G-Technology G-Drive mini manual

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G DRIVE ® p.2 T able of C ontents W elcome to G-DRIVE mini T able of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Pr ecautions ................................................... 4 Backup Y our Data .................................................... 5 About Y our G-DRIVE mini Introduction .............................................................[...]

G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® Safety & General U se • Safety Pr ecautions ...................................... p.4 • Backup Y our Data ....................................... p .5[...]

p.4 Safety & General Use G DRIVE ® Safety Precautions G-DRIVE mini’ s warranty may be void as a result of the failure t o respect the precautions listed here. If you det ect a problem with your drive , please contact our T echnical Suppor t depar tment. Please read our Limited W arranty . • Servicing: Y our dr ive c ontains no user-service[...]

p.5 Safety & General Use G DRIVE ® Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G-DRIVE mini is a delicate electronic instrument and is susc eptible to damage due to ex cessive ph ysical shock . Under no circumstances will G- T echnology be held liable for the r ecovery or restoration of lost da ta. Any loss , corruption or destruction [...]

G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® About Y our G-DRIVE mini • Introduction .................................................. p .7 • What’ s in the Box ......................................... p .8 • Sy stem Requirements ................................ p .9 • Over view of the Drive .......................... p. 9[...]

p.7 About Y our G-DRIVE mini G DRIVE ® Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the G-DRIVE mini from G- T echnology . G-DRIVE mini is the ideal storage solution f or people on the go . G-DRIVE mini is a high-per formance 7200RP M por table drive o ering a stylish look and a heavy duty feel. The drive has plenty of storage spac e to backup your i[...]

p.8 About Y our G-DRIVE mini G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® What’ s in the Box The follo wing items are included in the bo x: • G-DRIVE mini • (1) USB 3.0 cable (backwards compatible with USB 2.0) • (2) F ireW ire cables (800; 800 to 400) • Pr otective carr ying case If any items are missing , please contact G- T echnology at support@g-technology [...]

p.9 About Y our G-DRIVE mini G DRIVE ® Overview of the Drive This diagram sho ws the helpful fea tures of your G-DRIVE mini. There is a P ower & A c tivity LED behind the grill on the front of the unit and a Heat Sink benea th it. The activity light will glow when pow er is applied via the USB or F ireW ire ports. It will ash brighter as da[...]

G DRIVE ® U sing Y our D riv e on M ac • Easy I nstallation f or Mac .......................... p .11 • Optional Po wer A dapter .......................... p .11 • Use with Time Machine .......................... p .12 • Disc onnect the Drive ................................ p .14[...]

p.11 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® Easy Installation for Mac G-DRIVE mini easily attaches to your c omputer via a USB 3.0 or F ireWire 800 cable . F ireW ire 400 connectivity is handled by a 9 P in to 6 Pin cable (included). Simply plug one end of the cable into the G-DRIVE mini and the other end of the cable into a free USB or F ireW ire con[...]

p.12 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® Use with Time Machine G-DRIVE mini works per fectly and easily with Time Machine®. Time Machine is an application that ships with your Mac and pr ovides automatic backup f or your les . The follo wing steps will quickly set up your G-DRIVE mini with Time Machine. 1. When y ou attach G-DRIVE mini f or the[...]

p.13 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® 3. In the dialog box that appears, select the G-DRIVE mini. Click the Use f or Backup button. 4. Make sure the Time Machine switch is set to ON. Y ou can set its options by click ing the Options button. Do this to choose volumes , folders or les you do NO T want to backup . G-DRIVE mini will now back up y[...]

p.14 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE ® Disconnect the Drive A great f eature of G-DRIVE mini is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your comput er is running. T o preven t failures and/or data loss , it is impor tant to f ollow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘ unmounting’ the the drive from y our computer . 1. Before po [...]

G DRIVE ® Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e • I nitialize Drive f or M ac ........................ p .16 • Restore the Driv e Icon ....................... p .19 • Ref ormat with P ar titions ...................... p.21[...]

p.16 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® Initialize Drive f or M ac G-DRIVE mini was factor y-formatt ed for use or ‘initializ ed’ for Mac OS X. Y ou can reinitialize if you would like t o quickly erase the contents of the drive . Here ar e the steps. 1. F irst, open the Disk Utility program. This application is locat ed on you[...]

p.17 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® 4. Click the F or mat pop-up and choose the F ormat option that you pr efer . • Mac OS Extended ( Journaled): Use this format if y ou intend to use the driv e for Time Machine or to cr eate a separat e bootable installation of OS X. • Mac OS Extended: Use this format for best performance and media [...]

p.18 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® W ARNING: THIS NEX T STEP WILL ERASE ALL DA T A ON Y OUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Erase button to c ontinue. A pr ogress bar in the lo wer right corner of the window will show the pr ogress of the disk’ s reformatting . 7. After the drive is reinitializ ed, y ou should automatically see the [...]

p.19 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® Restore the Driv e Icon If the G-DRIVE mini drive icon was erased during the reinitializing pr ocess (see pre vious section ), you can restor e the icon with the follo wing easy steps. NO TE: This pr ocess is not requir ed for the opera tion of G-DRIVE mini. Howev er , it will make your drive ’ s app[...]

p.20 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 4. Select the G-DRIVE mini icon on your desktop and press C ommand+I. This opens its Get Info window . (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get I nfo window . (below left) 6. Pr ess Command+V to past e the custom G-DRIVE mini icon int o the Get Info win- dow . (below right) The ico[...]

p.21 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® multiple Reforma t with Partitions ‘P ar titioning ’ a hard drive is the proc ess of dividing a hard drive int o separate , discrete sections called ‘volumes’ . Each volume works like a separate disk. Y ou can create up t o 16 dier ent par titions on a hard driv e in OS X and each par tition[...]

p.22 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 2. Select the FireW ire or USB 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 from the V olume S cheme menu. Below , we have selected ‘2 P ar t[...]

p.23 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® 5. Click on the rst par tition 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 ormat menu, choose your desir ed disk format. If you will use y our drive primarily on Mac OS X, it is recom[...]

p.24 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 8. Click on the P ar tition button to c ontinue. A pr ogress bar in the lo wer right corner of the window will show y ou the progr ess of the disk ’ s ref ormatting. 9. When par titioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of Disk Utility . 10. Qu[...]

G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® U sing Y our D riv e on W indow s • Windo ws Use ........................................... p .26 • Cross P latform U se ............................... p .27[...]

p.26 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® W indows U se G--DRIVE mini is set up at the factor y for use with Mac OS X systems . A simple initializa- tion will prepare y our dr ive f or use with Windows XP , Vista and Windows 7 sy stems. F or helpful information on conguring and using your drive with Windo ws, please visit ww w .g[...]

p.27 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® Cross Pla tform U se Y ou can set up G-DRIVE mini for use on both Windo ws 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 t o MS-DOS (F A T ), also k nown as F A T32. 1. F irst, open the Disk Utility program. This applicatio[...]

p.28 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® 4. Select MS -DOS F ile System from the F ormat pop -up menu. This will f ormat to F A T32. NO TE: Y ou may need to rename the driv e because F A T32 does not suppor t more than 11 letters in the drive name . 5. Click the Erase button in the low er right corner of the window . A dialog box w[...]

p.29 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE ® 6. Click the Erase button. A pr ogress bar in the low er r ight 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. 7. Quit the Disk Utility program. Y ou are nished! 8. After reinitializing , the custom icon f or[...]

G DRIVE ® Suppor t & W arran ty • T echnical Suppor t .................................. p.31 • Limited W arranty .................................... p .32 • C opyright ..................................................... p .34[...]

p.31 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® T echnical Suppor t Thank you f or purchasing G-DRIVE mini. If you have 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 support. I f you encoun ter any diculties while ins[...]

p.32 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® 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 er? This Limited W arranty applies to new HGST products purchased from an authoriz ed HGST dealer by the original purchaser f or normal us[...]

p.33 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® What must y ou do? If you are having tr ouble with a product, befor e seeking limited warranty ser vice, rst f ollow the troubleshooting proc edures that HGST or y our reseller pro vides. T o obtain limited warranty ser vice, y ou must rst obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA ) and ship-to addr[...]

p.34 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® copyright CAP A CITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER F or G- T echnology products 1TB or greater: “One gigabyte ( GB) is equal to one billion bytes and one terabyt e ( TB) equals 1,000 GB (one tr illion bytes). A ccessible capacity will var y from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the har[...]