LA-PRIVATE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
LA-PRIVATE is a secure volume that takes advantage of strong Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256 to keep
your most important data safe. The included LaCie Private-Public application allows a user to easily create and
manage a LA-PRIVATE volume (See Creating and Using the Secure LA-PRIVATE Volume). Please see our list of
frequently asked questions below for further information on LA-PRIVATE.
Q: Does LaCie Private-Public work on a Macintosh computer?
A: Yes. LaCie Private-Public is supported on Macintosh computers with:
The most recent versions of Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6.
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An Intel processor
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MacFUSE (See Mac Users - Install MacFUSE Before Creating LA-PRIVATE)
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Q: LaCie Private-Public will not let me create a LA-PRIVATE volume larger than 4 GB. Why?
A: There may be more than one reason that you cannot create a LA-PRIVATE volume larger than 4 GB. Two
possible explanations:
Your LaCie storage device already has data on LA-PUBLIC. LaCie Private-Public is protecting the data stored on
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LA-PUBLIC from being erased by limiting the size of LA-PRIVATE.
You formatted LA-PUBLIC as FAT 32. Due to system format limitations, LA-PRIVATE cannot exceed 4 GB on a
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FAT 32 partition. You must recreate the LA-PUBLIC partition as NTFS (Windows) or HFS+ (Mac) in order to
create a larger LA-PRIVATE volume. Please note that formatting a storage device will delete all of its data.
Follow the steps below to create a new LA-PRIVATE volume:
Copy all data stored on the LaCie and LA-PUBLIC partitions as well as the existing LA-PRIVATE1.
volume before reformatting your storage device. You can copy the data to a temporary location
such as your internal hard drive or another storage device. Please make certain to copy your LaCie User
Manual and software utilities as well. You will require LaCie Private-Public to recreate the new LA-PRIVATE
volume.
See Optional Formatting and Partitioning for further information on formatting your storage device as2.
NTFS or HFS+. You may name the new NTFS or HFS+ partition “LA-PUBLIC” for ease of reference but it is
not mandatory.
Once the format is complete, copy LaCie Private-Public to your new NTFS or HFS+ partition.3.
See Creating and Using the Secure LA-PRIVATE Volume for instructions on creating a new LA-PRIVATE4.
volume.
Q: I can only create a LA-PRIVATE volume with 1, 10, or 100 unit increments. For example, 5 GB, 50 GB, or 500 GB. I want to
create a LA-PRIVATE volume that is 5.5 GB, 50.5 GB, or 550 GB. Is it possible?
A: Yes. See Create the LA-PRIVATE Volume. Please note the details regarding the pulldown menu for MB/GB in
Step 5.
Q: Where do I go to access the LA-PRIVATE volume?
A: You must launch LaCie Private-Public to enter the password. See Mounting the LA-PRIVATE Volume.
Q: How do I lock the LA-PRIVATE volume from unauthorized access?
A: See Unmounting and Locking LA-PRIVATE.
Q: What happens if the LA-PRIVATE password is lost or forgotten?
A: To protect your security, the LA-PRIVATE password is heavily protected and not available for others to recover.
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