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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive User Manual Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Drive 1.1. Box Content 1.2. Minimum System Requirements 1.3. Stacking Bricks 2. Getting Connected 2.1. Installing Silverlining 98 and USB 2.0 Driver (Windows 98 and Me Users) 2.2.
  • Page 2 LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive User Manual Copyrights Copyright © 2011 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me-...

  • Page 3: Health And Safety Precautions

    LaCie Mobile Hard Drive or disfigure its casing. Avoid placing your LaCie Mobile Hard Drive near a source of heat electrical and electronic equipment. The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of...
  • Page 4 Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the ImpOrTANT INfO: 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 instance, and a second copy either on your internal hard drive, another external hard drive or some other form of removable storage media.

  • Page 5: Introduction To The Lacie Hard Drive

    1. Introduction to the LaCie Hard Drive Building on over a decade of design excellence, LaCie has created a new line of drives that are timeless and crafted to blend functionality with high-technology. These latest drives are performance-based solutions that will power you through your specific applications.

  • Page 6: Box Content

    USB power sharing cable LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM Quick Install Guide ImpOrTANT INfO: Please save your pack- aging. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced, it must be returned in its original packaging. page 6...

  • Page 7: Minimum System Requirements

    LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive User Manual 1.2. Minimum System Requirements Windows Users Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, ❖ Windows XP or Windows Vista 233MHz Pentium or higher (or equivalent pro- ❖ cessor) 32MB RAM or greater ❖...

  • Page 8: Stacking Bricks

    User Manual 1.3. Stacking Bricks Your LaCie Brick is designed to stack under another LaCie Brick. To allow for proper cooling, do not stack more than three LaCie Bricks together. When stacking three bricks, operating temperature should not exceed 30°C (86°F).

  • Page 9: Getting Connected

    LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive User Manual 2. Getting Connected Follow these steps to quickly get your LaCie hard drive powered on and connected to your computer. Windows 98 and Me Users and Mac OS 9.x Users Step 1 Windows: 2.1, Installing USB Driver and Silverlining Software...

  • Page 10: Installing Silverlining 98 And Usb 2.0 Driver (Windows 98 And Me Users)

    User Manual 2.1. Installing Silverlining 98 and USB 2.0 Driver (Windows 98 and Me Users) To use your new LaCie hard drive, first install the necessary driver software and Silverlining 98. Follow the steps below to install the necessary drivers and software to configure your drive.

  • Page 11: Installing Silverlining Pro (Mac Os 9.X Users)

    2.2. Installing Silverlining Pro (Mac OS 9.x Users) Mac OS 9.x users need to install Silverlining Pro to format and partition the drive. When installation is complete, please refer to the Silverlining Pro User Man- ual for instructions on formatting and partitioning your drive.

  • Page 12: Connecting The Usb 2.0 Interface Cable

    USB 2.0 port on your computer (Fig. 2.3.A). Connect the smaller end of the USB 2.0 cable to the USB 2.0 port on the back of the hard drive (Fig. 2.3.B). After a few seconds, the hard drive will mount on your computer and appear on the desktop (Mac us- ers) or in My Computer (Windows users).

  • Page 13: Connecting The Optional Power Sharing Cable

    Attach the small end of the USB Power Sharing Ca- ble to the back of your LaCie drive (Fig. 2.4.A). Attach the USB end of the USB Power Sharing Ca- ble to an available USB port on your computer (Fig.

  • Page 14: Disconnecting Your Lacie Hard Drive

    2.5. Disconnecting Your LaCie Hard Drive USB external devices feature “plug & play” connec- tivity, which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures, however, it is important to follow these steps when disconnecting your LaCie hard drive.

  • Page 15: Formatting And Partitioning

    (i.e. Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista or Mac OS 9.x or 10.x), you are ready to format and partition the drive. In order to store information on a hard drive, it must have a file system and be divided into sections that will contain the data you wish to store.

  • Page 16: Formatting For Windows Users

    The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. These steps will erase anything that is on the disk.
  • Page 17 Next. On the Format Partition window, you have the option of selecting the Quick Format much faster format, but Disk Management will not check the drive for errors. LaCie recommends that you DO NOT select Quick 13. Click Finish to begin the formatting process.

  • Page 18: Mac Os 10.X

    Mac: Select the Erase tab. Select MS-DOS File System ume Format menu. Enter a name for the drive of no more than 11 characters. Click Erase. Click Continue to Step 5. Select the Partition tab. From the Volume Scheme: ber of partitions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing the...
  • Page 19 Once you have finalized the volume options, click Partition. Click Partition sage appears to continue. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use. area. section, enter a name again when the alert mes-...

  • Page 20: Interface And Data Transfer Information

    CD/DVD drives and digital cameras. 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 1.1 port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1.1 transfer...

  • Page 21: Data Transfers

    Make sure that the USB 2.0 cable is connected tight- ly and securely on both ends of the cable, from the drive to the computer. If you are using a USB 2.0 cable other than the one supplied with your LaCie drive, check that it is certified.

  • Page 22: Troubleshooting

    10 seconds, and then reconnecting them. If the drive is still not recognized, restart your computer and try again. If the LED on the front of the drive is not on, the drive may not be recieving enough power from the USB bus on your computer. Try connecting the USB power sharing cable as described in section 2.4, Connecting the Optional Power Sharing...
  • Page 23 “revived” from sleep, it does not give the drive enough time to spin up from its sleep mode. Disconnect any other USB devices and see if the drive’s perfor- mance increases.

  • Page 24: Windows Users

    Hi-Speed USB 2.0? System fan is not Not all models include a system fan. To determine if your drive has a system fan, please see the data sheet running for your product at www.lacie.com. If your drive has a fan, confirm the outlet is powered, verify power con- nections, and try an alternate power cable.
  • Page 25 System fan is not Not all models include a system fan. To determine if your drive has a system fan, please see the data sheet running for your product at www.lacie.com. If your drive has a fan, confirm the outlet is powered, verify power con- nections, and try an alternate power cable.

  • Page 26: Contacting Customer Support

    ❖ computer, including CD/DVD burners Where to Find Information Located on a sticker at the back of drive or on the original packaging Mac users: Select the hard drive icon on the desktop and press Command + I. Windows users: Right click the hard drive icon and select Properties.

  • Page 27: Lacie Technical Support Contacts

    LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive User Manual 6.1. 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/ LaCie Denmark Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/dk/contact LaCie France Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/fr/contact/...

  • Page 28: 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.

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