CopyrightsCopyright © 2003 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the priorwritten consent of LaCie.TrademarksApple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, Windows 98, Windows98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.Sony and iLink are registered trademarks of Sony Electronics. Other trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property oftheir respective owners.ChangesThe material in this document is for information only and subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts havebeen made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors oromissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. LaCie reserves the right to make changes orrevisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of suchrevisions and changes.FCC Statement:Warning! Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user’s authority to operate this device.NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for aClass A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits aredesigned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when theequipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used inaccordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radiocommunications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to causeharmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct theinterference at his own expense.NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 ofthe FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residentialinstallation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used inaccordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guaranteethat interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio ortelevision reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correctthe interference by one or more of the following measures:• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.Forewordpage 2LaCie Hard Drive User’s ManualFireWireTested To ComplyWith FCC standardsFOR HOME OR OFFICE USELaCie Hard Drive FireWire