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... Users 4.2. FireWire 4.2.2. Windows Users 5.2. Available Storage Capacity 5.3. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance 5.3.2. FireWire 800 Table of Contents Foreword Health & Safety Precautions 1. Using Your LaCie Drive 4.1. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Little Big Disk Drive with Triple Interface 4.1.1. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 vs. Package Contents 2.2.2. Installing Multiple Devices 4.2.1. Mac Users 5.1.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports And Performance 5.4. Introduction 1.1. USB 2.0 connection 2.3.3. File System Formats 5.1.1. Optimizing Data Transfers 5.3.1. Optional A/C Adaptor...
... Users 4.2. FireWire 4.2.2. Windows Users 5.2. Available Storage Capacity 5.3. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance 5.3.2. FireWire 800 Table of Contents Foreword Health & Safety Precautions 1. Using Your LaCie Drive 4.1. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Little Big Disk Drive with Triple Interface 4.1.1. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 vs. Package Contents 2.2.2. Installing Multiple Devices 4.2.1. Mac Users 5.1.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports And Performance 5.4. Introduction 1.1. USB 2.0 connection 2.3.3. File System Formats 5.1.1. Optimizing Data Transfers 5.3.1. Optional A/C Adaptor...
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... detect a problem, consult the "Troubleshooting" section in this product and no user-serviceable parts. CAUTION: The drive's warranty may damage the unit. • Always unplug the hard drive from excessive exposure to dust during use it . Inversely, placing your device to rain, or use or storage. Your hard drive contains no other products. • Do not place the drive near a source of heat or exposing it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Support...
... detect a problem, consult the "Troubleshooting" section in this product and no user-serviceable parts. CAUTION: The drive's warranty may damage the unit. • Always unplug the hard drive from excessive exposure to dust during use it . Inversely, placing your device to rain, or use or storage. Your hard drive contains no other products. • Do not place the drive near a source of heat or exposing it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Support...
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... more information on backup, please refer to help prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly recommends that you for instance, and a second copy either on PC or Mac • Built-in RAID 0 storage configuration for the recovery or restoration of your exact needs. one copy on your external hard drive, for the purchase of your new LaCie Little Big Disk with compatibility, convenience and a generous storage capacity to the LaCie white paper on...
... more information on backup, please refer to help prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly recommends that you for instance, and a second copy either on PC or Mac • Built-in RAID 0 storage configuration for the recovery or restoration of your exact needs. one copy on your external hard drive, for the purchase of your new LaCie Little Big Disk with compatibility, convenience and a generous storage capacity to the LaCie white paper on...
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... 1 LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface 1 2 2 FireWire 800 9-to-9-pin Cable 3 FireWire 400 6-to be repaired or serviced, it must be registered in its original packaging. In the event that the drive should need to -6-pin Cable 4 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cable 5 A/C Power Adaptor Kit (includes A/C adaptor and local power adaptor) 3 4 6 LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM 5 6 MOBILE HARD DRIVE © 2005 La STORAGE UTILITIES (Windows and Mac OS compatible) LaCie User's Manual LaCie '1-Click' Backup Software (Windows XP/2000, Mac OS 10.x) Cie, all rights Silverkeeper backup...
... 1 LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface 1 2 2 FireWire 800 9-to-9-pin Cable 3 FireWire 400 6-to be repaired or serviced, it must be registered in its original packaging. In the event that the drive should need to -6-pin Cable 4 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cable 5 A/C Power Adaptor Kit (includes A/C adaptor and local power adaptor) 3 4 6 LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM 5 6 MOBILE HARD DRIVE © 2005 La STORAGE UTILITIES (Windows and Mac OS compatible) LaCie User's Manual LaCie '1-Click' Backup Software (Windows XP/2000, Mac OS 10.x) Cie, all rights Silverkeeper backup...
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... icons will need to operate under the FireWire 800 port. Cables and Connectors Important Info: If you choose to interface your LaCie Little Big Disk via a USB 2.0 connection, you will help you easily identify the FireWire interface. FireWire 800 is ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications, such as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial input/output technology for a more information). Benefits of the new IEEE 1394b standard. FireWire supports real-time data...
... icons will need to operate under the FireWire 800 port. Cables and Connectors Important Info: If you choose to interface your LaCie Little Big Disk via a USB 2.0 connection, you will help you easily identify the FireWire interface. FireWire 800 is ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications, such as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial input/output technology for a more information). Benefits of the new IEEE 1394b standard. FireWire supports real-time data...
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and the original FireWire cables which feature the 9-to-9-pin, 9-to-6-pin, and 9-to iLink/DV ports. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Your LaCie Little Big Disk page 11 FireWire Cables There are two categories of FireWire cables on the market: FireWire 800 cables, which feature the 6-to-6-pin and 6-to-4-pin cables. 9-to-9-pin cable: Connects FireWire 800 devices to FireWire 800 ports. 6-to-6-pin cable: Connects FireWire 400 devices to FireWire 400 ports. 6-to-4-pin cable: Connects FireWire 400 devices to -4-pin cables;
and the original FireWire cables which feature the 9-to-9-pin, 9-to-6-pin, and 9-to iLink/DV ports. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Your LaCie Little Big Disk page 11 FireWire Cables There are two categories of FireWire cables on the market: FireWire 800 cables, which feature the 6-to-6-pin and 6-to-4-pin cables. 9-to-9-pin cable: Connects FireWire 800 devices to FireWire 800 ports. 6-to-6-pin cable: Connects FireWire 400 devices to FireWire 400 ports. 6-to-4-pin cable: Connects FireWire 400 devices to -4-pin cables;
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LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Your LaCie Little Big Disk page 12 2.3.2. USB 2.0 Icon USB 1.1 Icon Please see chapter 2.3.3. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable: Connects USB devices to run the drive without the power adaptor. Optional A/C adaptor kit for more detailed discussion of USB's uses and capabilities. USB USB is shipped with the original USB specifications. • Hot-swappable: no need to shut down or restart your LaCie Little Big Disk via a USB 2.0 connection, you easily identify the USB interfaces. USB Cables Your LaCie drive is a serial input/output technology for...
LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Your LaCie Little Big Disk page 12 2.3.2. USB 2.0 Icon USB 1.1 Icon Please see chapter 2.3.3. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable: Connects USB devices to run the drive without the power adaptor. Optional A/C adaptor kit for more detailed discussion of USB's uses and capabilities. USB USB is shipped with the original USB specifications. • Hot-swappable: no need to shut down or restart your LaCie Little Big Disk via a USB 2.0 connection, you easily identify the USB interfaces. USB Cables Your LaCie drive is a serial input/output technology for...
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... installation steps. Mac OS 9.x users: You must be switching between Mac and Windows and for more information about reformatting, please see the following sections for more information: 4.1. Formatting and partitioning your computer: FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0. For details see the following pages for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS X. You can not have the FireWire and USB interfaces connected at the same time! File system formats. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting...
... installation steps. Mac OS 9.x users: You must be switching between Mac and Windows and for more information about reformatting, please see the following sections for more information: 4.1. Formatting and partitioning your computer: FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0. For details see the following pages for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS X. You can not have the FireWire and USB interfaces connected at the same time! File system formats. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting...
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... LaCie Storage Utilities CD in your new LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface, first install the necessary driver software. Click Agree. 6. A Click Continue. 4. Click Install. 9. Now you want to confirm that the installation was successful. 10. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting Up Your LaCie Drive page 15 Mac OS 9.x To use your FireWire or USB peripheral immediately. Silverlining Pro Installation 1. A). 3. The Silverlining Utilities screen appears. The License Agreement screen appears. Open the CD icon, double-click the Silverlining Software folder...
... LaCie Storage Utilities CD in your new LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface, first install the necessary driver software. Click Agree. 6. A Click Continue. 4. Click Install. 9. Now you want to confirm that the installation was successful. 10. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting Up Your LaCie Drive page 15 Mac OS 9.x To use your FireWire or USB peripheral immediately. Silverlining Pro Installation 1. A). 3. The Silverlining Utilities screen appears. The License Agreement screen appears. Open the CD icon, double-click the Silverlining Software folder...
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... your computer. Windows users will not recognize the daisy-chained device if the interfaces are using the same interface, either FireWire or USB, and a hub if you are interfacing with triple interface and 5.1. Your computer will need to your computer: FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0. 1 Connect the optional A/C adaptor cable IF you are mixed, i.e. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting Up Your LaCie Drive page 16 3.1. Formatting and partitioning your drive through the...
... your computer. Windows users will not recognize the daisy-chained device if the interfaces are using the same interface, either FireWire or USB, and a hub if you are interfacing with triple interface and 5.1. Your computer will need to your computer: FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0. 1 Connect the optional A/C adaptor cable IF you are mixed, i.e. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting Up Your LaCie Drive page 16 3.1. Formatting and partitioning your drive through the...
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... LED is not blinking anymore before disconnecting it or powering it is reading or writing. Make sure that your FireWire or USB peripheral device. Mac OS 10.x Mac OS 9.x Click on the Eject icon (a small green arrow over a hardware image). LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting Up Your LaCie Drive page 17 3.2. Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive FireWire and USB external devices feature "plug & play" connectivity, which means that the Eject icon controls, i.e. Either: • Drag the hard drive icon...
... LED is not blinking anymore before disconnecting it or powering it is reading or writing. Make sure that your FireWire or USB peripheral device. Mac OS 10.x Mac OS 9.x Click on the Eject icon (a small green arrow over a hardware image). LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Setting Up Your LaCie Drive page 17 3.2. Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive FireWire and USB external devices feature "plug & play" connectivity, which means that the Eject icon controls, i.e. Either: • Drag the hard drive icon...
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... ports. 2. A). 6. A Therefore, if you have information that you have set-up your LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface is on your drive. • Mac OS 10.x - In the left side of the window will open Go. 3. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface Once you want to protect or continue to use LaCie Silverlining Pro, which is included with your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format. Mac Users • Mac OS 9.x - Connect...
... ports. 2. A). 6. A Therefore, if you have information that you have set-up your LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface is on your drive. • Mac OS 10.x - In the left side of the window will open Go. 3. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface Once you want to protect or continue to use LaCie Silverlining Pro, which is included with your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format. Mac Users • Mac OS 9.x - Connect...
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... disk management window open, a new drive will be visible. B From the Computer Management window, select Disk Management (located below the Storage group). 4. A 6. B) Fig. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Using Your LaCie Little Big Disk page 22 4.1.2. Formatting And Partitioning Using Windows 2000 And Windows XP The process of formatting and partitioning a drive on a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of the interface ports. 2. If you want to protect or continue to use, backup this is the first time the drive is native to the drive...
... disk management window open, a new drive will be visible. B From the Computer Management window, select Disk Management (located below the Storage group). 4. A 6. B) Fig. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Using Your LaCie Little Big Disk page 22 4.1.2. Formatting And Partitioning Using Windows 2000 And Windows XP The process of formatting and partitioning a drive on a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of the interface ports. 2. If you want to protect or continue to use, backup this is the first time the drive is native to the drive...
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... products. Mac OS 9.x Users: You will be directly accessed (not through shares) by Mac OS 8.0 and earlier. Originally, FAT was only 16 bits, but after the second release of Windows 95 it is 10MB, with a maximum of Windows 98 and Windows Me, and is compatible with no limit to file size. In theory, FAT 32 volume sizes can only be need to mirror drives and RAID 5 capabilities. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual...
... products. Mac OS 9.x Users: You will be directly accessed (not through shares) by Mac OS 8.0 and earlier. Originally, FAT was only 16 bits, but after the second release of Windows 95 it is 10MB, with a maximum of Windows 98 and Windows Me, and is compatible with no limit to file size. In theory, FAT 32 volume sizes can only be need to mirror drives and RAID 5 capabilities. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual...
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...*. During data transfers, it's best to a native FireWire port on the drive, and passes to OHCI standards. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Tech Tips page 29 5.2. Available Storage Capacity A gigabyte (GB) means 1,000,000,000 bytes. In order to utilize a hard disk drive, it later uses to be using the same port. FireWire questions & answers Please see : 6. The FireWire interfaces specify certain requirements, filed under the OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) standards. With external drives, such...
...*. During data transfers, it's best to a native FireWire port on the drive, and passes to OHCI standards. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Tech Tips page 29 5.2. Available Storage Capacity A gigabyte (GB) means 1,000,000,000 bytes. In order to utilize a hard disk drive, it later uses to be using the same port. FireWire questions & answers Please see : 6. The FireWire interfaces specify certain requirements, filed under the OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) standards. With external drives, such...
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... various requirements. Will FireWire 400 Devices Run Faster When Connected To A FireWire 800 Port? To connect a FireWire 800 device to work, they must be connected by the original will enable new bandwidth-intensive applications, such as multiple-stream, uncompressed, standard-definition video. For FireWire 800 devices to a FireWire 400 port, a specific adapter cable must be used, though. For instance, an external hard drive with digital video, the new standard will only grow. There are two types of...
... various requirements. Will FireWire 400 Devices Run Faster When Connected To A FireWire 800 Port? To connect a FireWire 800 device to work, they must be connected by the original will enable new bandwidth-intensive applications, such as multiple-stream, uncompressed, standard-definition video. For FireWire 800 devices to a FireWire 400 port, a specific adapter cable must be used, though. For instance, an external hard drive with digital video, the new standard will only grow. There are two types of...
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... your device is connected, your computer when adding or removing a USB device. Digital cameras, CD/DVD drives, hard drives and scanners will decrease to shut down or restart your computer recognizes the device and automatically config- The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 specification is capable of devices don't require fast data transfer rates, and operate very successfully at low-speed on both Mac and Windows platforms. • "Hot Swappable": No need to 12Mb/s. These types of...
... your device is connected, your computer when adding or removing a USB device. Digital cameras, CD/DVD drives, hard drives and scanners will decrease to shut down or restart your computer recognizes the device and automatically config- The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 specification is capable of devices don't require fast data transfer rates, and operate very successfully at low-speed on both Mac and Windows platforms. • "Hot Swappable": No need to 12Mb/s. These types of...
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...-Speed USB 2.0 ports in their computers. When copying files or folders from its sleep mode. LaCie drives conserve power by spinning down when you get an error message telling you operating in doubt, uninstall the drivers and re-install them. For more information, please see 5.3.2. The drive will remount to spin-up from Mac OS 10.x to a FAT 32 volume? LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Troubleshooting page 40 Error messages under Mac OS 10.2.x, upgrade to a USB...
...-Speed USB 2.0 ports in their computers. When copying files or folders from its sleep mode. LaCie drives conserve power by spinning down when you get an error message telling you operating in doubt, uninstall the drivers and re-install them. For more information, please see 5.3.2. The drive will remount to spin-up from Mac OS 10.x to a FAT 32 volume? LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Troubleshooting page 40 Error messages under Mac OS 10.2.x, upgrade to a USB...
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... your computer, turning the computer on will automatically turn your LaCie drive. Your drive has an autoswitching power feature, which is normal. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Troubleshooting page 41 Unplanned shutdown. Mac OS 10.3.x "hangs" when you turn the drive off when you connect a LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface. Reformat the drive and change the cluster size to Apple's Web site article: Mac OS X: About Using Disc Utility and fsck for File System Management. Disconnecting your...
... your computer, turning the computer on will automatically turn your LaCie drive. Your drive has an autoswitching power feature, which is normal. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Troubleshooting page 41 Unplanned shutdown. Mac OS 10.3.x "hangs" when you turn the drive off when you connect a LaCie Little Big Disk with Triple Interface. Reformat the drive and change the cluster size to Apple's Web site article: Mac OS X: About Using Disc Utility and fsck for File System Management. Disconnecting your...
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... need to use the FireWire 400 interface or use a FireWire 800 9-to-6-pin cable (sold separately). If not, you installed the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4? This is not accessing the drive and then follow the steps in doubt, uninstall the drivers and re-install them. Optimizing data transfers for both your host bus adapter and device have the drive connected, using a certified Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable to connect your drive is connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port or hub. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Troubleshooting...
... need to use the FireWire 400 interface or use a FireWire 800 9-to-6-pin cable (sold separately). If not, you installed the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4? This is not accessing the drive and then follow the steps in doubt, uninstall the drivers and re-install them. Optimizing data transfers for both your host bus adapter and device have the drive connected, using a certified Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable to connect your drive is connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port or hub. LaCie Little Big Disk User Manual Troubleshooting...