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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt table of Contents User manual page 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 Disk to Your Computer 8 2.2. Installing the Pre-loaded Software 9 2.3. Disconnecting Your LaCie Hard Drive 10 3. Formatting and Partitioning 11 3.1. Formatting for Windows Users 12 3.2. Formatting for
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt Forward User manual page Copyrights let on a circuit different from that to LaCie Little Disk Copyright © 2007 LaCie. All which the receiver is connected. Tested to comply with rights reserved. No part of this publi- FCC standards for home ❖ Consult the dealer or an experienced or office use cation may be reproduced, stored in a radio/TV technician for help. retrieval system, or transmitted in any Modifications to this product not FCC Statement fo
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt Forward User manual page This symbol on the prod- electrical and electronic equipment. please contact your local city office, uct or on its packaging The separate collection and recycling your household waste disposal service, indicates that this prod- of your waste equipment at the time of or the shop where you purchased the uct must not be disposed disposal will help to conserve natural product. of with your other household waste. resources and ensu
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt Forward User manual page of the LaCie Hard Disk or use ex- CAUTION: A shielded-type power cord is required in order to meet FCC cessive force on it. emission limits and also to prevent interference to the nearby radio and televi- sion reception. It is essential that only the supplied power cord be used. ❖ Never use excessive force on your LaCie Hard Disk. If you detect a problem, see the Troubleshooting section in this manual. ImpOrTANT INO f : Any l
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt introduction User manual page 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Drive Building on over a decade of design excellence, LaCie has created a new line of drives that are timeless and crafted to blend functionality with high-technology. These latest drives are performance-based solutions that will power you through your specific applications. Ideal for speed intensive applications, the LaCie Hard Drive handles the curves of your demanding data needs. S
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt introduction User manual page 1.1. Box Content 1 LaCie Little Disk mini Portable Hard Drive 1 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 returned in its 2 original packaging. 3
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt introduction User manual page 1.2. Minimum System Requirements 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 processor ❖ 32MB RAM or greater ❖ USB 2.0 ❖ Internet connection (for downloading updates) Linux Users ❖ Linux 2.4 / 2.6 ❖ 32MB RAM or greater ❖ USB 2.0 ❖ Int
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt g etting Connected User manual page 2. Getting Connected Connecting your LaCie hard disk is simple. Just connect the USB connector to a USB port on your computer. See sec- tion 3. Formatting and Partitioning for information about optimizing the Little Disk for use with your operating system when you have connected the Little Disk to your computer. 2.1. Connecting the Little Disk to Your Computer 1. Remove the cap. 2. If necessary, pull out the USB cable
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt g etting Connected User manual page 2.2. Installing the Pre-loaded Software 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 locations to one destination. ❖ SilverKeeper (Mac only) allows you to create and schedule more complex backups and allows the cre- LaCie 1-Click Backup a
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt g etting Connected User manual page 0 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, it is important to follow these steps when disconnecting your LaCie hard drive. Windows Users Mac Users 1. Drag the hard drive icon to the trash. 1. From the System Tray (located in the
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt Formatting and Partitioning User manual page 3. Formatting and Partitioning Once you’ve connected your drive and it is recog- TeCNICA h l NOTe: The LaCie hard drive is nized by your operating system (i.e. Windows or Mac preformatted in FAT-32 (MS-DOS) format, op- OS X), you are ready to format and partition the drive. timized for use with Mac and Windows OS. See In order to store information on a hard drive, it must File System Formats, below for
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt Formatting and Partitioning User manual page 3.1. Formatting for Windows Users The process of formatting a drive on a computer CAUTION: Following these steps will erase ev- running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of erything from the hard drive. If you have informa- two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and tion that you want to protect or continue to use, (2) formatting the drive. These steps will erase anything back up this info
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt Formatting and Partitioning User manual page 12. On the Format Partition window, you have the op- tion of selecting the Quick Format option. This al- lows a much faster format, but Disk Management will not check the drive for errors. LaCie recom- mends that you select Quick Format. Click Next. 13. Click Finish to begin the formatting process. 14. Windows Disk Management will format and parti- tion the disk according to your settings, and your drive
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt Formatting and Partitioning User manual page 3.2. Formatting for Mac Users 1. Connect the drive to the computer and wait for it to CAUTION: Following these steps will erase ev- mount. erything from the hard drive. If you have informa- 2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder tion that you want to protect or continue to use, menu bar. back up this information before performing these steps. If user manuals and utilities are deleted, you 3.
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt interface and Data transfer information User manual page 4. Interface and Data Transfer Information 4.1. USB 2.0 Connection 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 bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high speed devices such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras. ■ USB 2
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt interface and Data transfer information User manual page 4.3. Data Transfers A data transfer is the flow of data that accomplishes CAUTION: Do not connect USB cables so that a task, usually related to moving data from storage to they form a ring of devices. There is no need for computer RAM or between storage devices. During terminators on USB or devices, so the unused USB data transfers, it’s best to wait before launching other connectors should
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt troubleshooting User manual page 5. Troubleshooting If your LaCie hard drive is not working cor- ■ Manual Updates rectly, please refer to the following checklist to de- LaCie strives to give you the most up-to-date, com- termine the source of the problem. If you have gone prehensive user manuals available on the market. It is through all of the points on the checklist and your our goal to provide you with a friendly, easy-to-use drive still does not
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt troubleshooting User manual page Problem Question Answer The drive is not recog- Are your computer’s USB buses Open Apple System Profiler, expand the Hardware list and click nized by the computer. on USB. If your device is not listed, recheck the cables and try the working properly? other troubleshooting tips listed here. Is there a conflict with other device Contact LaCie Technical Support for help. drivers or extensions? Has the drive been formatted
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LaCie Little Disk • Design by sam HeCHt troubleshooting User manual page 5.2. Windows Users Problem Question Answer The drive is not recog- Has the drive been formatted? Make sure that the drive has been formatted properly. Please see nized by the computer. section 3, Formatting and Partitioning. Does your computer’s operating Check your computer’s documentation and see section 3, Format- system support the file system? ting and Partitioning. Is there an icon for the drive in My Go into My C
