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Page 2 - Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual; Unpacking Your LaCie Drive; Table of Contents

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Table of Contents Foreword 2 Precautions 4 1. Unpacking Your LaCie Drive 5 1.1 Minimum System Requirements 5 1.2 Stacking Your LaCie Brick 6 2. Getting Connected 7 2.1 Connect the Power Supply and Switch On the Drive 10 2.2 Connect the US...

Page 3 - Foreword; Copyrights; F O R H O M E O R O F F I C E U S E

Foreword page 2 LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Copyrights Copyright © 2005 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordin...

Page 4 - • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.; Canada Compliance Statement

Foreword page 3 LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Manufacture...

Page 5 - Health And Safety Precautions; General Use Precautions:; Precautions

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop 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 hard drive or a...

Page 6 - Unpacking Your LaCie Drive; Power supply and adapter cable

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 1. Unpacking Your LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Hard Drive Building on over a decade of design excellence, LaCie has created a new line of drives that are timeless and crafted to blendfunctionality with high-technology. These latest drives...

Page 7 - Stacking your LaCie Brick; Your LaCie

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 1.2 Stacking your LaCie Brick Your LaCie Brick is designed to stack under another LaCie Brick. To allow for proper cooling, do not stack more than three LaCie Bricks together. When stacking three bricks, operating temperature should not e...

Page 8 - Getting Connected

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 2. Getting Connected Follow these steps to quickly get your LaCie Drive powered on and connected to your computer. To getstarted, go to: 2.1. Connect the Power Supply and Switch On the Drive or 2.2. Connect the USB 2.0Cable to Your LaCie ...

Page 10 - Mac OS 9.x Users Only! Silverlining Pro Installation

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Mac OS 9.x Users Only! Silverlining Pro Installation Before connecting the power supply and USB 2.0 cable to your drive, you will need to install Silverlining Pro , which will help you manage your drive. Follow the steps below to install ...

Page 11 - Connect the power supply and switch on the drive.; Connect Cable A to your LaCie Drive.; Cable A

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Step 2.1 – Connect the power supply and switch on the drive. There are two cables that are supplied with the power supply: one cable (A) connects to a power outlet, such as a wall outletor a surge protector; and the other cable (B) connec...

Page 12 - Connect the USB 2.0 cable to your LaCie Drive and to your computer.; disconnecting USB 2.0 devices and ensuring optimum performance.; It may take a few seconds for the drive to appear on your desktop.

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Step 2.2 – Connect the USB 2.0 cable to your LaCie Drive and to your computer. Examine the cable carefully and make sure that you have the USB 2.0 cable properly aligned, then insert the cable firmly into the USB port on the back of the d...

Page 13 - In order to utilize a hard disk drive, it has to be formatted first.; Formatting; a disk consists of the following: the operating; Partitioning; File System Formats; Using Your LaCie Drive

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 3. Using Your LaCie Drive Once you’ve connected your drive and it is recognized by your operating system (i.e. Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP or MacOS 9.x or 10.x), you are ready to format and partition the drive. In order to store informatio...

Page 14 - Formatting And Partitioning Using Windows 2000 And Windows XP

3.1. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Hard Drive Once you have set-up your LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Hard Drive , you can reformat or partition it to suit your needs. 3.1.1. Windows Users • Windows 98 SE and Me – Install and use LaCie Silverlining 98 , which is includ...

Page 16 - Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10.x

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 3.1.2. Mac Users • Mac OS 9.x – Install and use LaCie Silverlining Pro , which is included with your drive. • Mac OS 10.x – Use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is native to the operating system. For instructions on installing an...

Page 17 - Volume Information; OS Standard or UNIX File System) and the volume size.; Options; box if you plan on sharing the drive between the Mac OS; OK; . The following message will; Partition

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 8) In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard or UNIX File System) and the volume size. Important Note: Please refer to section 4.2. File System Formats,...

Page 18 - USB Cables and Connectors; Helpful Information

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 4. Helpful Information 4.1. Advice For Optimizing USB 2.0 Connections The following technical information relates to your LaCie Drive and gives some practical advice: 4.1.1 What is USB 2.0? The new USB 2.0 standard provides higher bandwid...

Page 19 - If you have installed the

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 4.1.2. Disconnecting USB 2.0 Devices USB 2.0 external devices feature "plug & play" connection. This means that your drive can be connected and disconnectedwhile the computer is running. To prevent failures, it is important yo...

Page 21 - File System Formats; There are basically two file system formats for Windows:; . The following information will hopefully make; NTFS; Guidelines for Choosing FAT 32 Or NTFS

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 4.2 File System Formats 4.2.1. Windows Users There are basically two file system formats for Windows: FAT 32 and NTFS . The following information will hopefully make choosing one or the other a little easier. FAT 32 FAT is an acronym for ...

Page 22 - want to leave the drive formatted in FAT 32.; HFS - Mac OS Standard

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 4.2.2. Mac Users Mac OS 9.x Users: You will be able to format the drive in one of two formats, using Silverlining Pro (for specific instructions, please refer to theSilverlining User’s Manual, in the Silverlining folder): HFS (Mac OS Stan...

Page 23 - Manual Updates; Troubleshooting; The Issue; Is the drive’s power on?; Possible Solutions; Check for an icon on the Desktop (on a Mac) or in; My

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 5. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie CD-RW Drive is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where theproblem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and you...

Page 25 - Check the documentation for your Operating System.; Device Manager; and click; Drives Settings

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Troubleshooting page 24 The Issue The drive is notrecognized. Error messages underMac OS 10.x. The drive is workingslowly. Questions to Ask Is the file system supported by yourOperating System? Does your computer’s configurationmeet the m...

Page 26 - Questions to Ask

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Troubleshooting page 25 Questions to Ask Is the drive connected to a USB 1.1port on your computer, or to a USB1.1 hub? Is the drive connected to a USB 2.0port on your computer? Does your computer or operatingsystem support USB 2.0? Possib...

Page 27 - Before You Contact Technical Support; ) Read the manuals and review the Troubleshooting section.; Contacting Customer Support; Serial Number Sticker

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 6. Contacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support 1) Read the manuals and review the Troubleshooting section. 2) Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the CPU, and make sure ...

Page 28 - LaCie Technical Support

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual Contacting Customer Support page 27 LaCie Technical Support LaCie Asia, Singapore and Hong Kong Contact Us At:http://www.lacie.com/asia/contact LaCie Belgium Contact Us At:http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ LaCie Denmark Contact Us At:http:...

Page 29 - Register online for; Warranty

LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 7. Warranty LaCie warrants your drive against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated onyour warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, ...