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Troubleshooting your lacie drive, Lacie safe mobile hard drive user’s manual – LaCie 1.0 User Manual

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The Issue

The drive is not

recognized.

The drive is not

recognized.

Questions to Ask

Are the USB drivers installed

correctly and enabled?

Is there a conflict with other device

drivers or extensions?

Is the file system supported by your

Operating System?

Does your computer’s configuration

meet the minimum system

requirements for use with this drive?

Possible Solutions

Mac Users:

Open Apple System Profiler and click on the

Devices and Volumes tab. If your device is not listed, recheck

the cables and try the other troubleshooting solutions listed

here.

Windows 2000 Users:

Go to Start > Settings > Control

Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager button >

USB Controller > click on the plus sign next to the controller

icon, and you should see your device listed.

Windows XP Users:

Go to Start > Control Panel >

Performance and Maintenance > System > Hardware tab

> Device Manager button > USB Controller and click on

the plus sign next to the controller icon. You should see your

device listed.

If you cannot see the device, recheck the cables and try the

other troubleshooting solutions listed here.

Consult LaCie Technical Support. See section 11. Contacting

Customer Support for more details.

Check the documentation for your Operating System.

Check section 2.2. Minimum System Requirements.

Tech Note:

Mac Users:

Apple is constantly providing updated support for drive mechanisms within OS

10.x. To ensure that you have the latest support, upgrade to the latest version of OS 10.x. To access the

latest updates an upgrades, pull down the Apple Menu and click on System Preferences. In the

section titled System, click on Software Update and then click Update Now. Your computer will

then automatically connect to the Internet to access the latest updates from Apple.

Tech Note:

Windows Users:

Microsoft

consistently posts updated drivers and support

fixes for their operating systems. Go to

Microsoft’s Web site, support.microsoft.com, for

more information.

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