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LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive

User Manual

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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-

chanical,  photocopying,  recording  or 

otherwise,  without  the  prior  written 

consent of LaCie.

Trademarks

Apple,  Mac,  and  Macintosh  are 

registered trademarks of Apple Com-

puter,  Inc.  Microsoft,  Windows  98, 

Windows  98  SE,  Windows  2000, 

Windows Millennium Edition, Win-

dows XP and Windows Vista are reg-

istered  trademarks  of  Microsoft  Cor-

poration. Other trademarks mentioned 

in this manual are the property of their 

respective owners.

Changes

The  material  in  this  document  is 

for  information  only  and  subject  to 

change without notice. 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 

reserves the right to make changes or 

revisions in the product design or the 

product  manual  without  reservation 

and  without  obligation  to  notify  any 

person of such revisions and changes.

110427v1.1

Canada Compliance Statement

This  Class  A  digital  apparatus 

meets  all  requirements  of  the  Cana-

dian Interference-Causing Equipment 

Regulations.

FCC Statement

This device complies with Part 15 

of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject 

to the following conditions: 

The devices may not cause harmful 

1. 

interference
The devices must accept any inter-

2. 

ference  received,  including  inter-

ference  that  may  cause  undesired 

operation.

NOTE: This  equipment  has  been 

tested  and  found  to  comply  with  the 

limits for a Class B digital device, pur-

suant  to  Part  15  of  the  FCC  Rules. 

These  limits  are  designed  to  provide 

reasonable  protection  against  harmful 

interference  in  a  residential  installa-

tion.  This  equipment  generates,  uses 

and  can  radiate  radio  frequency  en-

ergy and, if not installed and used in 

accordance with the instructions, may 

cause  harmful  interference  to  radio 

communications. However, there is no 

guarantee that interference will not oc-

cur  in  a  particular  installation.  If  this 

equipment  does  cause  harmful  inter-

ference to radio or television reception, 

which  can  be  determined  by  turning 

the equipment off and on, the user is 

encouraged to try and correct the in-

terference by one or more of the fol-

lowing measures:

Reorient  or  relocate  the  receiving 

 

antenna.
Increase the separation between the 

 

equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an out-

 

let on a circuit different from that to 

which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced 

 

radio/TV technician for help.

Modifications  to  this  product  not 

authorized  by  LaCie  could  void  the 

FCC  &  Industry  Canada  regulations 

and  negate  your  authority  to  operate 

the product. 

Manufacturer’s Declara-
tion for CE Certification

We, LaCie, solemnly declare 

that this product conforms to the fol-

lowing European directives: 2004/108/

EC (EMC), and 2006/95/EC (Safety)

Tested to comply with 

FCC standards for home 

or office use

LaCie Hard Drive

CAUTION:

 Modifications not 

authorized  by  the  manufacturer 

may  void  the  user’s  authority  to 

operate this device.

Summary of Contents for Drive

Page 1: ...Users 11 2 3 Connecting the USB 2 0 Interface Cable 12 2 4 Connecting the Optional Power Sharing Cable 13 2 5 Disconnecting Your LaCie Hard Drive 14 3 Formatting and Partitioning 15 3 1 Formatting for...

Page 2: ...nce The devices must accept any inter 2 ference received including inter ference that may cause undesired operation NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class...

Page 3: ...liquids on the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive as they may spill into its openings Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock short cir cuiting fire or personal injury Make sure that the computer and LaC...

Page 4: ...ion It is essential that only the supplied power cord be used Important Info Any loss corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user and under no ci...

Page 5: ...ss and crafted to blend functionality with high technology These latest drives are performance based solutions that will power you through your specific applications Ideal for speed intensive applicat...

Page 6: ...Mac OS 9 SilverKeeper v1 1 2 backup for Mac LaCie Brick Hard Drive Storage Utilities Windows and Mac OS compatible 4 1 5 2 3 1 1 Box Content 1 LaCie Hard Drive 2 Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable 3 USB power sh...

Page 7: ...Hz Pentium or higher or equivalent pro cessor 32MB RAM or greater USB interface port Internet connection for downloading updates Mac Users Mac OS 9 1 or later or Mac OS 10 2 1 or later G3 or later or...

Page 8: ...uction 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 ope...

Page 9: ...indows 2 1 Installing USB Driver and Silverlining Software Mac 2 2 Installing Silverlining Pro Page 10 Page 11 Step 2 2 3 Connecting the USB 2 0 Cable Page 12 Step 3 2 4 Connecting the Optional Power...

Page 10: ...click the Silverlining 98 folder 2 Double click the 3 Silverlining98_Install EXE icon Silverlining 98 will then initialize the install screen 4 The Welcome screen will appear Click 5 Next The Destinat...

Page 11: ...lder Click on the 3 Silverlining Installer icon The Silverlining Utilities screen opens Click 4 Con tinue The Silverlining Read Me screen opens Read the 5 information and click Continue The License Ag...

Page 12: ...0 cable 2 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 3 your computer and appear on the desktop Mac us ers or in My Computer Windows u...

Page 13: ...the drive from your com puter Attach the small end of the USB Power Sharing Ca 1 ble to the back of your LaCie drive Fig 2 4 A Attach the USB end of the USB Power Sharing Ca 2 ble to an available USB...

Page 14: ...r LaCie hard drive Windows Users From the 1 System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen click the Eject icon a small green arrow over a hardware im age A message will appear listin...

Page 15: ...the table right for more information Once you ve connected your drive and it is recog nized by your operating system i e Windows 98 SE Me 2000 XP Vista or Mac OS 9 x or 10 x you are ready to format a...

Page 16: ...t click 2 My Computer and select Manage From the Computer Management window se 3 lect Disk Management located below the Storage group If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window 4 appears click C...

Page 17: ...lick 10 Next Click 11 Next On the Format Partition window you have the option 12 of selecting the Quick Format option This allows a much faster format but Disk Management will not check the drive for...

Page 18: ...choose the num ber of partitions you want to divide the drive into Mac OS 10 x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions You can adjust the size of each partition using th...

Page 19: ...if you did step 5 Once you have finalized the volume options click 8 Partition Click Partition again when the alert mes sage appears to continue Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk 9...

Page 20: ...drives and digital cameras USB Icons These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces They appear on USB cables and next to the USB port connectors on certain computers USB 2 0 Cables Your...

Page 21: ...d The cables provided with your LaCie drive are USB 2 0 certified Check that the power supply and ground connection 2 are seated properly Disconnect your computer s USB 2 0 cable Wait 30 3 seconds Rec...

Page 22: ...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 Cable If your LaCie hard d...

Page 23: ...d These characters include but are not limited to Check your files and folders to ensure that these types of characters are not being used Did you get an error message telling you that the drive has b...

Page 24: ...nd try an alternate power cable The fan on the LaCie hard drive does not run continuously it is activated at certain temperatures Problem Question Answer The drive is not recog nized by the computer H...

Page 25: ...ed USB 2 0 performance levels when it is connected directly to a Hi Speed USB 2 0 port or hub Otherwise the Hi Speed USB 2 0 device will operate at the slower USB 1 1 transfer rates Is the drive conne...

Page 26: ...including CD DVD burners Information to Include in Email Correspondence Information Where to Find Information 1 LaCie hard drive serial number Located on a sticker at the back of drive or on the orig...

Page 27: ...acie com fr contact LaCie Germany Contact us at http www lacie com de contact LaCie Italy Contact us at http www lacie com it contact LaCie Japan Contact us at http www lacie com jp contact LaCie Neth...

Page 28: ...ppliers accept 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 cons...

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