotlimitedtopartitionslessthan32gb ( fig. 60 ).Usedprimarilywithusbflashdrives,theexfatfilesystem overcomesmanyofthelim...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 41 6.2.3. Mac users thestepslistedbelowwillhelpyouformatandpartitionyourdisk driveusingmacosx.Pleasesee 6.2.1. Windows xp users or 6.2.2. Windows vista and windows 7 users forinstructionsonformatting using alte...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton formatting your hard drive user manual page 42 important info: lacie does not support using the rugged safe with more than one partition. See 6.1. One partition for the rugged safe forfurtherinformation. 6. From the volume scheme: menu, choose the number...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton frequently asked questions (faq) user manual page 43 7. Frequently asked questions (faq) question answer whatoperatingsystemcaniuseforthe lacieruggedsafe? Thelacieruggedsafeworkswiththelatestversionsofwindowsxp,windowsvista,and windows7;aswellasthelatest...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton frequently asked questions (faq) user manual page 44 question answer whatistheprobabilitythatafingerprint fromanunauthorizedusercanunlock theruggedsafe? Suchaneventisnearlyimpossibleduetothebiometrytechnology.Eachhumanhashisown biologicalidentity,includi...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 45 8. Troubleshooting 8.1. Troubleshooting the hard drive 8.1.1. Mac users problem question answer thedriveisnot recognizedbythe computer. Doesaniconforthedriveappear onthedesktop? Thereshouldbeaniconforthelaciedriveonthe...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 46 problem question answer thedriveisnot recognizedbythe computer. Hasthedrivebeenformatted? Makesurethatthedrivehasbeenformattedproperly.Pleaseseesection 6. Formatting your lacie rugged safe formoredetails. Doesyourcompu...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 47 8.1.2. Windows users problem question answer thedriveisnot recognizedbythe computer. Hasthedrivebeenformatted? Makesurethatthedrivehasbeenformattedproperly.Pleaseseesection 6. Formatting your lacie rugged safe formored...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 48 problem question answer thedriveturnson andoffwhenyouturn yourcomputeron andoff. Thisisnormal.Yourdrivehasanauto-switchingpowerfeature,whichmeansthatturningthecomputeronwill automaticallyturnthedriveon.Likewise,turning...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 49 8.2. Troubleshooting the fingerprint sensor intheeventthatyourlacieruggedsafe’sfingerprintsensordoes not recognize you as an authorized user, please refer to the fol- lowingchecklist.Ifyouhavegonethroughallofthepointso...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton contacting customer support user manual page 50 9. Contacting customer support before you contact technical support: readtheusermanualandreviewthetroubleshootingsection. Trytoisolatetheproblem.Ifpossible,makethedrivetheonlyex- ternaldeviceonthecpu,andmak...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton contacting customer support user manual page 51 9.1. Lacie technical support contacts lacieasia http://www.Lacie.Com/cn/contact/ lacieaustralia http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ laciebelgium http://www.Lacie.Com/be/contact/ (dutch) http://www.Lacie.Com/be...
Lacie rugged safe • d esign by n eil p oulton warranty information user manual page 52 10. Warranty information laciewarrantsyourdriveagainstanydefectinmaterialandwork- manship,undernormaluse,fortheperioddesignatedonyourwar- rantycertificate.Intheeventthisproductisfoundtobedefective withinthewarrant...