LaCie 301089U - Little Big Disk 200 GB External Hard Drive, User Manual

Page 1: ...ur LaCie Drive 14 3 1 Connect the Little Big Disk to Your Computer 16 3 2 Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive 17 3 3 Switching FireWire and USB Connections 18 4 Using Your LaCie Drive 19 4 1 Formatting And...

Page 2: ...Little Big Disk User Manual Table of Contents 6 FireWire Questions Answers 33 7 USB Questions Answers 36 8 Troubleshooting 37 8 1 Mac Users 37 8 2 Windows Users 42 9 Contacting Customer Support 45 10...

Page 3: ...the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject...

Page 4: ...hat this product conforms to the following European standards Class B EN60950 EN55022 EN50082 1 EN61000 3 2 With reference to the following conditions 73 23 EEC Low Voltage Directive 89 336 EEC EMC Di...

Page 5: ...will be unused for an extended period of time Otherwise there is an increased risk of electrical shock short circuiting or fire Do not use the hard drive near other electrical appliances such as tele...

Page 6: ...triple interface ensuring you can connect the drive everywhere 1 1 What Your LaCie Little Big Disk Can Do High performance storage Easy plug and play installation on PC or Mac Built in RAID 0 storage...

Page 7: ...stem Requirements for USB OS 9 x and 10 x Apple USB support 1 3 5 and greater FireWire 800 Hardware Requirements for FireWire 800 Pentium III or higher compatible processor with a FireWire 800 IEEE 13...

Page 8: ...ROM 1 2 3 5 6 4 Important Info Please keep your box In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced it must be returned in its original packaging 1 4 2 3 5 MOBILE HARD DRIVE STORAG...

Page 9: ...d with the drive See section 2 3 1 FireWire Connections for more information FireWire 400 Port This is where you plug in the FireWire 400 cable furnished with the drive See section 2 3 1 FireWire Conn...

Page 10: ...reWire 400 devices to operate under the FireWire 800 port FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 also share the following features Hot pluggable devices can be added and removed while the bus is active Isochro...

Page 11: ...cables which feature the 9 to 9 pin 9 to 6 pin and 9 to 4 pin cables and the original FireWire cables which feature the 6 to 6 pin and 6 to 4 pin cables 9 to 9 pin cable Connects FireWire 800 devices...

Page 12: ...f USB s uses and capabilities USB 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...

Page 13: ...ded A C adaptor kit as the Little Big Disk is not USB bus powered Local power adaptor A C adaptor Your LaCie Little Big Disk Important Info FireWire connections do not require this AC adapter connecti...

Page 14: ...are using USB Your computer will not recognize the daisy chained device if the interfaces are mixed i e a FireWire device attached to a drive that is connected to the computer via the Hi Speed USB 2...

Page 15: ...taller fig A 3 The Silverlining Utilities screen appears Click Continue 4 The About to Install screen appears Read the following information and click Continue 5 The License Agreement screen appears C...

Page 16: ...A C adaptor cable IF you are interfacing with the Little Big Disk via USB 2 0 Connect the interface cable to your drive through the host connector FireWire 400 FireWire 800 or USB 2 0 Connect the cab...

Page 17: ...devices that the Eject icon controls i e Safely remove Click on this prompt You will then be given the following message Safe to Remove Hardware or similar It is now safe to disconnect the device Mac...

Page 18: ...s to follow for your drive to function properly When changing from a Hi Speed USB 2 0 connection to a FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 con nection and vice versa follow these steps 1 Follow the steps in s...

Page 19: ...ave the drive formatted as one large Mac OS Extended volume If you want to be able to install multiple Mac operating systems on the LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface partition the drive into...

Page 20: ...our LaCie Stor age Utilities CD in PDF format Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10 x 1 Connect the drive to the computer via one of the interface ports 2 Once the drive mounts onto the desktop...

Page 21: ...have finalized the volume format number of partitions size and options click OK The follow ing message will appear Warning Saving the new volume will erase all existing volumes This can NOT be undone...

Page 22: ...t located below the Storage group 4 If this is the first time the drive is being formatted Win dows 2000 will launch the Write Signature Wizard Write Initialize Wizard in Windows XP Click Next fig A 5...

Page 23: ...is compatible with Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 and Windows XP however it has limitations In Windows 2000 and Windows XP you will not be able to create a partition greater than 32GB NTFS NTFS...

Page 24: ...nce LaCie does not rec ommend daisy chaining more than 4 FireWire devices one after the other instead use several FireWire cards ports directly from the computer Technical note To daisy chain devices...

Page 25: ...ipheral drives The hub regenerates the signals generally providing between 4 to 7 connections To add even more drives connect a new hub to a connector of the original hub creating a new series of peri...

Page 26: ...g the hard drive between Mac and Windows operat ing environments you will want to follow these guidelines Mac OS 9 x Works reliably with FAT 32 partitions less than 32GB Mac OS X prefers that all part...

Page 27: ...2 FAT is an acronym for File Allocation Table which dates back to the beginnings of DOS programming Originally FAT was only 16 bits but after the second release of Windows 95 it was upgraded to 32 bit...

Page 28: ...have converted a volume from FAT 32 to NTFS there is no going back You can convert from FAT 32 to NTFS but not the other way around Use NTFS if You want to optimize drive performance under Windows 20...

Page 29: ...ion of the FireWire host bus adapter interfaces vary widely For computers running Windows 2000 and later the FireWire inter face which is referred to as either IEEE 1394 or iLink on PCs is less common...

Page 30: ...ically deliver data at the 400Mb s rates When the devices are daisy chained connected to each other and sharing a single port the devices may be reduced to the transfer rate of the slowest device With...

Page 31: ...2 0 drivers that enable the computer to control the card These drivers must be installed in order for USB 2 0 devices connected to the port to work at their correct speeds Computers running Windows 2...

Page 32: ...lready using both of your Hi Speed USB 2 0 ports on your computer you would use the FireWire port to connect your drive and vice versa Avoiding hubs for USB topology and daisy chains for FireWire topo...

Page 33: ...evices to be connected via a single bus and offer peer to peer con nectivity enabling multiple computers and FireWire devices to be connected at the same time FireWire also supports both isochronous a...

Page 34: ...nected To A FireWire 800 Port Unfortunately this is not the case In order to attain FireWire 800 speeds both the device and port have to be FireWire 800 enabled For instance an external hard drive wit...

Page 35: ...ginal FireWire 400 speed What Do I Do If My Computer Does Not Have A FireWire Port Most computers manufactured today incorporate at least one FireWire port If your computer does not have a native port...

Page 36: ...ct for more traditional connections such as keyboards mice joysticks and scanners These types of devices don t require fast data transfer rates and operate very successfully at the slower speeds What...

Page 37: ...ices and Volumes tab If your device is not listed follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem Are both ends of the FireWire USB cable firmly attached Disconnect the FireWire USB...

Page 38: ...the LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface recognized by the computer If the LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface is recognized by the computer try connecting the other device directly to...

Page 39: ...ire 800 port using a FireWire 800 9 to 6 pin cable sold separately Is the drive connected via the FireWire 800 9 to 9 pin cable to the a FireWire 800 port To achieve the high transfer rates of the Fir...

Page 40: ...bus adapter and device have been installed cor rectly If in doubt uninstall the drivers and re install them Does your computer or operating sys tem support Hi Speed USB 2 0 See sections 2 1 Minimum sy...

Page 41: ...lume If the file cluster size is set at 4KB which is the default set ting under Windows this may be too small Reformat the drive and change the cluster size to 32KB The drive turns on and off when you...

Page 42: ...ng system support the file system Check your computer s documentation and see sections 4 1 Formatting and partitioning your LaCie Little Big Disk with triple interface and 5 1 File system formats for...

Page 43: ...394 Controller Click on the sign next to the controller icon and you should see your device listed Windows XP Users Go to Start Control Panel Per formance and Maintenance System Hardware tab Device Ma...

Page 44: ...e off If you wish to power off the drive while it is connected to your computer first make sure that your computer is not accessing the drive and then follow the steps in section 3 2 Disconnecting you...

Page 45: ...ached 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 c...

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Page 47: ...o liability for any loss of data during the use of this device or for any of the problems caused as a result LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct special or consequential damage...