Lacie Rugged Safe: First Use Steps

First Use Steps

1. Connect the Rugged Safe to your computer

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via USB (Mac

OS 10.5.x and 10.6.x and

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Windows

) or FireWire 800 (Mac 10.6.x

and Windows).

2. If the drive is connected via USB, connect

the optional USB power-sharing cable to

the drive and to your computer.

You may not require the additional power

cable once the installation is complete if the

USB port on your computer provides enough

power to operate the device.

3. A disk called LaCie Safe Utilities will appear

USB power-sharing cable

on your Mac or PC.

4. Install LaCie Safe Manager to create and register one to ten users.

Windows users: Double-click the LaCie Safe Manager icon to launch the installer.

Mac users: Double-click the LaCie Safe Manager icon and then drag the

application into your Applications folder. Next, navigate to the Applications folder

and double-click the LaCie Safe Manager icon to launch the installer.

5. The final step of the installation offers a choice to format the drive as FAT32 (Mac

and Windows). While the Rugged Safe must be formatted, you may select “No”

during the installation if you prefer HFS+ (Mac) or NTFS (Windows) for enhanced

performance. However, you must format the drive after the installation. Consult the

User Manual for further details on formatting.