Installing your LaCie hard drive is easy for all users thanks to LaCie Setup Assistant. Please follow the setup steps in the order they are given to ensure that your LaCie hard drive's volume mounts correctly on your computer.
Connect the interface cable from the drive to the computer.
Turn on the drive by moving the power switch to On. The drive will mount in My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Vista or Windows 7) or on your desktop (Mac).
You can now choose to install and run LaCie Desktop Manager after you run LaCie Setup Assistant. This software allows you to set up an action when you click the front blue button (shortcut button), view advanced information on your drive, and to configure power-saving. See LaCie Desktop Manager for details.
In order to avoid file system corruption, it's important to unmount your drive before turning it off or disconnecting the interface cable. See Unmounting Your Drive for details.