Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product G-Drive mini G-Technology
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High-Speed P or table Drive PRODUCT MANU AL g-technology .com G DRIVE ®.
G DRIVE ® p.2 T able of C ontents W elcome to G-DRIVE mini T able of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Pr ecautions ................................................... 4 Backup Y our Data .................................................... 5 About Y our G-DRIVE mini Introduction .
G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® Safety & General U se • Safety Pr ecautions ...................................... p.4 • Backup Y our Data ..............
p.4 Safety & General Use G DRIVE ® Safety Precautions G-DRIVE mini’ s warranty may be void as a result of the failure t o respect the precautions listed here. If you det ect a problem with your drive , please contact our T echnical Suppor t depar tment.
p.5 Safety & General Use G DRIVE ® Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G-DRIVE mini is a delicate electronic instrument and is susc eptible to damage due to ex cessive ph ysical shock . Under no circumstances will G- T echnology be held liable for the r ecovery or restoration of lost da ta.
G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® About Y our G-DRIVE mini • Introduction .................................................. p .7 • What’ s in the Box ......................................... p .8 • Sy stem Requirements ................................ p .
p.7 About Y our G-DRIVE mini G DRIVE ® Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the G-DRIVE mini from G- T echnology . G-DRIVE mini is the ideal storage solution f or people on the go . G-DRIVE mini is a high-per formance 7200RP M por table drive o ering a stylish look and a heavy duty feel.
p.8 About Y our G-DRIVE mini G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® What’ s in the Box The follo wing items are included in the bo x: • G-DRIVE mini • (1) USB 3.0 cable (backwards compatible with USB 2.
p.9 About Y our G-DRIVE mini G DRIVE ® Overview of the Drive This diagram sho ws the helpful fea tures of your G-DRIVE mini. There is a P ower & A c tivity LED behind the grill on the front of the unit and a Heat Sink benea th it. The activity light will glow when pow er is applied via the USB or F ireW ire ports.
G DRIVE ® U sing Y our D riv e on M ac • Easy I nstallation f or Mac .......................... p .11 • Optional Po wer A dapter .......................... p .11 • Use with Time Machine .......................... p .12 • Disc onnect the Drive .
p.11 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® Easy Installation for Mac G-DRIVE mini easily attaches to your c omputer via a USB 3.0 or F ireWire 800 cable .
p.12 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® Use with Time Machine G-DRIVE mini works per fectly and easily with Time Machine®. Time Machine is an application that ships with your Mac and pr ovides automatic backup f or your les . The follo wing steps will quickly set up your G-DRIVE mini with Time Machine.
p.13 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® 3. In the dialog box that appears, select the G-DRIVE mini. Click the Use f or Backup button. 4. Make sure the Time Machine switch is set to ON. Y ou can set its options by click ing the Options button. Do this to choose volumes , folders or les you do NO T want to backup .
p.14 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® Disconnect the Drive A great f eature of G-DRIVE mini is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your comput er is running. T o preven t failures and/or data loss , it is impor tant to f ollow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘ unmounting’ the the drive from y our computer .
G DRIVE ® Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e • I nitialize Drive f or M ac ........................ p .16 • Restore the Driv e Icon ..................
p.16 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® Initialize Drive f or M ac G-DRIVE mini was factor y-formatt ed for use or ‘initializ ed’ for Mac OS X. Y ou can reinitialize if you would like t o quickly erase the contents of the drive .
p.17 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® 4. Click the F or mat pop-up and choose the F ormat option that you pr efer . • Mac OS Extended ( Journaled): Use this format if y ou intend to use the driv e for Time Machine or to cr eate a separat e bootable installation of OS X.
p.18 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® W ARNING: THIS NEX T STEP WILL ERASE ALL DA T A ON Y OUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Erase button to c ontinue. A pr ogress bar in the lo wer right corner of the window will show the pr ogress of the disk’ s reformatting .
p.19 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® Restore the Driv e Icon If the G-DRIVE mini drive icon was erased during the reinitializing pr ocess (see pre vious section ), you can restor e the icon with the follo wing easy steps. NO TE: This pr ocess is not requir ed for the opera tion of G-DRIVE mini.
p.20 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 4. Select the G-DRIVE mini icon on your desktop and press C ommand+I. This opens its Get Info window . (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get I nfo window . (below left) 6. Pr ess Command+V to past e the custom G-DRIVE mini icon int o the Get Info win- dow .
p.21 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® multiple Reforma t with Partitions ‘P ar titioning ’ a hard drive is the proc ess of dividing a hard drive int o separate , discrete sections called ‘volumes’ . Each volume works like a separate disk.
p.22 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 2. Select the FireW ire or USB icon – not the G- T echnology drive icon – by clicking it in the left-side column. 3. Click on the P ar tition button in the main window . 4. Select the number of par titions you would like from the V olume S cheme menu.
p.23 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® 5. Click on the rst par tition in the V olume Scheme area. Y our par tition will be highlighted by a blue bounding bo x. • In the Name eld, type a name for the partition. • F rom the F ormat menu, choose your desir ed disk format.
p.24 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 8. Click on the P ar tition button to c ontinue. A pr ogress bar in the lo wer right corner of the window will show y ou the progr ess of the disk ’ s ref ormatting. 9. When par titioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of Disk Utility .
G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® U sing Y our D riv e on W indow s • Windo ws Use ........................................... p .26 • Cross P latform U se ...
p.26 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® W indows U se G--DRIVE mini is set up at the factor y for use with Mac OS X systems . A simple initializa- tion will prepare y our dr ive f or use with Windows XP , Vista and Windows 7 sy stems.
p.27 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® Cross Pla tform U se Y ou can set up G-DRIVE mini for use on both Windo ws and Mac system by f ormatting the drive as ‘F A T32’ . T o do this, use the Disk Utility application and format the drive t o MS-DOS (F A T ), also k nown as F A T32.
p.28 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 4. Select MS -DOS F ile System from the F ormat pop -up menu. This will f ormat to F A T32. NO TE: Y ou may need to rename the driv e because F A T32 does not suppor t more than 11 letters in the drive name .
p.29 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® 6. Click the Erase button. A pr ogress bar in the low er r ight corner of the window will show the prog ress of the disk’ s reformatting. Y our drive will be formatted to its full capacity as F A T32. 7.
G DRIVE ® Suppor t & W arran ty • T echnical Suppor t .................................. p.31 • Limited W arranty ............................
p.31 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® T echnical Suppor t Thank you f or purchasing G-DRIVE mini. If you have an y comments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! G- T echnology appreciates and values its cust omers, striving to giv e you the nest ser- vice and support.
p.32 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® warrant y Limited W arran ty HGST , a West ern Digital Compan y (“HGST ”) Including G- T echnology for External Hard Disk Drives What does this limited w a.
p.33 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® What must y ou do? If you are having tr ouble with a product, befor e seeking limited warranty ser vice, rst f ollow the troubleshooting proc edures that HGST or y our reseller pro vides.
p.34 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® copyright CAP A CITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER F or G- T echnology products 1TB or greater: “One gigabyte ( GB) is equal to one billion bytes and one terabyt e ( TB) equals 1,000 GB (one tr illion bytes).
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