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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Table of Contents
User Manual page 1
Table of Contents
1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 4
1.1. Box Content ................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2. Minimum System Requirements ......................................................................................
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Foreword User Manual page 2 Copyrights FCC Statement Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification Copyright © 2008 LaCie. All rights re- LaCie Rugged served. No part of this publication may be We, LaCie, solemnly declare that this prod- Tested to comply with FCC reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or uct conforms to the following European standards for home or office transmitted in any form or by any means, use standards: Class B EN60
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Foreword User Manual page 3 Health and Safety Precautions ✦ Only qualified persons are authorized to sert any metallic object into the drive; ✦ Never expose your device to rain, or use electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or carry out maintenance on this device. it near water, or in damp or wet con- dangerous emissions may result. Your ditions. Never place objects containing ✦ Read this user manual carefully, and fol- hard drive contains n
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Introduction User Manual page 4 1. Introduction Your new LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Disk combines por- tability with compatibility, convenience and a generous storage LaCie hard disk Capabilities capacity to help you manage your data. Compatible with both ✦ Connects to all standard USB and FireWire (Triple Inter- Macintosh and PC computers, the Rugged Triple Interface model face only) interfaces can be connected via FireWire 800, FireWire 40
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Introduction User Manual page 5 1.1. Box Content Your box contains the LaCie hard disk and items 2-6, listed be- low: 1. LaCie Rugged (USB only or Triple Interface) 2. USB cable 1 1 OR 3. FireWire 400 cable (Triple Interface only) 4. FireWire 800 cable (Triple Interface only) 5. USB power cable 6. Quick Install Guide NOTe: The User Manual and software utilities are pre-loaded on the drive. 2 3 ImpOTANT r INfO: Please save your packaging. In the e
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Introduction User Manual page 6 1.2. Minimum System Requirements Windows Users Mac Users ✦ Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later ✦ Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista ✦ G4, G5, Intel Core Duo or Intel Core 2 Duo ✦ 512 MHz processor or higher ✦ 128MB RAM (512MB recommended) ✦ 128MB RAM (512MB recommended) ✦ Available USB 2.0, FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 ✦ Available USB 2.0, FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 port port
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Introduction User Manual page 7 1.3. Views of the Rugged Hard Disk Rear View - Triple Interface 1. USB port 2. FireWire 400 port 1 3. FireWire 800 port 2 4. USB power cable connection 4 3 Rear View - USB only 1. USB port 2. USB power cable connection 1 2 Exploded View Your LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Disk is equipped with an external rubber bumper which encases the aluminum body to protect against drops (36 in./91.4 cm or less) and other im
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Introduction User Manual page 8 1.4. Cables and Connectors 1.4.1. USB Cables and Connectors USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting periph- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Benefits eral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the ✦ Backwards compatibility: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 works necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high with the original USB speci
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Introduction User Manual page 9 1.4.2. FireWire 400 Cables and Connectors (Rugged Triple Interface only) FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial FireWire Benefits input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other, and FireWire 800 is the implementa- ✦ Hot-pluggable: devices can be added and removed tion of the new IEEE 1394b standard. while the bus is active. ✦ Isochronous data deliv
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Getting Connected User Manual page 10 2. Getting Connected Installing the LaCie hard disk is easy for all users, regardless of operating system, thanks to LaCie Setup Assistant. Install your LaCie hard disk in two easy steps: ✦ Step 1 – Connect an interface cable (section 2.1) ✦ Step 2 – Run LaCie Setup Assistant to format your drive for optimal performance with your system (section 2.2) ImpOrTANT INfO: Do not connect more than one interface c
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Getting Connected User Manual page 11 2.1. Connecting the Interface Cable USB 2.0, FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 To connect the interface cable: 1. Connect one end of the interface cable to your computer. 2. Connect connect the other end of the interface cable to the matching port on the LaCie hard disk. 3. After a few seconds, the hard disk will mount on your com- puter and appear in My Computer (Windows users) or on your desktop (Mac users).
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Getting Connected User Manual page 12 2.2. Launching LaCie Setup Assistant Before using your drive, LaCie Setup Assistant software must be launched to format it. It will: ✦ Optimize your drive according to your needs ✦ Copy the manual and utilities onto your LaCie hard disk ImpOrTANT INfO: LaCie recommends that you copy the user manual and utilities onto your computer’s internal hard drive or other medium when setup is complete. To launch LaC
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Getting Connected User Manual page 13 2.3. Connecting Multiple Devices The FireWire 400 interface allows you to connect another hard drive or digital video camera directly to the LaCie hard disk (this connection is called “daisy-chaining”). To daisy-chain devices, all devices must be connected via FireWire. Your computer will not recognize the daisy-chained device if the interfaces are mixed, (ex. a FireWire device attached to a drive that is
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Getting Connected User Manual page 14 2.4. Disconnecting Your LaCie Hard Disk FireWire, eSATA and USB external devices feature “plug & play” connectivity, 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 disk. Windows Users Mac Users 1. From the System Tray (located in the lower right- hand
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning User Manual page 15 3. Optional Formatting and Partitioning The first time you use your LaCie hard disk, LaCie Setup As- ImpOrTANT INO f : Please copy the User Manual and sistant formats your drive according to your needs. If your utilities to your computer before reformatting. Reformat- needs change, you can reformat your LaCie hard disk to op- ting will erase everything from the hard disk. If you have othe
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning User Manual page 16 3.1. Finding the File System Format You may need to know the current file system format of your LaCie hard disk if: ✦ You want to reformat your LaCie hard disk. The current file system format may determine the process you’ll use to re- format it. ✦ The LaCie hard disk does not appear to mount on your computer. In this case, the file system format may prevent your operating system from re
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning User Manual page 17 3.2. Formatting for Windows Users Before you start, connect the drive to the computer and follow the steps in section 3.1 to find the file system format of your LaCie hard disk. ✦ If your disk is formatted as a FAT32 volume, proceed to section 3.2.1. Formatting from FAT32 to NTFS. ✦ If your disk is formatted as an HFS+ volume (or unrecog- nized in Windows) , click here or proceed to secti
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning User Manual page 18 4. In the Format window: a. Enter a name for the disk as you’d like it to appear on your computer in the Volume label field. a b. Select “Perform a quick format”. c. Leave the other options at their default values and click OK. 5. Click OK in the format warning dialog. During the format- b ting process, the status of the disk changes to “Formatting” in the Computer Management window. When
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning User Manual page 19 3.2.2. Formatting from HFS+ (Apple File System) to NTFS Follow the steps in this section if you used LaCie Setup Assistant to format your drive for use with a Mac or if you reformatted your LaCie hard disk as an HFS+ volume on a Mac. CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the hard disk. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this i
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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design b y neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning User Manual page 20 4. On the Welcome to the New Partition Wizard screen, click Next. 5. Select Primary Partition and click Next. 6. If you would like to create more than one partition on the disk, enter the size of the first partition in the “Partition size in MB” field. Otherwise, leave the default values and click Next. 7. Choose a drive letter to assign to the drive. Click Next. 8. Select “Format this p
