LaCie 1.0 user manual

Contents

Main How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Printing: To Exit: Icons Used In This Manual Table of Contents Page Foreword page 4 Page Precautions page 6 Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions: 1. Introduction page 7 1. Introduction 1.1. What Your LaCie SAFE Drive Can Do 2. Unpacking Your LaCie SAFE Drive page 8 2. Unpacking Your LaCie SAFE Drive 2.1. What's Included with Your LaCie SAFE Drive 2.2. Minimum System Require ments 3. Before Installing Your LaCie SAFE Drive page 9 3. Before Installing Your LaCie SAFE Drive 3.1. How to Use the Fingerprint Sensor 3.2. Being an Administrator 3.3. About Authorized Users and Rights 3.4. Rules for Registering Users 4. Connecting Your LaCie Drive 4. Connecting Your LaCie Drive 4.1. Connect the USB 2.0* Cable to Your LaCie Drive and to Your Computer 4. Connecting Your LaCie Drve page 12 4.2. Connecting the USB Power Sharing Cable page 13 5. Configuring Your LaCie SAFE Drive 5.1. Mac Installation page 14 Page 5.2. Setting Up User Names and Privileges Page 5.3. Registering User Fingerprints page 19 5.4. Registering Additional Users page 21 6. Using Your LaCie SAFE Drive 6.1. Using the Drive as a Registered User page 22 6.2. Using the Drive as an Administrator Page Page Page Page Page 6.3. Using Multiple SAFE Drives on the Same Computer page 28 6.4. Disconnecting and Locking Your Drive 7. Helpful Information page 29 7. Helpful Information 7.1. File System Formats 7.1.1. Windows Users page 30 7.1.2. Mac Users 7.2. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive page 31 7.2.1. Windows Users Formatting and Partitioning Using Windows 2000 and Windows XP Page 7.2.2. Mac Users page 33 Formatting and Partitioning Using Mac OS 10.x Page page 35 7.3. Optimizing USB 2.0 Connections 7.3.1. What is USB 2.0? 7. Helpful Information page 36 7.3.2. Data Transfers 8. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page 37 8. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 8. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page 38 page 39 9. Troubleshooting Your LaCie Drive page 40 page 41 page 42 10. Troubleshooting the Fingerprint Sensor page 43 10. Troubleshooting the Fingerprint Sensor 11. Contacting Customer Support 11. Contacting Customer Support LaCie Technical Support page 45 12. Warranty page 46 12. Warranty page 47 Glossary page 48 page 49 page 50 LaCie SAFE mobile hard drive