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Follow the on-screen instructions to partition your storage device and install preloaded software. You will be
given the choice of creating a single partition called “LA-PUBLIC” or two partitions called “LaCie” and
“LA-PUBLIC”. Once you have selected, LaCie Setup Assistant will format your LaCie storage device. Please see
About File System Formats to learn more about file system formats.
Choose the single LA-PUBLIC partition to format the LaCie storage device for your operating system only: NTFS
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(Windows) or HFS+ (Mac).
Choose two partitions if you intend to share data among computers with different operating systems (Windows,
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Mac, and Linux). The LaCie partition will be formatted for your computer's operating system (NTFS or HFS+)
and the LA-PUBLIC partition will be formatted for compatibility among many operating systems (FAT 32).
Please note that the LA-PUBLIC partition cannot exceed 32 GB.
Important info for users who select sharing: If your LaCie storage device is 32 GB or less, LaCie Setup
Assistant will only create a single partition called LA-PUBLIC.
Important info: If you do not launch LaCie Setup Assistant or if you quit LaCie Setup Assistant after the
formatting has begun, your storage device will not be ready to use. In such cases, you must format the
storage device manually. Further, the User Manual and software utilities will not be available on your storage
device. You may download User Manuals and select software utilities from the LaCie website:
www.lacie.com/support/.
7 LaCie User Manual
