LaCie Little Disk User Manual

Manual is about: Hi-Speed USB 2.0

Summary of Little Disk

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  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page table of contents table of contents health and safety precautions 3 general use precautions 3 1. Introduction to the lacie hard drive 5 1.1. Box content 6 1.2. Minimum system requirements 7 2. Getting connected 8 2.1. Connecting the little dis...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page forward copyrights copyright © 2007 lacie. All rights reserved. No part of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me- chanical, photocopying, recording or oth...

  • Page 4: General Use Precautions

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page forward this symbol on the prod- uct or on its packaging indicates that this prod- uct must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a desig...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page forward of the lacie hard disk or use ex- cessive force on it. Never use excessive force on your lacie hard disk. If you detect a problem, see the troubleshooting section in this manual. ❖ caution: a shielded-type power cord is required in ord...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page introduction features ■ professional performance ❖ store, back up and exchange your files ❖ easy to use, plug & play setup ❖ 1. Introduction to the lacie hard drive building on over a decade of design excellence, lacie has created a new line o...

  • Page 7: 1.1. Box Content

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page introduction 3 1.1. Box content 1 lacie little disk mini portable hard drive 2 usb extension cable 3 carrying case important info: please save your pack- aging. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced, it must be ret...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page introduction windows users windows 2000, windows xp or windows vista 233mhz pentium or higher 32mb ram or greater usb 2.0 internet connection (for downloading updates) ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ mac users mac os 10.3 or later g3 or later or intel core processo...

  • Page 9: 2. Getting Connected

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page getting connected 2. Getting connected 2.1. Connecting the little disk to your computer fig. 2.1.B important info: your lacie hard disk is powered by your computer’s usb 2.0 bus. If the little disk does not power on when connected, check the p...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page getting connected your lacie hard drive comes pre-loaded with easy- to-use backup software ready for installation on your computer. Lacie 1-click backup is a basic file backup pro- gram that allows you to backup files from different source loc...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page 0 getting connected 2.3. Disconnecting your lacie hard drive usb external devices feature “plug & play” connec- tivity, which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures, however, ...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page formatting and partitioning what is formatting? When a disk is formatted, the following things oc- cur: the operating system erases all of the bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure that all of the sectors are reliabl...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page formatting and partitioning 3.1. Formatting for windows users the process of formatting a drive on a computer running windows 2000 or windows xp consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. Thes...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page formatting and partitioning important info: please refer to section 3, formatting and partitioning , for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats. Fig. 3.1.2.C fig. 3.1.2.D on the format partition window, you have the op- ...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page formatting and partitioning 3.2. Formatting for mac users connect the drive to the computer and wait for it to mount. Select utilities from the go menu in the finder menu bar. In the utilities folder, double-click disk utility . The disk utili...

  • Page 16: 4.1. Usb 2.0 Connection

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page interface and data transfer information usb is a serial input/output technology for connect- ing peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-speed usb 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary b...

  • Page 17: 4.3. Data Transfers

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page interface and data transfer information a data transfer is the flow of data that accomplishes a task, usually related to moving data from storage to computer ram or between storage devices. During data transfers, it’s best to wait before launc...

  • Page 18: 5.1. Mac Users

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page troubleshooting problem question answer the drive is not recog- nized by the computer. Does an icon for the drive appear on the desktop? There should be an icon for the lacie drive on the desktop. If the drive does not appear, follow the rest ...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page troubleshooting problem question answer the drive is not recog- nized by the computer. Are your computer’s usb buses working properly? Open apple system profiler , expand the hardware list and click on usb. If your device is not listed, rechec...

  • Page 20: 5.2. Windows Users

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page troubleshooting problem question answer the drive is not recog- nized by the computer. Has the drive been formatted? Make sure that the drive has been formatted properly. Please see section 3, formatting and partitioning . Does your computer’s...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page 0 contacting customer support read the user manual and review the troubleshoot- ing section. Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device connected to your computer, and make sure that all of the cables are ...

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    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page contacting customer support lacie technical support contacts lacie asia, singapore, and hong kong contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact/ lacie australia contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ lacie belgium contact us at: ht...

  • Page 23: 7. Warranty Information

    Lacie little disk • design by sam hecht user manual page warranty information 7. Warranty information lacie warrants your drive against any defect in ma- terial and workmanship, under normal use, for the peri- od designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defec...