LaCie 6TB 2big Quadra User Manual

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Table of ContentsUser Manual page 1Table of Contents1. Introduction ...

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON IntroductionUser Manual page 101.4. Cables and ConnectorsUSB 2.0USB is a serial input/output technology

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON IntroductionUser Manual page 11eSATAYour LaCie 2big uses the latest in SATA technology, allowing interfac

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 12This section covers the installation and configuration of your La-Cie 2big. Follow

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 131. Plug one end of the interface cable (USB, FireWire or eS-ATA) into the corres

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 14off auto onsafemixedbigfast2.2. Turn the Drive OnThe power supply kit is compos

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 153. RAID3.1. About RAID ModesThis section will help you decide which RAID mode is

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 163.1.2. Big (Concatenation)When disks are concatenated, their capacities are combi

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 173.1.3. Safe (RAID 1)In Safe mode (RAID 1), the two physical disks are mirrored to

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 183.2. Changing the RAID ModeBefore you change the RAID mode of the LaCie 2big, fam

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 19In the event that an individual hard disk fails in the LaCie 2big, please contact

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON ForewordUser Manual page 2CopyrightsCopyright © 2011 LaCie. All rights re-served. No part of this publica

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 203.4. FormattingThe 2big Quadra comes pre-formatted in HFS+ (optimized for Mac O

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 21Windows XP and Windows Vista without resorting to help from third-party products.

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 223.4.2. Formatting for Windows UsersThe process of formatting a drive on a comput

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 238. On the first page of the “New Partition Wizard,” click Next. See Fig. 3.4.2-B

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON SetupUser Manual page 243.4.3. Formatting for Mac Users1. Connect the drive to the computer and turn on

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 253.5. Partitioning the DisksYou must partition the drives after changing the 2big

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 263. Right click the configured disk’s unallocated space and se-lect New Partition.

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 276. Specify the partition size. By default, the partition occupies the entire volu

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 28Fig. 3.5.1-I9. Review the settings and click Finish to create the logical partiti

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAIDUser Manual page 293.5.2. Mac Users CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the ha

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON ForewordUser Manual page 3 ✦ Only qualified persons are autho-rized to carry out maintenance on this devic

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON TroubleshootingUser Manual page 304. TroubleshootingIn the event that your LaCie 2big is not working corr

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON TroubleshootingUser Manual page 314.1. LED Status IndicatorsUse the 2big’s front and rear LEDs and the c

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON TroubleshootingUser Manual page 32If the front LED is:And the rear LED is:And the RAID mode is:Then:Dimmi

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON TroubleshootingUser Manual page 334.2. Other Troubleshooting TopicsProblem SolutionsThe 2big is not reco

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Contacting Customer SupportUser Manual page 34Before You Contact Technical Support1. Read the manuals an

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Contacting Customer SupportUser Manual page 355.1. LaCie Technical Support ContactsLaCie Asia, Singapore

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Warranty InformationUser Manual page 36LaCie warrants your LaCie 2big against any defect in material and

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON ForewordUser Manual page 4IMPORTANT INFO: Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON IntroductionUser Manual page 51. IntroductionCongratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie 2big Quadr

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON IntroductionUser Manual page 61.1. Minimum System Requirements Windows Users ✦ Windows 2000*, Windows

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON IntroductionUser Manual page 71.2. Box ContentYour LaCie 2big package contains the system tower and an a

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON IntroductionUser Manual page 8Fig. 1.3-A1.3. Views of the DriveFront ViewThe blue button (A) on the fron

LaCie 2big Quadra • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON IntroductionUser Manual page 9off auto onsafemixedbigfastFig. 1.3-BRear View1. RAID switch2. off/auto/