Page 1 g-drive mini product guide g-drive mini™ installation guide g-technology inc. Tel: (310) 449-4599 fax: (310) 449-4670 support@g-technology.Com p/n gdm120606 rev 120307 table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Safety precautions 3. System requirements 4. What’s in the box 5. G-drive mini overview ...
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Page 4 g-drive mini product guide 1. Introduction thank you for purchasing g-drive™ mini from g-technology, inc. (g-tech)! G-drive mini hard drives from g-tech are the ideal storage solutions for people on the go. Weighing in at less than 9 oz., g-drive mini is the ultra-portable and stylish way to ...
Page 5 g-drive mini product guide 5. G-drive mini overview heat sink g-drive mini triple (fw400/800+usb2.0 g-drive combo (fw400+usb2.0) attention mac os x users g-drive mini is set up at the factory for use with mac os x systems. If you are running mac os x, g-drive mini will mount on the os x deskt...
Page 6 g-drive mini product guide 6. Installing g-drive mini g-drive mini attaches to your computer via a usb 2.0 or firewire 400 or firewire 800 port. 6.2 connecting the optional power adapter 1. If your computer system does not supply adequate bus power, plug the optional power adapter in to g-dri...
Page 7 g-drive mini product guide 3. Select the partition tab to view the partition options as shown below. 4. Set the volume scheme: to 1 partition. Enter a volume name: under volume information (in this example, g-drive mini) and set format to mac os extended as shown below. Note: alternatively, g...
Page 8 g-drive mini product guide 8. G-drive mini will be displayed on the desktop as shown below. G-drive mini is now set up for use!! Note: you can find the custom g-drive mini icon on the product cd or online at www.G-technology.Com/support/ 7.2 windows 2000/xp 1. Power on g-drive mini, wait 10 s...
Page 9 g-drive mini product guide 5. The following window will appear. G-drive mini (disk 1) is now identified as basic and online. 6. Right-click on the disk 1 “unallocated” bar entry and select new partition… from the pull-down menu as shown below. 7. The window shown below will appear. Click on t...
Page 10 g-drive mini product guide 9.The window shown below will appear. Click on the button to continue. This will create one large volume using all of the available space on g-drive mini. Note: multiple partitions can be created on g-drive mini. Consult your windows documentation for instructions ...
Page 11 g-drive mini product guide 13. Windows will format the volume and then display the following window. Disk 1 is now identified as g-drive mini (e:). Exit the computer management console. 14. G-drive mini will now be displayed as an available hard disk drive under my computer as shown below. G...
Page 12 g-drive mini product guide 4. Click “erase” and your drive will be formatted to its full capacity as fat32. With this format, you will be able to read/write on both windows (2000/xp) and mac os machines. (note: you could format your drive on a windows machine fat32, however windows currently...
Page 13 g-drive mini product guide 9. Optimizing data transfer rates g-drive mini triple g-drive mini triple can be connected to any mac or pc equipped with a firewire 400, firewire 800 or usb2.0 port. For best performance, g-drive mini triple should be connected via firewire 800. G-drive mini combo...
