LaCie 1.0 - Manuals

Precautions page 6 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual Health and Safety Precautions Only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device. • Read this User's Guide carefully, and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device. • Do not open your LaCie SAFE mo...

2. Unpacking Your LaCie SAFE Drive page 8 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 2. Unpacking Your LaCie SAFE Drive Building on years of storage experience, LaCie has teamed up with leaders in the security industry to create a new family of drives that can seamlessly keep your most important dat...

3. Before Installing Your LaCie SAFE Drive page 9 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 3. Before Installing Your LaCie SAFE Drive Yes, we know you are anxious to start using your new LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive, but because it has extra data security features not found on standard external ha...

4. Connecting Your LaCie Drive page 11 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 4. Connecting Your LaCie Drive Follow these steps to quickly get your LaCie SAFE drive powered on and connected to your computer. Click on a step to get started! • 4.1. Connect the USB 2.0* Cable to Your LaCie Drive an...

4. Connecting Your LaCie Drve page 12 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 4.2. Connecting the USB Power Sharing Cable In the event that a single USB port on your computer does not provide the necessary power to operate your drive, you can draw extra power from all USB ports on your computer b...

5. Configuring Your LaCie SAFE Drive page 13 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 5. Configuring Your LaCie SAFE Drive Once the LaCie SAFE drive is connected to a USB port on your computer, the drive's top LED will blink orange and then turn red. After a few seconds, the drive will mount. Impo...

6. Using Your LaCie SAFE Drive page 21 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 6. Using Your LaCie SAFE Drive Once you’ve set up your LaCie SAFE drive with at least one user, then you can start to use it. If the drive is currently discon- nected, first connect it (see section 4. Connecting Your L...

7. Helpful Information page 29 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 7. Helpful Information 7.1. File System Formats Your LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive comes formatted with the FAT 32 file system format. This is the only file system format that is accessible on both PC and Mac platforms. LaCie d...

7.2. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive Once you have set-up your LaCie Hard Drive, you can reformat or partition it to suit your needs. 7.2.1. Windows Users • Windows 2000 and XP – Use the Disk Management Utility, which is native to the operating system. Formatting and Partitioning U...

7.2.2. Mac Users • Mac OS 10.x – Use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is native to the operating system. Formatting and Partitioning Using Mac OS 10.x Warning! Following these steps will erase anything that is on the hard drive. Therefore, if you have information that you want to protect or...

10. Troubleshooting the Fingerprint Sensor page 43 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 10. Troubleshooting the Fingerprint Sensor In the event that your LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive's fingerprint sensor does not recognize you as an authorized user, please refer to the following checklist to f...

11. Contacting Customer Support page 44 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual 11. Contacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support: 1) Read the manuals and review the sections 9. Troubleshooting Your Drive and 10. Troubleshooting the Fingerprint Sensor. 2) Try to isolate the pro...

11. Contacting Customer Support page 45 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual LaCie Australia Contact Us At: http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Canada Contact Us At: http://www.lacie.com/caen/contact/ (English) LaCie Finland Contact Us At: http://www.lacie.com/fi/contact LaCie Germany Conta...

Glossary page 47 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive User’s Manual Glossary Backup – (1) The act of creating at least one additional copy of data onto a different (and safe) storage device from where it can be retrieved at a later time if needed. (2) A copy of a file, directory, or volume on a separate sto...