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LaCie Brick Hi-Speed USB 2.0

Desktop Hard Drive User’s Manual 

3.1.2. Mac Users

• Mac OS 9.x – Install and use 

LaCie Silverlining Pro

, which is included with your 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.

Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10.x

Warning!

Following these steps will erase anything that is on the hard drive. Therefore, if you have information that

you want to protect or continue to use, backup this information before performing these steps.

1) Connect the drive to the computer via the USB 2.0 port.

2) Once the drive mounts onto the desktop, go to the 

Menu Bar

, and open 

Go

.

3) From the 

Go

menu, click on 

Applications

.

4) In the 

Applications

menu, open the 

Utilities

folder, and then double-click 

Disc Utility

from the 

Utilities

folder.

5) The 

Disc 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 that reads LaCie.

6) Select the LaCie drive, and then click on
the 

Partition

tab.

7) From the 

Volume Scheme:

button, choose

the number of partitions you want to divide
the drive into by clicking on the pull down
menu starting with 

Current

(Mac OS 10.x

gives you the option of dividing the drive into
at most 8 partitions). You can customize the
size of the partitions by using the slide bar
between the partitions in the 

Volume

Scheme:

area.

Using Your LaCie Drive

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Summary of Contents for Brick

Page 1: ...User s Manual Manuel Utilisateur Gu da Utente Handbuch Manual de Instrucciones Gebruikershandleiding xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx...

Page 2: ...to the Drive and to Your Computer 11 3 Using Your LaCie Drive 12 3 1 Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Brick Hi Speed USB 2 0 Hard Drive 13 3 1 1 Windows Users 13 3 1 2 Mac Users 15 4 Helpful Inf...

Page 3: ...of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and c...

Page 4: ...Regulations Manufacturer s Declaration for CE Certification We hereby certify that this device is in compliance with both the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC issued b...

Page 5: ...e should not exceed 30 C 86 F Always unplug the hard drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of time Otherwise there is an incre...

Page 6: ...Me and Windows XP Mac OS 9 x Apple USB support 1 3 5 and greater and 10 x Hardware Requirements for USB 2 0 Computer with USB 2 0 or 1 1 interface Intel Pentium 233MHz compatible processor or greater...

Page 7: ...g your LaCie Brick 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 t...

Page 8: ...the drive powered on and connected to your computer move on to section 3 Using Your LaCie Drive for important information on how to format and utilize your drive Windows 98 SE and Windows Me Users Ma...

Page 9: ...Click on Next C Installation will finish automatically Step 2 Re open the LaCie Storage Utilities CD ROM A Double click the Silverlining 98 folder B Double click the Silverlining98_Install EXE icon C...

Page 10: ...ternal CD DVD drive 2 Open the CD icon and double click on the Silverlining Software folder 3 Click on the Silverlining Installer icon Fig 2 1 4 The Silverlining Utilities screen appears Click on Cont...

Page 11: ...another manufacturer Using any other power cable or power supply may cause damage to the device and void your warranty Always remove the AC adapter before transporting your LaCie drive Failure to rem...

Page 12: ...a stable connnection Tech Note Please refer to section 4 1 Advice for Optimizing USB 2 0 Connections for important information on disconnecting USB 2 0 devices and ensuring optimum performance Tech No...

Page 13: ...ie Hard Drives are originally formatted in FAT 32 so if you want to use another file system you will need to re format the hard drive The following information will help you decide which file system f...

Page 14: ...drive on a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of two steps 1 installing a signature on the drive and 2 partitioning formatting the drive These steps will erase anything that is on th...

Page 15: ...partition and then select a file system FAT32 FAT32 is a file system that is compatible with Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 and Windows XP however it has limitations In Windows 2000 and Windows...

Page 16: ...via the USB 2 0 port 2 Once the drive mounts onto the desktop go to the Menu Bar and open Go 3 From the Go menu click on Applications 4 In the Applications menu open the Utilities folder and then doub...

Page 17: ...e the Mac OS Extended format since it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users 9 In the Options section click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers box if you plan on sharing the drive betwe...

Page 18: ...a USB 1 1 port but drive performance will be limited to USB 1 1 transfer rates There are also different types of USB connections such as the mini cable and device end Make sure that you have the corr...

Page 19: ...pdate simply disconnect the drive when it is not active No unmounting is required 1 From the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen click on the Eject icon a small green arrow...

Page 20: ...ified The cable that is provided with your LaCie drive is USB 2 0 certified Warning Do not connect USB 2 0 cables so that they form a ring of devices There is no need for terminators on USB 2 0 device...

Page 21: ...i e file compression encryption permissions and auditing as well as the ability to mirror drives and RAID 5 capabilities The minimum supported volume size for NTFS is 10MB with a maximum of 2TB with...

Page 22: ...me smaller than 32MB using a Mac with a 680X0 processor or you are creating a file structure that will be need to be used by Macs using Mac OS 8 0 or earlier HFS Mac OS Extended Mac OS Extended refers...

Page 23: ...ickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device If your manual does not reflect the configurations of the product that you purchased please check our Web site for the most current vers...

Page 24: ...ers Go to Start Control Panel Performance and Maintenance System Hardware tab Device Manager button USB Controller click on the plus sign next to the controller icon and you should see your device lis...

Page 25: ...perating System Check section 1 1 Minimum System Requirements If the drive is configured as a removable drive under Windows 98SE or Windows Me the removable setting will need to be re checked each tim...

Page 26: ...et another hub to a connector on the existing hub you can then plug in a new set of peripherals and so on up to a maximum of 127 You can use your USB 2 0 devices with USB 1 1 hubs but the peripherals...

Page 27: ...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 a...

Page 28: ...ct Us At http www lacie com es support request LaCie Switzerland Contact Us At http www lacie com chfr contact LaCie USA Contact Us At http www lacie com contact LaCie Australia Contact Us At http www...

Page 29: ...ept no 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 d...

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