SAFE Hard Drive User Manual

LaCie SAFE Hard Drive
User Manual
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Configuring Your LaCie SAFE Drive
e first time you use your LaCie SAFE drive
after installing the SAFE Drive Tool, click on
the LaCie SAFE Drive Tool icon in your Start
Menu (Windows users) or Utilities folder (Mac
users). e First Use Wizard will appear and
will walk you through the process of configuring
your drive and creating your user profile. Click
Next to continue.
If you agree to the terms of the LaCie license
agreement, click on the I agree button to con-
tinue. If you do not agree and click the I dis-
agree button, you won't be able to continue us-
ing the First use wizard; click Cancel to quit the
program. You will not be able to use your LaCie
SAFE drive.
Create/Edit User Names & Permissions
After agreeing to terms and conditions, you
will see the User Information window.
Enter a name for the user and set permissions:
Read only means the user can read data on the
drive, but cannot write anything to it.
Read and write means the user can both read
data on the drive and write new data to it.
Administration means that the user has read/
write privileges as well as the ability to control
who else can use the drive and what data access
rights the user has.
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5.2. Setting Up User Names and Privileges
User information
ImpOrTANT INfO: User names can be
a maximum of 10 characters and may only
contain letters (without accents), numbers,
and spaces.
First Use Wizard