Lacie 301296U User Manual - Page 12

Installing Your LaCie Drive, USB Icons, USB Cables, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 2.0 cable, USB 1.1 icon

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LaCie Big Disk USB 2.0 User's Manual 2. Your LaCie Drive page 12 2.3. USB USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support highspeed devices such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras. Benefits of the USB standard include: • Backwards compatibility: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 works with the original USB specifications. • Hot-swappable: no need to shut down or restart your computer when adding or removing devices. Please see USB Questions And Answers for a more detailed discussion of USB's uses and capabilities. USB Icons These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces. They appear on USB cables and next to the USB port connectors on certain computers. USB 1.1 icon USB 2.0 icon USB Cables Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 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 port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 2.0 cable: Connects USB devices to USB ports.

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2. Your LaCie Drive
page 12
LaCie Big Disk USB 2.0
User’s Manual
2.3. USB
USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is
the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high-
speed devices such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras.
Benefits of the USB standard include:
• Backwards compatibility: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 works with the original USB specifications.
• Hot-swappable: no need to shut down or restart your computer when adding or removing devices.
Please see
USB Questions And Answers
for a more detailed discussion of USB’s uses and capabilities.
USB Icons
These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces. They appear on USB cables and next to the USB port connectors
on certain computers.
USB Cables
Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 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 port, but drive performance will be limited to
USB 1.1 transfer rates.
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 2.0 cable:
Connects USB devices to USB ports.
USB 1.1 icon
USB 2.0 icon