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LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Accessing & Transferring Files page 27 3.4.1. STEP 1: Connecting the USB cable IMPORTANT INFO: You must allocate space to USBShare before connecting the drive to your computer. See 4.11. Dashboard: Drive Information. 1. Attach one end of the USB cable to an available USB 2.0 port on your computer (Fig. 26). 2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port (type B; see Fig. 26) on the back of the 2big Network 2. 3. Move on to the next step, 3.4.2. STEP 2: Turn On the Drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: The 2big Network 2 USBShare is formatted in MS-DOS (FAT32) for use with PCs and Macs. You can reformat the drive in MS-DOS (FAT32) using the Dashboard (see 4.11. Dashboard: Drive Information for details). To format the USBShare into a different file format (NTFS or HFS+), refer to the documentation for your operating system's disk management application. TECHNICAL NOTE: By default the capacity accessible when you connect the 2big Network 2 to your computer is 0 GB. This quota can be adjusted but it cannot be more than 500 GB (ex. for a 2big Network 2 with 2TB of storage, 500GB will be the maximum dedicated for access via USB) (see 4.7. Dashboard: Users for details). Fig. 26 Fig. 27 - Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable ends Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cables And Connectors See Fig. 27 for an illustration of the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable used to connect your LaCie 2big Network 2 to your computer. USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. The cable will also work when connected to a USB 1.1 port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates.

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LaCie 2big Network 2
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DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON
Accessing & Transferring Files
User Manual
page 27
3.4.1.
STEP 1: Connecting the USB cable
IMPORTANT INFO:
You must allocate space to USBShare before
connecting the drive to your computer. See
4.11. Dashboard: Drive
Information
.
1. Attach one end of the USB cable to an available USB 2.0 port
on your computer (
Fig. 26
).
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port (type B;
see
Fig. 26
) on the back of the 2big Network 2.
3. Move on to the next step,
3.4.2. STEP 2: Turn On the Drive
.
TECHNICAL NOTE:
The 2big Network 2 USBShare is formatted
in MS-DOS (FAT32) for use with PCs and Macs.
You can reformat
the drive in MS-DOS (FAT32) using the Dashboard (see
4.11. Dash-
board: Drive Information
for details).
To format the USBShare into a
different file format (NTFS or HFS+), refer to the documentation for
your operating system’s disk management application.
TECHNICAL NOTE:
By default the capacity accessible when you
connect the 2big Network 2 to your computer is 0 GB.
This quota
can be adjusted but it cannot be more than 500 GB (ex. for a 2big
Network 2 with 2TB of storage, 500GB will be the maximum dedi-
cated for access via USB) (see
4.7. Dashboard: Users
for details).
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cables And Connectors
See
Fig. 27
for an illustration of the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable used
to connect your LaCie 2big Network 2 to your computer.
USB is a
serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to
a computer or to each other.
Your LaCie drive is shipped with a
Hi-Speed USB cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance
when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. The cable will also
work when connected to a USB 1.1 port, but drive performance will
be limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates.
Fig. 26
Fig. 27 – Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable ends