LaCie Little Big Disk manual Health and Safety Precautions, General Use Precautions

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LaCie Little Disk • Design by Sam Hecht

Foreword

User Manual

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Health and Safety

Precautions

Only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device.

Read this user manual carefully and fol- low the correct procedure when setting up the device.

Do not open your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive or attempt to disassemble or modify it. Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk of electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or danger- ous emissions. Your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning, have it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Support representative.

Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liquids on the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuit- ing, fire or personal injury.

Make sure that the computer and La- Cie Mobile Hard Drive are electrically grounded. If the devices are not ground- ed, there is an increased risk of electrical shock. Power requirements 100-240 V~,

1.5A, 60- 50 Hz, (Supply voltage fluctua- tions not exceeding ± 10% of the nomi- nal, transient over-voltages according to over-voltage category II).

General Use Precautions

Do not expose the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 35° C (41° F to 95° F); or to op- erational humidity beyond 5-80%, non- condensing, or non-operating humidity beyond 10-90%, non-condensing. Doing so may damage the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive or disfigure its casing. Avoid plac- ing your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sun- light (even through a window). Inversely, placing your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit.

Always unplug the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of time. Other-

wise, there is an increased risk of elec- trical shock, short-circuiting or fire.

Use only the power supply shipped with the device.

Do not use the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive near other electrical appliances such as televisions or radios. Doing so may cause interference which will adversely affect the operation of the other products.

Do not place the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive near sources of magnetic interfer- ence, such as computer displays, televi- sions or speakers. Magnetic interference can affect the operation and stability of your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive.

Do not place heavy objects on top of the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive or use ex- cessive force on it.

Never use excessive force on your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive. If you detect a prob- lem, see the Troubleshooting section in this manual.

CAUTION: This LaCie Little Disk’s warranty may be void as a result of the failure to re- spect the precautions listed above.

IMPORTANT INFO: Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data. To help prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly rec- ommends that you keep TWO copies of your data; one copy on your external hard disk, for instance, and a second copy either on your in- ternal hard disk, another external hard disk or some other form of removable storage media. LaCie offers a complete line of CD and DVD drives. If you would like more information on backup, please refer to our website.

IMPORTANTINFO:1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. 1TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on operating envi- ronment (typically 5-10% less).

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Contents Table of Contents FCC Statement CopyrightsTrademarks ChangesGeneral Use Precautions Health and Safety PrecautionsManual Note Using this ManualIntroduction Quick LinksClick a topic Minimum System Requirements Little disk Box ContentConnect the USB Interface Cable Getting ConnectedConnect the USB Interface Cable Proceed to .4. Launching LaCie Setup AssistantConnect the FireWire Interface Cable EitherThen Connect the Optional Power Sharing Cable To launch LaCie Setup Assistant Launching LaCie Setup AssistantDisconnecting Your LaCie Hard Drive Windows UsersMac Users File System Formats What is Formatting?What is Partitioning? Optional Formatting and PartitioningFormatting for Windows Users Formatting from FAT32 to NtfsOn next page… LaCie Little Disk D esign by S am H echt Formatting from HFS+ Apple File System to Ntfs LaCie Little Disk Design by Sam Hecht Formatting for Mac Users Interface and Data Transfer Information Cables and ConnectorsUSB 2.0 Cables and Connectors FireWire Cables and ConnectorsData Transfers If you experience hanging problems, proceed as followsProblem Question Solution TroubleshootingMac Troubleshooting Manual UpdatesFormatting and Partitioning for more information Windows TroubleshootingSee .1. Minimum System Requirements Information Where to Find Information Contacting Customer SupportBefore You Contact Technical Support LaCie Technical Support Contacts Warranty Information