[. . . ] LaCie rugged SAFE · Design by neil Poulton User Manual
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ShockProtectionFeatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HeatDissipationFeatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 23). Youmayenter letters(noaccentsandcasesensitive)andnumbers. Forgreater security, donotuseapasswordthathasrelevanceorfamiliarity withalargegroupasitmayincreaseyoursecurityrisk. Toaid withthepasswordselection, pleasenotethepasswordstrength bar. (Fig. ChooseNextandproceedtosection4. 2. Step2:Registering theFirstUser'sFingerprint. IMPORTANT INFO:Thefirstuserregisteredbecomesanadministratorbydefault. Anyuseraddedlatercanbegivenadministrative privileges. Similarly, the default administrator may have his rights adjustedtothatofastandarduser. Sinceitisclosetoimpossiblefor onepersontobeavailableallthetime, LaCiehighlyrecommends twoadministratorsfortheRuggedSafe.
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4. 2. Tobeginregisteringafingerprint, clickonthetipofafingerthat hasnotbeenselected(Fig. 25). Anavailablefingerisindicated by a dark blue light while light blue means unavailable. Yourfingershouldlieflatintherecess. Makesurethetopof yourfingertouchesthetopoftherecessandslideitdownslowly. Swipe the selected finger over the fingerprint sensor as indicatedbytheswipedialog. Iftheswipeissuccessful, thedialog promptsyoutoswipethesamefingerasecondandthirdtime forconfirmation. (Fig. 26) IMPORTANT INFO: LaCie Safe Manager can register a maximumoftenfingerprintsandeachusermayregistermorethanone fingerprint. Forexample, fiveusers(includingtheadministrator)may registertwofingerprintseach;or, tenfingerprintsforoneuser. There are many combinations that allow for easy and intuitive management. Seesection2. 4. Whenyouhavesuccessfullyswipedyourfingerthreetimes, the dialogdisplaysthreecheckmarksandthencloses(Fig. 27). The indicatoronthefingerthathasbeensuccessfullyregisteredwill changefromdarkbluetolightblue. Upon selecting Next, LaCie Safe Manager will add the user informationandregisterthefinger(s)(Fig. 28).
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8. LaCieSafeManagerwillaskifyouwanttoformatthedriveusingFAT32forusewithWindowsandMac(Fig. 29). Ifyouprefer HFS (Mac) or NTFS (Windows), choose cancel and use your operatingsystem'sdiskutilitytoformattheRuggedSafe. Please note that you must format the drive in order to begin storing dataandaccessingfiles. IMPORTANT INFO:Usingyouroperatingsystem'sdiskutilityto formattheRuggedSafewillnotdestroyorerasethefingerprintsecuritythatyouhaverecorded. However, LaCiestronglyrecommends againstformattingyourRuggedSafewithmorethanonepartition. ThereisahighriskoflosingdatawhenusingtheRuggedSafewith more than one partition. Formatting Your LaCie Rugged Safeifyou havenotformattedyourRuggedSafe. Ifthedrivehasbeenformatted, gotto5. IMPORTANT INFO:YoumustformattheRuggedSafeinorderto storedataandaccessfiles.
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5. Using Your LaCie Rugged Safe
YoucanstarttouseyourLaCieRuggedSafedriveonceyouhave successfullyregisteredatleastoneuser. Connectthedrivetobegin storingandaccessingdata(seesection3. LaCie Safe Manager Launch Preferences
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5. 1. [. . . ] Troubleshooting the Fingerprint Sensor
IntheeventthatyourLaCieRuggedSafe'sfingerprintsensordoes not recognize you as an authorized user, please refer to the followingchecklist. Ifyouhavegonethroughallofthepointsonthe checklistandthefingerprintsensorstilldoesnotrecognizeanauthorizedfingerprint, pleaserefertotheFAQsthatareregularlypublished on our web site: www. lacie. com. One of these FAQs may provideananswertoyourspecificquestion. Youcanalsovisitthe driverspagetoviewthemostrecentsoftwareupdates. Ifyouneedfurtherassistance, pleasecontactyourLaCiereselleror LaCieTechnicalSupport. Seesection9. Tryoneorallofthefollowingifyouexperiencesomedifficultywith thefingerprintsensor: Makesurethefrontofthedriveisfacingyou. [. . . ]