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G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile USB Product Manual

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Manual is about: Compact, High Performance Storage

Summary of G-DRIVE mobile USB

  • Page 1

    Compact, high performance storage product manual g-technology.Com.

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    P.2 table of contents welcome to g-drive usb table of contents safety & general use safety precautions ................................................... 4 backup your data .................................................... 5 about your g-drive usb introduction ......................................

  • Page 3: Safety & General Use

    Safety & general use • safety precautions ......................................... P.4 • backup your data ........................................... P.5.

  • Page 4: Safety & General Use

    P.4 safety & general use safety precautions g-drive® usb warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our technical support department . Please read our limited warranty . • servicing: your drive conta...

  • Page 5: Safety & General Use

    P.5 safety & general use backup your data the disk drive contained in your g-drive usb device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to excessive physical shock. Under no circumstances will g-technology be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data. Any lo...

  • Page 6: About Your G-Drive Usb

    About your g-drive usb • introduction ..................................................... P.7 • what’s in the box ........................................... P.8 • system requirements .................................. P.9 • overview of the drive .................................. P.9.

  • Page 7: About Your G-Drive

    P.7 about your g-drive introduction thank you for purchasing the g-drive® usb from g-technology®. G-drive usb hard drives are the ideal compact storage solution to store or backup your important documents, music, videos and photos. The ubiquitous and high speed usb 3.0 interface gives the g-drive us...

  • Page 8: About Your G-Drive

    P.8 about your g-drive what’s in the box the following items are included in the box: • g-drive usb hard drive • (1) usb 3.0 cable, (backwards compatible to usb 2.0) • universal ac power supply if any items are missing, please contact g-technology at support@g-technology.Com ..

  • Page 9: About Your G-Drive

    P.9 about your g-drive overview of the drive this diagram shows the helpful features of your g-drive usb. There is a power & activity led on the front of the unit. The activity led will glow when the unit is switched on. It will flash brighter as data is transferred to or from the hard drive. On the...

  • Page 10: Using Your Drive On Mac

    Using your drive on mac • easy installation for mac .......................... P.11 • optimize performance .............................. P.11 • use with time machine ............................ P.12 • disconnect the drive .................................. P.14.

  • Page 11: Using Your Drive On Mac

    P.11 using your drive on mac ® easy installation for mac g-drive usb attaches to your computer via the usb 3.0 (backwards compatible with usb 2.0) port. Connect g-drive usb with the supplied usb cable. Connect the power cord to the unit and plug the other end into a surge protector or wall outlet. P...

  • Page 12: Using Your Drive On Mac

    P.12 using your drive on mac ® use with time machine g-drive usb works perfectly and easily with time machine. Time machine is an application that ships with your mac and provides automatic backup for your files. The following steps will quickly set up g-drive usb with time machine. 1. When you atta...

  • Page 13: Using Your Drive On Mac

    P.13 using your drive on mac ® 3. In the dialog box that appears, select the g-drive usb. Click the use for backup button. 4. Make sure the time machine switch is set to on. You can set its options by clicking the options button. Do this to choose volumes, folders or files you do not want to backup....

  • Page 14: Using Your Drive On Mac

    P.14 using your drive on mac ® disconnect the drive a great feature of g-drive usb 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 disconnecting or ‘unmounting’ the drive from your co...

  • Page 15: Maintenance For Your Drive

    Maintenance for your drive • initialize drive for mac .............................. P.16 • restore the drive icon .............................. P.19 • reformat with partitions .......................... P.21.

  • Page 16: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.16 maintenance for your drive initialize drive for mac g-drive usb was factory-formatted for use or ‘initialized’ for mac os. You can re-initialize if you would like to quickly erase the contents of the drive. Here are the steps. 1. First, open the disk utility program. This application is located...

  • Page 17: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.17 maintenance for your drive 4. Choose the format option that you prefer. • mac os extended (journaled): use this format if you intend to use the drive for time machine or to create a separate bootable installation of os x ® . • mac os extended (journaled, encrypted): use this format if you inten...

  • Page 18: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.18 maintenance for your drive warning: this next step will erase all data on your drive. 6. Click on the erase button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting. 7. After the drive is re-initialized, you should automaticall...

  • Page 19: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.19 maintenance for your drive restore the drive icon if the g-drive usb drive icon was erased during the reinitializing process (see the previous section ), you can restore the icon with the following easy steps. Note: this process is not required for the operation of g-drive usb. However, it will...

  • Page 20: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.20 maintenance for your drive 4. Select the g-drive usb icon on your desktop and press command+i. This opens the get info window. (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the get info window. (below left) 6. Press command+v to paste the custom g-drive usb icon into the get info window. (below ri...

  • Page 21: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.21 maintenance for your drive reformat with partitions ‘partitioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate, discrete sections called ‘volumes’. Each volume works like a separate disk. You can create up to 16 different partitions on a hard drive in os x and each partit...

  • Page 22: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.22 maintenance for your drive 2. Select the usb icon – not the g-technology drive icon – by clicking it in the left-side column. 3. Click on the partition button in the main window. 4. Select the number of partitions you would like from the volume scheme menu. Below, we have selected ‘2 partitions...

  • Page 23: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.23 maintenance for your drive 5. Click on the first partition in the volume scheme area. Your partition will be highlighted by a blue bounding box. • in the name field, type a name for the partition. • from the format menu, choose your desired disk format. If you will use your drive primarily on m...

  • Page 24: Maintenance For Your Drive

    P.24 maintenance for your drive 8. Click on the partition button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show you the progress of the disk’s reformatting. 9. When partitioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of disk utili...

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    Using your drive on windows • windows use ................................................. P.26 • cross platform use ..................................... P.27.

  • Page 26: Windows Use

    P.26 using your drive on windows ® windows use g-drive usb is set up at the factory for use with mac os systems. A simple initialization will prepare your drive for use with windows 8, 7 and vista systems. For helpful information on configuring and using your drive with windows, please visit g-techn...

  • Page 27: Cross Platform Use

    P.27 using your drive on windows ® cross platform use you can set up g-drive usb for use on both windows and mac systems by formatting the drive as ‘exfat’. To do this, use the disk utility application and format the drive to exfat. 1. First, open the disk utility program. This application is locate...

  • Page 28

    P.28 using your drive on windows ® 4. Select ms-dos file system from the format pop-up menu. This will format to exfat. Note: you may need to rename the drive because exfat does not support more than 11 letters in the drive name. 5. Click the erase button in the lower right corner of the window. A d...

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    P.29 using your drive on windows ® 6. Click the erase button. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting. Your drive will be formatted to its full capacity as exfat. 7. Quit the disk utility program. You are finished! 8. After reinitializ...

  • Page 30: Support & Warranty

    Support & warranty • technical support ....................................... P.31 • limited warranty ......................................... P.32 • copyright ........................................................ P.33.

  • Page 31: Support & Warranty

    P.31 support & warranty technical support thank you for purchasing g-drive usb. If you have any comments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! G-technology appreciates and values its customers, striving to give you the finest service and support. If you encounter any dif...

  • Page 32: Support & Warranty

    P.32 support & warranty limited warranty hgst, a western digital company (“hgst”) including g-technology for external hard disk drives what does this limited warranty cover? This limited warranty applies to new hgst products purchased from an authorized hgst dealer by the original purchaser for norm...

  • Page 33: Support & Warranty

    P.33 support & warranty what must you do? If you are having trouble with a product, before seeking limited warranty service, first follow the troubleshooting procedures that hgst or your reseller provides. To obtain limited warranty service, you must first obtain a return materials authorization (rm...

  • Page 34: Support & Warranty

    P.34 support & warranty capacity definition and disclaimer for g-technology products 1tb or greater: “one gigabyte (gb) is equal to one billion bytes and one terabyte (tb) equals 1,000 gb (one trillion bytes). Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning ...

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    One gb is equal to one billion bytes and one tb equals 1,000 gb (one trillion bytes) when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, the computer’s operating system, and other factors. Design by g-tec...