LaCie USB 2.0 - Manual (Page 11)

LaCie Mobile Disk
User Manual page 11
Getting Connected
Before using your drive, LaCie Setup Assistant soft-
ware must be launched to format your drive. It will:
Optimize your drive according to your needs ❖
Copy the manual and utilities onto your LaCie hard ❖
disk
To launch LaCie Setup Assistant:
Windows users: double click on the LaCie drive icon
in “My Computer”.
Mac users: double click on the “LaCie Setup Assistant”
icon which will appear on your desktop.
2.3. Launching LaCie Setup Assistant
ImpOrTANT INfO: LaCie recommends that
you copy the user manual and utilities onto your
computer’s internal hard drive or other medium
when setup is complete.
ImpOrTANT INfO: If you do not launch
LaCie Setup Assistant or if you quit LaCie Set-
up Assistant after formatting has begun, your
drive will not be ready to use and will require
manual formatting. The user manual and utili-
ties will not be available on your drive and will
have to be downloaded from the LaCie website:
www.lacie.com
TeChNICAl INfOrmATION: The LaCie
Setup Assistant does not prevent you from using
your computer’s native disk utility program to for-
mat or partition your LaCie drive. Simply follow
the Setup Assistant through completion, then use
your computer’s native disk utility (Disk Manage-
ment for Windows or Disk Utility for Mac) to re-
format your drive. See section 3. Optional Format-
ting and Partitioning for more information.