LaCie 2big triple Computer Drive User Manual


 
LaCie 2big Triple
User Manual
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Setup
Mac Users
e LaCie 2big Triple comes preformatted in
HFS+ for optimum performance with Mac OS X.
Mac OS X Users:
You may customize the drive by reformatting and/or
partitioning the drive with separate file system formats.
For optimal performance in Mac OS environments, for-
mat and partition the drive as one large Mac OS Ex-
tended volume.
Mac OS Extended (HFS+)
Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by
Mac OS X. HFS+ represents an optimization of the
older HFS file system by using hard disk space more ef-
ficiently. With HFS+, you are no longer limited by block
size.
MS-DOS File System (FAT 32)
is is the Microsoft file system, more typically
known as FAT 32. is is the file system to use if you
are going to be using your LaCie Hard Drive between
Macs and Windows operating systems.