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Summary of Porsche Design P'9223
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 1 porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual click here to access up-to-date online version of this document for the most recent content as well as for features such as expandable illustrations, easier navigation, and search capability..
Page 2: Introduction
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 2 introduction welcome to the user manual for the lacie porsche design p'9223 slim hard drive. This new family of hard drives combines world-famous porsche design's sophisticated solid aluminum design with lacie's cutting-edge technology. Featuring supers...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 3 status light information your hard drive features a status light, which will indicate certain disk behaviors. Refer to the chart below for details. Light behavior status on, steady drive is on flickering data access off drive is off.
Page 4: Cables and Connectors
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 4 cables and connectors usb 3.0 usb is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer. Superspeed usb 3.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides higher bandwidth and new power management features. ...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 5 usb-y cable in the event that the usb bus on your computer does not provide the necessary power to operate your mobile lacie hard disk, you can connect a usb-y cable to the drive and to your computer's usb 3.0 or usb 2.0 ports to ensure adequate power. ...
Page 6: Getting Connected
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 6 getting connected caution: do not stack multiple lacie porsche design p'9223 slim hard drives, as they may overheat. Installing your lacie hard drive is easy for all users thanks to lacie setup assistant. Please follow the setup steps in the order they ...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 7 step 2 - launch lacie setup assistant lacie setup assistant (lsa) must be launched before using your drive. It will allow you to: easily format the hard drive according to your needs ■ copy the user manual to your computer ■ install software for added f...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 8 manual access: open the lacie setup volume in computer (my computer for windows xp) and double click lacie setup..
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 9 setup lacie setup assistant does not prevent you from using your computer's native disk utility program to format or partition your lacie drive. Simply follow the setup assistant through completion, then use disk utility for mac or disk management for w...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 10 use the slider to partition your lacie hard drive. Moving the slider to the left will reduce the size of the 3. Compatible volume (called lacie share on some products) (for windows and mac). If you do not want the compatible / lacie share volume, move ...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 11 windows a window prompt alerts you that the disk will be formatted. Select yes to continue. 4. Mac windows lacie setup assistant will format the hard drive. 5. Register your lacie device. Click next to continue. 6. New account.
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 12 existing account choose the software utilities that you want to install. Please note that certain software utilities may begin to 7. Install before lacie setup assistant has finished. Follow the software utility installer before completing lacie setup ...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 13 mac windows software will be installed on the product's storage, not on your computer. It will be located on the volume entitled “compatible” or “lacie share” if it exists, otherwise on “lacie”. Important info: please note that lacie software utilities...
Page 14: Unmounting Your Drive
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 14 unmounting your drive usb, firewire, and esata external devices feature “plug & play” connectivity, which means that your lacie storage can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures, however, it is important to fo...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 15 from the system tray (located in the lower right-hand side of your screen) click on the plug icon (note the white check mark inside a green circle). A message will appear, detailing the devices that may be safely unmounted. Select eject for the device ...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 16 optional formatting and partitioning standard lacie storage devices will prompt you to run lacie setup assistant when they are first connected to a computer (windows or mac). Lacie setup assistant helps you to quickly format the storage device accordin...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 17 windows users fat 32: fat is an acronym for file allocation table, which dates back to the beginnings of dos programming. Originally, fat was only 16 bits, but after the second release of windows 95 it was upgraded to 32 bits, hence the name fat 32. In...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 19 mac users make sure the storage device is connected to and mounted on the computer. 1. Select utilities from the go menu in the finder menu bar. 2. In the utilities folder, double-click disk utility. 3. Disk utility will display the message select a di...
Page 20: Getting Help
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 20 getting help if you are having problems with your lacie product, consult the table below for a list of available resources. Order source description location 1 quick install guide concise steps to follow for getting your product up and running either a...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 21 troubleshooting topics note: interactive troubleshooting, a highly effective way to resolve problems with your product, is available from www.Lacie.Com/support/ . Select your product, then click the “troubleshooting” tab. All users problem: my file tra...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 22 these characters include, but are not limited to: ? / \ : check your files and folders to ensure that these types of characters are not being used. The easiest solution is to check for incompatible characters in file names, change them, then resume fil...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 23 still not working? There may be a hardware defect or other problem. Time to contact www.Lacie.Com/support/ . Windows xp, 2000, vista, and windows 7 users problem: the drive icon doesn't appear in my computer/computer. Q: are both ends of the usb cable ...
Page 24: Precautions
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 24 precautions caution: modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user's authority to operate this device. Important info: any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a lacie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, an...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 25 general use precautions do not expose the lacie hard drive to temperatures outside the range of 5º c to 30º c (41º f to 86º f); or to ■ operational humidity beyond 10-80%, non-condensing, or non-operating humidity beyond 5-90%, non-condensing. Doing so...
Page 26: Warranty Information
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 26 warranty information lacie offers first-rate service and support through our generous three-tiered warranty policy. Our 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-year policies include comprehensive, complimentary web-based resources, expert in-house technical support, and wor...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 27 except for the limited warranty set forth above, all products are sold “as is” and lacie expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including the implied warranties of merchantability, noninfringement and fit...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 28 read carefully all information related to warranty and precautions of use of your new lacie product in the user manual. For products purchased in the united states, you may contact lacie at 22985 nw evergreen parkway, hillsboro, oregon 97124. Email: sa...
Page 29: Legal Information
Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 29 legal information copyrights copyright © 2012 lacie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherw...
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Porsche design p'9223 hard drive user manual 30 firmware programmed at the factory to match the intended destination. The firmware setting is not accessible by the end user. Weee this symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other househ...