Page 1 g-safe product guide g-safe™ installation guide g-technology inc. Tel: (310) 449-4599 fax: (310) 449-4670 support@g-technology.Com p/n gs1207 reva table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Safety precautions 3. System requirements 4. What’s in the box 5. G-safe overview 6. Installing g-safe 7. G-s...
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Page 4 g-safe product guide 1. Introduction thank you for purchasing g-safe™ from g-technology, inc. (g-tech)! G-safe is the ideal storage solution to safeguard digital photo files downloaded from flash memory cards. G-safe offers the ultimate in peace of mind by simultaneously writing to two indepe...
Page 5 g-safe product guide 5. G-safe overview attention mac os x users g-safe is set up at the factory for use with mac os x systems. If you are running mac os x, g-safe will mount on the os x desktop right out of the box. If it becomes necessary to re-format g-safe for mac os x, see section 10.1. ...
Page 6 g-safe product guide 6. Installing g-safe g-safe attaches to your computer via a usb 2.0 or firewire port. For maximum performance we recommend using a firewire 800 connection. 1. Attach the interface cable of your choice to one of the ports on the back of your g-safe. Attach the other end of...
Page 7 g-safe product guide 7.2 front panel status led & alarm during normal operation, the front panel status led will glow green. If a failure occurs, the status led will change to yellow and the alarm will sound. The alarm can be muted by pressing the mute button located on the front panel of g-s...
Page 8 g-safe product guide pressing the ent button on the front panel will show the following on the lcd display. Pressing the up arrow will display the rpm of g-safe’s fan as shown below. 8. Replacing a disk drive module in the event of a disk drive failure, the g-safe alarm will sound and the lcd...
Page 9 g-safe product guide 4. Carefully insert a new disk drive and secure the module by latching the handle. G-safe will ask if you would like to rebuild the array. (in this case g-safe will rebuild from drive 1 (top) to drive 2 (bottom) 5. Push the ent button to begin the process or esc button to...
Page 10 g-safe product guide 3. Turn on g-safe (the alarm will sound and the display will indicate a missing drive) 4. Mute the alarm by pressing the “mute” button on the front panel. 5. Insert the target drive module while the unit is on. (this could be the drive module you had stored offsite) warn...
Page 11 g-safe product guide 9.1 disaster recovery using offsite backup module if the data on your g-safe somehow becomes compromised, follow the directions below to restore from your offsite backup drive. 1. Turn off g-safe. 2. Remove both drive modules. 3. Insert the offsite backup drive module in...
Page 12 g-safe product guide 10. Initializing g-safe g-safe is set up at the factory for use with mac os x systems. If you are running mac os x, g-safe will mount on the os x desktop right out of the box. If it becomes necessary to re-format g-safe, follow the instructions below. • for mac os x inst...
Page 13 g-safe product guide 4. Set the volume scheme:to 1 partition. Enter a volume name: under volume information (in this example g-safe) and set format: to mac os extended as shown below. Note: alternatively, g-safe can be set up in multiple volumes by selecting the desired number of partitions ...
Page 14 g-safe product guide 9.2 windows 2000/xp 1. Power on g-safe, wait 10 seconds, then power on your computer. 2. Open the disk management utility byright-clicking on the my computer icon on the desktop and selecting “manage” from the drop down menu as shown below. 3. The computer management con...
Page 15 g-safe product guide 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 the button to continue. 8. The following window will appear. Click on the button to continue. 9. The win...
Page 16 g-safe product guide 10.Windows will automatically assign a drive letter (in this example e:). Accept this assignment and click on the button to continue. 11. Enter a volume label: (in this example, g-safe), check the perform a quick format box and click on the button to continue. 12. The fo...
Page 17 g-safe product guide 14. G-safe will now be displayed as an available hard disk drive under my computer as shown below. G-safe is now ready to safeguard your data!! 9.3. Cross platform use to setup your g-safe for use on both windows and macintosh systems, use the apple disk utility and form...
Page 18 g-safe product guide 10. Unmounting/disconnecting g-safe a great feature of g-safe 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-safe from your com...
Page 19 g-safe product guide 13. Limited warranty g-technology inc. (g-tech) warrants your product against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the designated warranty period. If the product should become defective within the warranty period, g-tech, will at its discretion, ...
