Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 0G00273 G-Technology
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g-technology .com Pr ofessional High-P er formanc e Dual-Drive St orage S ystem PRODUCT MANU AL.
p.2 T able of C ontents W elcome to G-RAID T able of Conten ts Safety & General Use Safety Pr ecautions ................................................... 4 Backup Y our Data .................................................... 5 About Y our G-RAID Introduction .
Safety & General U se • Safety Pr ecautions ...................................... p.4 • Backup Y our Data ....................................
p.4 Safety & General Use Safety Precautions G-RAID ‘ s warranty may be void as a r esult of the failure to r espec t the precautions listed here .
p.5 Safety & General Use Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G- RAID device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to ex cessive physical shock. Under no circumstances will G- T echnology be held liable for the recov ery or restoration of lost data.
About Y our G-R AID • Introduction ................................................... p. 7 • Wha t ’ s in the Bo x ....................................... p .8 • Syst em Requirements ................................ p .9 • Over view of the Dr ive .
p.7 About Y our G-RAID Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the G-RAID from G- T echnology . G-RAID hard drives ar e a high speed, low -cost RAID which makes the ideal storage solutions for cont ent creation prof essionals.
p.8 About Y our G-RAID What’ s in the Bo x The follo wing items are included in the bo x: • G-RAID hard drive • (1) USB cable (3.0; backwards compatible with USB 2.0) • (2) F ireW ire cables (800; 800 to 400) • External DC Po wer Supply If any items are missing , please contact G- T echnology at support@g-technology .
p.9 About Y our G-RAID Overview of the Drive This diagram sho ws the helpful f eatures of y our G-RAID . T here is a P ower & Activity LED on the front of the unit and a Heat Sink benea th it.
U sing Y our Drive on Mac • Easy Installation f or Mac ....................... p .11 • Optimiz e P er formance ............................ p .11 • Disconnect the Drive .
p.11 Using Y our Drive on Mac Easy Installation for Mac G-RAID attaches to your c omputer via a high speed USB 3.0 or one of two F ireW ire 800 por ts. F ireW ire 400 connectivit y is handled by a 9 to 6 pin cable (included). Choose the connection appropriate f or your sy stem and connect G-RAID with the matching supplied cable .
p.12 Using Y our Drive on Mac Disconnect the Drive A great f eature of G-RAID is its ability to connect and disconnec t while your computer is running. T o preven t failures and/or data loss , it is important to follow the steps belo w when disconnecting or ‘ unmounting ’ the drive from your comput er .
Maintenanc e for Y our Drive • Initialize Drive for Mac .......................... p .14 • Restor e the Drive Icon ........................... p .17 • Ref ormat with P ar titions .
p.14 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive invitialize Initialize Drive f or M ac G-RAID was factor y-formatted f or use or ‘ initialized’ for Mac OS. Y ou can reinitialize if you would like t o quickly erase the contents of the drive . Here are the steps.
p.15 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 4. Choose the F or mat option that you pr efer . • Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Use this format if you intend t o use the drive f or Time Machine or to create a separ ate bootable installation of OS. • Mac OS Extended: Use this f ormat for best performance and media storage.
p.16 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive W ARNING: THIS NEX T STEP WILL ER ASE ALL DA T A ON Y OUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Erase butt on to continue . A progress bar in the low er right corner of the window will show the pr ogress of the disk’ s reformatting .
p.17 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive Restore the Driv e Ic on If the G-RAID drive icon was erased during the reinitializing pr ocess (see the previous section ), you can restor e the icon with the follo wing easy steps. NO TE: This pr ocess is not requir ed for the oper ation of the G-RAID .
p.18 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 4. Select the default G-RAID drive icon on your desktop and pr ess Command+I. This opens its Get Info window . (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get I nfo window . (below left) 6. P ress Command+V to paste the custom G-RAID ic on into the Get Info window .
p.19 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive multiple Reforma t with Partitions ‘P artitioning’ a hard driv e is the process of dividing a har d dr ive into separ ate , discrete sections called ‘volumes ’ .
p.20 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 2. Select the USB or F ireW ire 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 fr om the Volume Scheme menu .
p.21 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 5. Click on the rst partition 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 or mat menu, choose y our desired disk f ormat.
p.22 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 8. Click on the P ar tition button to continue . A progr ess bar in the lower right c orner of the window will show y ou the progr ess of the disk’ s ref ormatting. 9. When partitioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of Disk Utility .
U sing Y our Drive on W indow s • W indows Use ............................................. p .24 • Cross Pla tform U se .........................
p.24 Using Y our Drive on W indows W indows U se G-RAID is set up at the factor y for use with Mac OS systems. A simple initializa tion will prepare y our dr ive for use with W indows Vista and Windo ws 7 systems . F or helpful information on conguring and using your drive with Windo ws, please visit ww w .
p.25 Using Y our Drive on W indows Cross Pla tform U se Y ou can set up G-RAID for use on both Window s 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 to MS-DOS (F A T ), also k nown as F A T32.
p.26 Using Y our Drive on W indows 4. Select MS-DOS File S ystem fr om the F ormat pop -up menu. This will format to F A T32. NO TE: Y ou may need to r ename the drive because F A T32 does not support more than 11 letters in the drive name . W ARNING: THIS NEX T STEP WILL ER ASE ALL DA T A ON Y OUR DRIVE.
p.27 Using Y our Drive on W indows 5. Click the Erase butt on. A progr ess bar in the lower right 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. 6. Quit the Disk Utility progr am.
Suppor t & W arr anty • T echnical Suppor t ...................................... p .29 • Limited W arranty ..................................
p.29 Suppor t & W arranty T echnic al Suppor t Thank you f or purchasing G-RAID. If you ha ve 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 suppor t.
p.30 Suppor t & W arranty 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 arranty c ov.
p.31 Suppor t & W arranty What must y ou do? If you are having tr ouble with a product, befor e seeking limited warranty ser vice, rst follo w the troubleshooting proc edures that HGST or y our reseller pro vides.
p.32 Suppor t & W arranty copyright CAP A CITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER F or G- T echnology products 1TB or greater: “ One gigabyte ( GB) is equal to one billion byt es and one terabyt e ( TB) equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes).
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