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- Page 1 LaCie d2 Big Disk Extreme+ Hard Drive USB 2.0 • FireWire 400 • FireWire 800 用户手册 user manual manuel utilisateur guída utente handbuch ユーザー マニュアル manual de instrucciones gebruikershandleiding 용자 설명서...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Introduction to the LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ 1.1. Hard Drive Heat Management 2. Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ 2.1. Minimum System Requirements 2.2. Box Content 2.3. - Page 3 While reason- able efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. LaCie...
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Page 4: Health And Safety Precautions
• Use only the power supply shipped with the device. • Do not use the LaCie Big Disk Ex- treme+ near other electrical appli- ances such as televisions or radios. Doing so may cause interference which will adversely affect the op-... - Page 5 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 recommends that you keep TWO copies of your data;...
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Page 6: Introduction To The Lacie Big Disk Extreme
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 1. Introduction to the LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Thank you for purchasing the new LaCie Big Disk Extreme+. Combining compatibility with high through- put rates and mammoth storage capacity, the Big Disk Extreme+ is ideally suited for audio/video pros work-... -
Page 7: Hard Drive Heat Management
This will allow for some airflow between your drives so that the heat dissipation can work effectively - especially if your LaCie drive does not include a fan. LaCie does not recommend stacking or racking more than 2 Big Disk Extreme+, Big Disk USB or Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface drives on top of each other (3), es- pecially if these drives are turned ON simultaneously. -
Page 8: Your Lacie Big Disk Extreme
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 2. Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ 2.1. Minimum System Requirements Windows Users ■ • FireWire 800, FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 port • Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista • 500MHz processor or higher •... -
Page 9: Box Content
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 2.2. Box Content Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ box should contain the follow- ing: LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Vertical stand kit Power supply kit Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable FireWire 400 6-to-6-pin cable FireWire 800 9-to-9-pin cable... -
Page 10: Views Of The Drive
(see section 3.6, LaCie Shortcut Button tion). The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on, and blinks to indicate drive activity. for more informa- Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ page ... - Page 11 If the system’s power fan supports it, the LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ will spin down while in power save mode. The Big Disk Extreme+ will then take several seconds to spin up to full power.
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Page 12: Cables And Connectors
Flexible: up to 63 devices can be connected on a single bus. FireWire 800 Cable and Cable End DV icon FireWire 400 Cable and Cable End iLink/DV Cable and Cable End (Sold separately) Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ page ... - Page 13 USB port connectors on certain computers. USB 2.0 icon USB 2.0 Cables Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable, to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. The cable will also work when connected to a USB port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates.
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Page 14: Installing Your Lacie Big Disk Extreme
3. Installing Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ There are two parts to connecting and turning on your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+: 1) connect the power supply to the drive and to an outlet, and 2) connecting an interface cable to the drive and to your computer. In... -
Page 15: Connecting The Power Supply
3.1. Connecting the Power Supply The power supply kit is composed of two cables: one cable (A) connects to the LaCie drive; and the other cable (B) connects to a power outlet, such as a wall out- let or a surge protector. -
Page 16: Connecting The Usb Cable
ON or AUTO (drive powers on/hi- bernates automatically). Connect the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable into the Hi- Speed USB 2.0 port on the back of the LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ (A). Attach the other end of the interface cable to an available USB port on your computer (B). -
Page 17: Connecting The Firewire 400 Cable
ON or AUTO (drive powers on/hi- bernates automatically). Connect the FireWire 400 cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ (A). Attach the other end of the interface cable to an available FireWire 400 port on your computer (B). -
Page 18: Connecting The Firewire 800 Cable
ON or AUTO (drive powers on/hi- bernates automatically). Connect the FireWire 800 cable into the FireWire 800 port on the back of the LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ (A). Attach the other end of the interface cable to an available FireWire 800 port on your computer (B). -
Page 19: Connecting Multiple Devices
4-pin end of the cable to the 4-pin port on your digital camera. b. Connect the 6-pin end of the iLink/DV cable to the 6-pin FireWire port on the back of the LaCie Hard drive (C). To attach a FireWire peripheral: a. -
Page 20: Disconnecting Your Lacie Big Disk Extreme
FireWire and USB external devices feature “plug & play” connectivity, which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is run- ning. To prevent failures, however, it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+. Windows Users ■... -
Page 21: Lacie Shortcut Button
LaCie Shortcut Button will help you to customize the Button to perform the action of your choice. Setup is easy – just install the software and push the Button on your LaCie hard drive to set up the button action. 3.6.1. Software Installation ■... - Page 22 3.6.2. Setup ■ You can set up the Button to automatically back up data from your computer to your LaCie hard drive or to perform a custom action. Make sure your LaCie hard drive is connected to your computer and turned on and then push the button on the front of the drive.
- Page 23 Click OK. See A in Fig. 3.6.2.C and 3.6.2.D. EMC Retrospect Express launches. Use EMC Ret- rospect Express to make settings for the backup you want to perform each time you push the LaCie But- ton. After you have configured EMC Retrospect Ex-...
- Page 24 Mac Users ■ To change the action assigned to a Button, open LaCie Shortcut Button by clicking on the LaCie Short- cut Button icon in System Preferences (Apple Menu > System Preferences…). See Fig. 3.6.3.A. Select the Settings tab and follow the instructions in section 3.6.2 beginning with step 3 of the type of action...
- Page 25 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 3.6.4. Drive Detection ■ At launch, LaCie Shortcut Button will search for LaCie Shortcut Button-compatible drives and display them in the drive list. See A in Fig. 3.6.4.A (Mac) and 3.6.4.B (Windows). If no drives can be detected on the USB or FireWire bus, the list will display “No drives connected.”...
- Page 26 Triple Interface Windows Connection Alerts ■ Windows Users Only: The LaCie Shortcut Button icon in the system tray displays a connection message when a button-enabled LaCie drive is connected or disconnected from the computer. See Fig. 3.6.4.C. To remove the LaCie Shortcut Button icon from the system tray, uncheck the “Show in system tray”...
- Page 27 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 3.6.5. Information ■ The Information tab of LaCie Shortcut Button dis- plays basic details of the drive selected in the drive list. Items on the Information tab are not editable. See Fig. 3.6.5.A (Mac) and 3.6.5.B (Windows).
- Page 28 If the application, document or script you defined as the custom action has been moved name”] can’t be launched” from its location at the time you defined the action, LaCie Shortcut Button will not be able error message when the to locate or launch it.
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Page 29: Helpful Information
Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ is formatted in HFS+. This is the most efficient format for use with your Mac. If you would like to share this hard drive with PC users, you will have to reformat your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+. What is Formatting? ■... -
Page 30: Formatting And Partitioning
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 4.1. Formatting and Partitioning Once you have setup your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+, you can reformat it to suit your needs. Windows Users ■ Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista – Use the Disk Management Utility, which is native to the operating system. - Page 31 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 8. Click Next. 9. Click Next. 10. Click Next. 11. Click Next. 12. In this window, you have the option of selecting the Quick Format option. This allows a much faster format; however, this will disallow Disk Manage- ment to check the drive for errors (recommended).
- Page 32 The Disk Utility window will open. In the left side of the window will be a list of the available hard disk drives. You should see a volume that represents your internal hard drive, and one labeled LaCie Hard Drive. From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the num-...
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Page 33: Interface Comparisons
Contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Customer Support for information about PCI, PC, PCI-X or PCI-Express Cards, or visit our website: www.lacie.com... -
Page 34: Firewire Questions & Answers
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 5. FireWire Questions & Answers What Does IEEE 1394 Mean? ■ IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) refers to the engineering corps that devel- oped the 1394th standard, defining the high-perfor- mance serial input/output (I/O) bus used to connect peripheral devices. - Page 35 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface drives or other digital hardware equipment, FireWire is well suited to handle all these requirements. For those working with digital video, the new stan- dard will enable new bandwidth-intensive applications, such as multiple-stream, uncompressed, standard-defi- nition video.
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Page 36: Usb Questions & Answers
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 6. USB Questions & Answers What Are The USB Interface Benefits? ■ • Cross-platform: Use your USB peripherals on both Mac and Windows platforms. • “Hot Swappable”: No need to shut down or restart your computer when adding or removing a USB de- vice. - Page 37 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface port. If you buy a hub, make sure that it supports per-port switching. This function prevents the entire chain of pe- ripherals from freezing up if one of them is not working properly or is down.
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Page 38: Troubleshooting
Answer There should be an icon for the LaCie drive on the desktop. If the drive does not appear, follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem. Check page 7, tion. - Page 39 Simply ignore this message. The drive will remount to the desktop. LaCie drives conserve power by spinning down when you set your computer to sleep mode, and when the computer is “woken” from sleep, it does not give the drive enough time to spin-up from its sleep mode.
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Page 40: Windows Users
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ does not run continuously; it is activated at certain temperatures. Your drive may not have a fan. The LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ comes in different capacities, and only the highest capacities feature a drive fan. - Page 41 “Safely Remove Hardware” icon in the task bar. This feature works by disabling write caching on the disk, which can reduce the per- formance of your drive. Right-click on your LaCie hard drive in My Computer and se- lect Properties. Select the Policies tab.
- Page 42 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ does not run continuously; it is activated at certain temperatures. Your drive may not have a fan. The LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ comes in different capacities, and only the highest capacities feature a drive fan.
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Page 43: Contacting Customer Support
If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent ques- tions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can’t get your LaCie drive to work properly, contact us via the contacts on page 43. Before contacting us, make sure Information to Include in Email Correspondence ■... -
Page 44: Lacie Technical Support Contacts
LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Triple Interface 8.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 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/ (Français) LaCie Denmark Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/dk/contact LaCie France Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/fr/contact/... -
Page 45: Warranty Information
Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while us- ing 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. -
Page 46: Glossary
Bit – The smallest measure of computerized data, either a 1 or a 0. Eight bits equal one byte, or one character. Block – A very small section of the storage media com- prised of one or more sectors. A block is the smallest amount of space allocated on a drive for data storage. - Page 47 MB/s – Megabytes per second. A means of measuring throughput. Media – The material or device used to store informa- tion in a storage subsystem, such as a tape cartridge, CD, DVD or disk drive. Operating System (OS) – Software that controls the assignment and use of hardware resources such as mem- ory, processor time, disk space and peripherals.
- Page 48 Volume – A desktop mountable storage area, may be a partition of a hard drive, a removable disk or a cartridge. Typically measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes.
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