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LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme User Manual

LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme User Manual

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  • Page 1: How To Use This Manual

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme How To Use This Manual User’s Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.2.2. Views Of The Drive 2.3. Cables And Connectors 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive 3.1. Connecting The Power Supply 3.1.1. Turning The LaCie Bigger Disk On And Off 3.2. Connecting The Interface Cable 3.2.1. Mac Users 3.2.2. Windows Users 3.3 Installing Multiple Devices 3.3.1.
  • Page 3 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme Table of Contents User’s Manual 5. Tech Tips 5.1. File System Formats 5.1.1. Mac Users 5.1.2. Windows Users 5.2. Available Storage Capacity 5.3. Optimizing Data Transfers 5.3.1. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance 6. FireWire Questions & Answers 7.

  • Page 4: Foreword

    LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omis- sions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revi- sions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes.
  • Page 5 This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We, LaCie, solemnly declare that this product conforms to the following European standards: Class B EN60950, EN55022, EN50082-1, EN61000-3-2 With reference to the following conditions:...

  • Page 6: Precautions

    Your 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 liq- uids on the drive, as they may spill into its openings.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    • Database Management Engineered to fit seamlessly in to any work environment, the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme can be stood vertically on the LaCie Drive Stand (included), placed in the LaCie Desk Rack (sold separately) or incorporated into standard 19” computer equipment racks with the LaCie Rackmount Kit (sold separately).

  • Page 8: Your Lacie Drive

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 8 2. Your LaCie Drive 2.1. Minimum System Requirements Mac Users Windows Users FireWire 800 Hardware Requirements for FireWire 800: FireWire 800 • G4/G5 with a FireWire 800/IEEE 1394b interface...

  • Page 9: Package Contents And Views Of The Drive

    2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 9 2.2. Package Contents and Views of the Drive 2.2.1. Package Contents LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme and Drive Stand kit External power supply FireWire 800 9-to-9-pin cable FireWire 400 6-to-6-pin cable iLink/DV 6-to-4-pin cable LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM Please keep your box.

  • Page 10: Views Of The Drive

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 10 2.2.2. Views of the Drive 2.2.2.1. Front View Power LED /Activity LED The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on, and blinks to indicate drive activity.
  • Page 11 Serial Number Sticker - This is where you will find your LaCie drive's serial number. Write down the serial number and keep it in a safe place, because you will need to provide the number in the event you have to call LaCie Technical Support for any reason in regards to the drive’s performance.

  • Page 12: Cables And Connectors

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 12 2.3. Cables and Connectors 2.3.1. FireWire FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial input/output FireWire Icons technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other, and Theses icons will help you easily FireWire 800 is the implementation of the new IEEE 1394b standard.

  • Page 13: Installing Your Lacie Drive

    13 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive Getting your LaCie drive installed and connected is very simple; essentially there are two steps: 1) connect the power supply to the drive and to an outlet 2) connecting an interface cable to the drive and to your computer.

  • Page 14: Connecting The Power Supply

    You are now ready to connect the interface cable to your drive and to your computer. Caution! •Only use the AC adapter supplied with your specific LaCie drive. Do not use a power supply from another LaCie drive or another manufacturer. Using any other power cable or power supply may cause damage to the device and void your warranty.

  • Page 15: Turning The Lacie Bigger Disk On And Off

    Auto: This position allows the drive to be powered on and off with your computer. When the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme is connected to your computer via the FireWire interface, the drive will power on and off when your computer is turned on or off.

  • Page 16: Connecting The Interface Cable

    3.2. Connecting The Interface Cable There are two interface connectivity options when connecting your LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme to your computer: FireWire 800 and FireWire 400. The installation steps below follow the connectivity options for each of the specific interfaces, depending on your operating system.
  • Page 17 17 Mac OS 10.x – FireWire 800 Connect the 9-pin end of the FireWire 800 cable into the FireWire 800 port on the back of the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme. Tech Note: For more information about FireWire, please see sections: •...
  • Page 18 18 Mac OS 10.x – FireWire 400 Connect the 6-pin end of the FireWire 400 cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme. Tech Note: For more information about FireWire, please see sections: •...
  • Page 19 User’s Manual page 19 Mac OS 9.x – FireWire 400 To use your new LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme, first install the necessary driver software. Silverlining Pro Installation 1) Insert the LaCie Storage Utilities CD in your computer’s internal CD/DVD drive.
  • Page 20 20 Mac OS 9.x – FireWire 400 Connect the 6-pin end of the FireWire 400 cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme. Tech Note: For more information about FireWire, please see sections: •...

  • Page 21: Windows Users

    Important Info: Switching Interfaces. Tech Note: • For information about connecting additional FireWire or USB devices to the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme, please see section 3.3. Installing Multiple Devices. • If you will be using your LaCie drive in a cross-platform (Mac/Windows) environment, please see the following sections for more information 4.1.
  • Page 22 FireWire bus. Let Windows install the FireWire 800 drivers of your LaCie drive. Connect the 9-pin end of the FireWire 800 cable into the FireWire 800 port on the back of the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme. Tech Note: For more information about FireWire, please see sections: •...
  • Page 23 FireWire bus. Let Windows install the FireWire drivers of your LaCie drive. Connect the 6-pin end of the FireWire 400 cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme. Tech Note: For more information about FireWire, please see sections: •...
  • Page 24 FireWire bus. Let Windows install the FireWire drivers of your LaCie drive. Connect the 6-pin end of the iLink/DV cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme. Tech Note: For more information about FireWire, please see sections: •...

  • Page 25: Installing Multiple Devices

    (called daisy-chaining), with a maximum of 16 devices on one branch. When you connect the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme to the computer via the FireWire 800 cable, you can chain one device from the second FireWire 800 port, and one via the FireWire 400 port.

  • Page 26: Connecting Digital Video Cameras To The Drive

    26 3.3.2. Connecting Digital Video Cameras To The LaCie Drive With both FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 interfaces, it is possible to connect a digital video camera directly to the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme (this connection is called “daisy-chaining”).

  • Page 27: Disconnecting Your Lacie Drive

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 27 3.4. Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive FireWire external devices feature “plug & play” connectivity, which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures, it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your FireWire peripheral device.

  • Page 28: Switching Interfaces

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 28 3.5. Switching Between FireWire Connections FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 are “hot-pluggable,” meaning that you can connect a drive to a FireWire port on your computer even when the computer is running. However, there are important steps to follow for your drive to function properly.

  • Page 29: Attaching The Drive Stand

    29 3.6. Attaching The Drive Stand The LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme comes with a drive stand, that allows it to be placed in an upright position. This position saves desk space and also helps to improve air flow around the drive.

  • Page 30: Using Your Lacie Drive

    • If you want to be able to install multiple Mac operating partitions: one that is a 32GB FAT 32 (MS-DOS File System) systems on the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme Extreme, partition volume, and the other as a large NTFS volume.

  • Page 31: Formatting And Partitioning Your Lacie Drive

    • Mac OS 10.x – Use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is native to the operating system. For instructions on installing and using Silverlining Pro, please refer to the Silverlining manual, located on your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format.
  • Page 32 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 32 For a more detailed discussion on the 7) From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of Tech Note: various file system formats and partitioning, please partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on refer to section 5.1.1.

  • Page 33: Windows Users

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 33 Following these steps 4.1.2. Windows Users Caution! will erase anything that is on • Windows 2000 and XP – Use the Disk Management Utility, which is native to the the hard drive.
  • Page 34 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 34 10). Here you must specify partition size. It is recommended that you leave the partition set to the maximum available size, unless you want multiple partitions on the same drive. Click Next.

  • Page 35: Creating Raid 0 Arrays

    5.3.1. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance. You can setup a RAID 0 array using either: Apple’s Disc Utility program for Mac OS 10.x or LaCie’s Silverlining Pro for Mac OS 9.x While high-end versions of Windows XP and Windows 2000 also support RAID...

  • Page 36: Creating Raid 0 Arrays Using Apple's Disc Utility

    1) Connect two or more LaCie Hard Drive’s to your computer’s FireWire ports. For the best performance, connect the drives to separate FireWire ports, i.e. connect one drive to the native FireWire bus, and the other drive to an OHCI-compliant FireWire PCI card, such as the LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card.
  • Page 37 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 37 4) From the RAID Scheme: pull-down menu, choose Stripe. 5) In the RAID Set Name: box, type in a name for your RAID array.
  • Page 38 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 38 6) From the Volume Format: pull-down menu, choose your file format: Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, MS-DOS File System or UNIX File System. To achieve the best performance, format the RAID set as a Mac OS Extended volume.

  • Page 39: Tech Tips

    Mac OS 10.x Users: Mac OS X prefers that all paritions be the same format, The LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme is pre-formatted as a Mac OS therefore only the first FAT 32 partition is guaranteed to Extendedvolume. You may customize the drive by reformatting mount.

  • Page 40: Windows Users

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 5. Tech Tips User’s Manual page 40 5.1.2. 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.

  • Page 41: Available Storage Capacity

    During data transfers, it’s best to wait before launching other applications that will be using the same port. If you do not have a native FireWire port, LaCie offers FireWire host bust adapter cards, also known as PCI or PC/PCMCIA cards, that have been tested and comply with LaCie drives.

  • Page 42: Firewire 800 Ports And Performance

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 5. Tech Tips User’s Manual page 41 5.3.1. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance To utilize the newly enhanced FireWire 800 performances, your computer must be equipped with a FireWire 800 host bus adapter card (either sold separately, or integrated by your computer’s manufacturer); these host bus adapter cards include one or more FireWire 800 ports, and you must be running Mac OS 10.2.4 and higher, or Windows 2000 or Windows XP in...

  • Page 43: Firewire Questions & Answers

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 6. FireWire Questions & Answers User’s Manual page 42 6. FireWire Questions & Answers What Does IEEE 1394 Mean? IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) refers to the engineering corps that developed the 1394th standard, defining the high-performance serial input/output (I/O) bus used to connect peripheral devices.
  • Page 44 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 6. FireWire Questions & Answers User’s Manual page 43 What Are The Ideal Uses For FireWire? FireWire helped fuel a revolution for digital content creators, and was awarded a 2001 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its contribution. Due to its high bandwidth and support of both isochronous and asynchronous data delivery, FireWire has found a very successful place in both the computer and consumer electronics industries.

  • Page 45: Troubleshooting

    7. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive is still not work- www.lacie.com...

  • Page 46: Mac Users

    Users. interface and operating system. Is there an icon for the drive There should be an icon for the LaCie drive on the desktop. appear on the desktop? Open Apple System Profiler and click on the Devices and Volumes tab. If your device is not listed, follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem.
  • Page 47 Check your device manufacturer’s documentation for information about connectivity options. If the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme is not recognized by the computer, disconnect the other device from the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme. Unplug the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme from the computer and reconnect.
  • Page 48 Questions to Ask The Problem Possible Solutions Is the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme The drive is working Make sure that your LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme is connected slowly. connected directly to the host directly to the computer (see section 3.2. Connecting The...
  • Page 49 Did you get an error message Simply ignore this message. The drive will remount to the telling you that the drive has desktop. LaCie drives conserve power by spinning down been disconnected when coming when you set your computer to sleep mode, and when the out of sleep mode? computer is “woken”...

  • Page 50: Windows Users

    Is there an icon for the drive in Go into My Computer and look for an icon and drive letter My Computer? assigned to the LaCie drive. If the drive does not appear, follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem.
  • Page 51 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 7. Troubleshooting User’s Manual page 50 Questions to Ask The Problem Possible Solutions Are both ends of the FireWire The drive is not •Disconnect the FireWire cable, wait 10 seconds and then recognized by the cable firmly attached? reconnect.
  • Page 52 Questions to Ask The Problem Possible Solutions Is the LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme The drive is working Make sure that your LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme is connected slowly. connected directly to the host directly to the computer (see section 3.2. Connecting The...

  • Page 53: Contacting Customer Support

    If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can't get your LaCie drive to work properly, contact us via the provided Web link. Before contacting us, make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the following information on hand: •...

  • Page 54: Lacie Technical Support

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 8. Contacting Customer Support User’s Manual page 53 LaCie Technical Support LaCie Belgium LaCie Australia Contact Us At: Contact Us At: http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Denmark LaCie Canada Contact Us At: Contact Us At: http://www.lacie.com/dk/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/caen/contact/ (English)

  • Page 55: Warranty

    • The broken part is a replacement part such as a pickup tray, etc. • The tamper seal on the drive casing is broken. LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device, or for any of the problems caused as a result.

  • Page 56: Glossary

    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme Glossary User’s Manual page 55 Glossary Asynchronous – Data transfer method where the data is transferred independently of other processes. With this transfer method, the intervals between transmissions can vary, and data can be resent if it is initially missed.
  • Page 57 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme Glossary User’s Manual page 56 Digital – Discrete information that can be broken down to zero or one bits. Driver (peripheral manager) – A software component that enables the computer system to communicate with a peripheral.
  • Page 58 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme Glossary User’s Manual page 57 Kb (Kilobit) – Equivalent to 1,000 bits. Kb/s – Kilobits per second. 480Kb/s is equal to 60KB/s. KB (KiloByte) – Basically, this means 1,000 bytes, but it is actually 1,024 bytes.
  • Page 59 LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme Glossary User’s Manual page 58 Seek Time – The amount of time (in thousandths of a second, or milliseconds) that it takes a hard drive’s read/write head to move to a specific location on the disk. Average seek, then, is the average of a large number of random samplings all over the disk.

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