G-Technology 913005-01 Installation Manual - page 12
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G-DRIVE Q Product Guide
3. Click on the erase button and the following screen will
appear.
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
limits FAT32 partitions to 32GB in size)
WARNING:
THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE.
NOTE: The 'MS-DOS File System' cannot write
files over 4 GB. If you are working with files over
4 GB, you may want to choose a software option
like MacDrive. MacDrive is Windows software that
enables the Windows OS to mount MAC formatted
drives. (www.macdrive.com)
8. UNMOUNTING/DISCONNECTING G-DRIVE Q
A great feature of G-DRIVE Q is its ability to be connected
and disconnected while your computer is running. To prevent
failures and/or data loss it is important to follow the steps
below when unmounting/disconnecting G-DRIVE Q from your
computer.
8.1 Mac OS X Computers
1. Before powering down and disconnecting G-DRIVE, you
must unmount the system by simply dragging the G-DRIVE
Q icon to the trash located in the dock.
2. It is now safe to power off and remove G-DRIVE Q from
your system.
8.2 Windows Computers
1) Before powering down and disconnecting G-DRIVE Q,
left-click on the Eject icon shown below.
2) The following box will appear. Click on the entry.
3) A balloon like the following will appear.
4) It is now safe to power off and remove G-DRIVE Q from
your system.