LaCie Mobile Drive User Manual

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LaCie Mobile Drive User’s Guide 04/17/2003 v.293.2.2 Mac UsersThe Mobile Drive is shipped formatted for the PC and will operate on the Mac in thisformat. If you do not plan on moving the drive from Mac to PC, you may choose toerase the drive for the Macintosh file system.Mac OS 10.xInstall the appropriate driver for your version of OS X. The drivers are located on thesame CD-ROM as the manual. Once the drivers are installed connect the USB cablefrom your hard drive to an available USB port on your computer, and the hard drivewill automatically mount to your desktop. You can then use the formatting andpartitioning capabilities in the Apple Disk Utility to configure your hard drive. Pleaserefer to section 4.2.1 Formatting and Partitioning Using Mac OS 10.x for moreinformation.Mac OS 9.xTo use your new LaCie Mobile Drive, first install the necessary driver software. Thedrivers are located on the same CD-ROM as the manual. Click on the driver installericon and follow the prompts to install the drivers.Once the drivers are installed, follow these steps to use your drive:1) Connect the USB cable from your LaCie Mobile Drive to an available USB port onyour computer.2) The drive should then automatically mount onto the desktop. An icon with thename “LaCie Mobile Drive” (or similar) should be visible.3) Once the drive is visible on the desktop, you can use it in the same way you useyour computer’s internal hard drive.3.3 Installing Multiple USB PeripheralsTechnically, you can connect up to 127 individual USB peripherals at one time.However, you probably will not use more than 6 to 8 peripherals on your USBsystem. Most computers only have two USB ports, so you would need a hub toconnect more than two peripheral drives. The hub regenerates the signals, generallyproviding between 4 to 7 connections. To add even more drives, connect a new hubto a connector of the original hub, creating a new series of peripherals, etc. But thehub slows down the transfer rate by lengthening the path of the signal. To optimizeperformance, connect your drive directly to one of the built-in ports in your computer.3.4 Disconnecting Your LaCie Mobile DriveUSB external devices feature “plug & play” connection. This means that your drivecan be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To preventfailures, it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your USB device.3.4.1 Mac UsersYou must unmount the drive before disconnecting it or powering it down. Drag theHard Drive icon to the trash. The drive can now be disconnected.