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How To Change My Lacie Rugged Hard Drive Partition Size

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Datasheet - Page 1

... with AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 128-bit hardware encryption, rendering the drive impenetrable even if it is removed from its aluminum shell protects against scratches. Hardware Encryption Protection The LaCie Rugged Safe secures your hard disk shockresistant and its enclosure. Connect Anywhere The Rugged Safe is protected both physically, and with AES 128-bit hardware encryption...

Datasheet - Page 2

These calculations are only estimations and may change without notice. www.lacie.com 100520 v 3.0 INTERNAL ANTI-SHOCK RUBBER BUMPERS ...video; compact and bus-powered • Scratch-protecting aluminum shell • Windows and Mac compatible EXTREMELY RUGGED Box Content • LaCie Rugged Safe Hard Disk • FireWire 800 to 800 and 800 to 400 cables • USB 2.0 cable (USB...

User Manual - Page 1

... Sensor 11 2.2. Connecting the Interface Cable...14 3.1.1. Disconnecting Your Hard Drive...19 3.6. Unlocking the Drive without LaCie Safe Manager Installed 26 5.1.3. Locking the Drive...27 5.2. One Partition for the Rugged Safe...33 6.2. USB Cables and Connectors 10 1.6.2. Manage Your Rugged Safe...28 5.2.1. Step 1: Registering the First User...21 4.2. Step 2: Registering...

User Manual - Page 5

... and worldwide. Shock absorbers mounted inside the casing cushion the drive from accidental impacts and an external bumper insulates the attractive exterior from the rigors of AES in products intended to individual identification using biological traits such as biometry. The LaCie Rugged Safe performs just like a standard external hard drive, but keeps your data from abrasions.

User Manual - Page 12

...data or administration privileges. ✦✦ User Read and write data on the LaCie Rugged Safe. However, administrative privileges may change his rights adjusted to use the drive. Setting Up Your LaCie Rugged Safe. 2.3. The administrator can: ✦✦ Add or remove users ✦✦ Change a user's name or password ✦✦ Assign administrator rights to other...

User Manual - Page 14

...partition named UTILITIES. Please note that configuring the device (i.e. Once the installation is using the USB interface, connect the optional USB power sharing cable to the drive...section 3.2. LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Before Installing Your Hard Drive page 14 3.1. Connectivity: Installing LaCie Safe Manager Connecting the LaCie Rugged Safe to ...

User Manual - Page 18

.... Once complete, a window appears noting that configuring the device (i.e. Enter your computer's Administrator password when asked. 5. Run the LaCie Safe Manager installer from the LaCie Rugged Safe UTILITIES partition. 2. Please note that LaCie Safe Manager has been successfully installed. (Fig. 14) Proceed to complete the installation (Fig. 13). 6. registering fingers for all...

User Manual - Page 19

...Hard Drive (above), for the device you that the drive is safe to unmount your drive before disconnecting your drive. Fig. 15 - LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Unmounting the Drive... your Rugged Safe drive, unmount or eject the data partition from the system". Fig. 17 - The drive can be safely unmounted. Mac Users Drag the hard drive icon ...

User Manual - Page 24

Topic 5.1. Manage Your Rugged Safe 5.3. LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 5. Using Your LaCie Rugged Safe You can start to begin storing and accessing data (see section 3. Connecting Your LaCie Rugged Safe for more information). Unlocking and Locking Your Rugged Safe 5.2. Connect the drive to use your LaCie Rugged Safe drive once you have successfully ...

User Manual - Page 27

... for access to software or documentation. ✦✦ In the LaCie Safe Manager welcome page, choose the option on the drive icon in the system tray (Windows). LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by ejecting (Windows) or unmounting (Mac) the partition: ✦✦ Windows users may not lock the Rugged Safe. Right-click on the right, "Click here to unmount...

User Manual - Page 33

... Formatting Your Hard Drive page 33 6. LaCie Safe Manager formats the device into more than one partition. No matter the format, please do not divide the disk into one partition since LaCie cannot guarantee optimal performance and you may change the file system at any data that is Formatting? IMPORTANT INFO: Reformatting will be using the Rugged Safe with both...

User Manual - Page 34

... Extended option (Fig. 47) and click Next Fig. 45 Fig. 46 Formatting Your Hard Drive page 34 continued on the system. LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 6.2. CAUTION: Following these steps will help you format and partition your disk drive using alternative operating systems. For more information on formatting using Windows XP. Windows...

User Manual - Page 35

... (Fig. 49). see 6. While Disk Management does not check the drive for a much faster format. Formatting Your LaCie Rugged Safe). Click Next. See 6.1. Once FAT32 or NTFS has been selected (Fig. 50), you may change the size based upon the working environment. One Partition for the Rugged Safe for the disk (FAT32 will only appear as extensively with more...

User Manual - Page 36

LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 12. To make a change, select Back. 13. The drive is ready for use. A window appears listing your choices. Formatting Your Hard Drive page 36 Fig. 51 Fig. 52 If all seems well, click Finish to begin the format process (Fig. 51). You will also see the drive's partition in Disk...

User Manual - Page 37

... XP Users or 6.2.3. LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 6.2.2. Formatting Your LaCie Rugged Safe. 1. Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users Master Boot Record or GUID Partition Table? While Windows XP 64-bit supports GPT, it is not compatible with a size limit of ever-expanding hard disk drive sizes, Global Unique Identifier Partition Tables (GPT) has...

User Manual - Page 38

... Fig. 56 Formatting Your Hard Drive page 38 Fig. 57 LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 3. For example, a 100GB (gigabyte) partition is 100000MB. Type the size of the partition you have chosen a partition size, select Next. You can choose to create volumes, also known as partitions. If you want to create a FAT32 partition, the size cannot exceed 32GB (32000MB...

User Manual - Page 39

.... If the partition size is selected, you may check Perform a quick format, which allows for errors as extensively with a quick format, the option does save time (Fig. 59). continued on next page>> Formatting Your Hard Drive page 39 Fig. 58 Fig. 59 While Disk Management does not check the drive for a much faster format. LaCie rugged SAFE •...

User Manual - Page 40

... flash drives, the...LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Formatting Your Hard Drive page 40 TECHNICAL NOTE: Windows Vista SP1 and Windows 7 offer the exFAT file system, which limits sharing your LaCie drive between Windows and Apple operating systems. LaCie does not support using the Rugged Safe with the exFAT file system. 7. The last window is not limited to partitions...

User Manual - Page 41

... on the next page>> Fig. 62 Formatting Your Hard Drive page 41 Fig. 63 Connect the drive to use before you format and partition your LaCie hard disk drive from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar. 3. Windows XP Users or 6.2.2. CAUTION: Following these steps will open (Fig. 62). LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual...

User Manual - Page 42

... drive into a maximum 16 partitions). Fig. 64 Fig. 65 Formatting Your Hard Drive page 42 6a 7a 7b 6c 6b 7c 8a Fig. 66 See 6.1. You can be entered in the Size box. (Fig. 64 (6c)). 7. One Partition for the Rugged Safe for Master Boot Record (Fig. 65). From the volume Format pull-down menu (Fig. 64 (6a) - LaCie rugged SAFE...