G-Technology 0G02289 manual

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p.2 T able of C ontents W elcome to G-RAID T able of Conten ts Safety & General Use Safety Pr ecautions ................................................... 4 Backup Y our Data .................................................... 5 About Y our G-RAID Introduction .............................................................. 7 What’ s in the B[...]

Safety & General U se • S afety P recautions ......................................... p .4 • Backup Y our Data ........................................... p .5[...]

p.4 Safety & General Use Safety Precautions G-RAID ‘ s warranty may be void as a r esult of the failure to r espec t the precautions listed here . If you detect a problem with y our drive, please con tact our T echnical Suppor t depar tment . If the product is returned with damage caused by impr oper handling, the w arranty will be void and l[...]

p.5 Safety & General Use Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G- RAID device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to ex cessive physical shock. Under no circumstances will G- T echnology be held liable for the recov ery or restoration of lost data. An y loss, corruption or destruction of data while[...]

About Y our G-R AID • I ntroduction ...................................................... p .7 • What’ s in the Box ........................................... p .8 • System Requir ements ................................... p .9 • O ver view of the Drive ................................... p. 9[...]

p.7 About Y our G-RAID Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the G-RAID from G- T echnology . G-RAID hard drives ar e a high speed, low -cost RAID which makes the ideal storage solutions for cont ent creation prof essionals. With its unique industrial design and all aluminum housing , G-R AID is the de facto standard for man y post-pr oduction fac[...]

p.8 About Y our G-RAID What’ s in the Bo x The follo wing items are included in the bo x: • G-RAID hard drive • (1) USB cable (3.0; backwards compatible with USB 2.0) • (2) F ireW ire cables (800; 800 to 400) • External DC Po wer Supply If any items are missing , please contact G- T echnology at support@g-technology .com or call (888) 426[...]

p.9 About Y our G-RAID Overview of the Drive This diagram sho ws the helpful f eatures of y our G-RAID . T here is a P ower & Activity LED on the front of the unit and a Heat Sink benea th it. The activit y light will glow when power is applied via the USB or F ireWir e ports and it will ash br ighter as data is trans- ferred t o or from the[...]

U sing Y our Drive on Mac • Easy I nstallation for Mac ........................... p .11 • Optimize P er formance ............................... p .11 • Disconnect the Drive .................................. p .12[...]

p.11 Using Y our Drive on Mac Easy Installation for Mac G-RAID attaches to your c omputer via a high speed USB 3.0 or one of two F ireW ire 800 por ts. F ireW ire 400 connectivit y is handled by a 9 to 6 pin cable (included). Choose the connection appropriate f or your sy stem and connect G-RAID with the matching supplied cable . Connect the power [...]

p.12 Using Y our Drive on Mac Disconnect the Drive A great f eature of G-RAID is its ability to connect and disconnec t while your computer is running. T o preven t failures and/or data loss , it is important to follow the steps belo w when disconnecting or ‘ unmounting ’ the drive from your comput er . 1. Bef ore pow ering down and disconnecti[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our Drive • I nitialize Drive f or M ac .............................. p .14 • Restore the Drive Icon ............................... p .17 • Reformat with P ar titions ........................... p.19[...]

p.14 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive Initialize Drive f or M ac G-RAID was factor y-formatted f or use or ‘ initialized’ for Mac OS. Y ou can reinitialize if you would like t o quickly erase the contents of the drive . Here are the steps. 1. F irst, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on y our hard drive under Applications/U[...]

p.15 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 4. Choose the F or mat option that you pr efer . • Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Use this format if you intend t o use the drive f or Time Machine or to create a separ ate bootable installation of OS. • Mac OS Extended: Use this f ormat for best performance and media storage. T o se - lect, click the F ormat pop[...]

p.16 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive W ARNING: THIS NEX T STEP WILL ER ASE ALL DA T A ON Y OUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Erase butt on to continue . A progress bar in the low er right corner of the window will show the pr ogress of the disk’ s reformatting . 7. A fter the drive is reinitialized , you should aut omatically see the Time Machine dialog bo[...]

p.17 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive Restore the Driv e Ic on If the G-RAID drive icon was erased during the reinitializing pr ocess (see the previous section ), you can restor e the icon with the follo wing easy steps. NO TE: This pr ocess is not requir ed for the oper ation of the G-RAID . However , it will make your drive ’ s appearance on the co[...]

p.18 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 4. Select the default G-RAID drive icon on your desktop and pr ess Command+I. This opens its Get Info window . (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get I nfo window . (below left) 6. P ress Command+V to paste the custom G-RAID ic on into the Get Info window . (be- low right) The icon f or your G-RAID has [...]

p.19 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive Reforma t with Partitions ‘P artitioning’ a hard driv e is the process of dividing a har d dr ive into separ ate , discrete sections called ‘volumes ’ . Each volume w orks like a separate disk. Y ou can create up t o 16 dier ent partitions on a hard drive in OS X and each par tition can be a dier ent [...]

p.20 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 2. Select the USB or F ireW ire 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 fr om the Volume Scheme menu . Below , we have selected ‘2 Partitions’ to cr eate two [...]

p.21 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 5. Click on the rst partition 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 or mat menu, choose y our desired disk f ormat. If you will use your drive primarily on Mac OS, it is recommended to use M[...]

p.22 Maintenanc e for Y our Drive 8. Click on the P ar tition button to continue . A progr ess bar in the lower right c orner of the window will show y ou the progr ess of the disk’ s ref ormatting. 9. When partitioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of Disk Utility . 10. Quit the Disk Utility progr [...]

U sing Y our Drive on W indow s • Window s Use ................................................. p .24 • Cross Platf orm Use ...................................... p .25[...]

p.24 Using Y our Drive on W indows W indows U se G-RAID is set up at the factor y for use with Mac OS systems. A simple initializa tion will prepare y our dr ive for use with W indows Vista and Windo ws 7 systems . F or helpful information on conguring and using your drive with Windo ws, please visit g-technology .com/window s[...]

p.25 Using Y our Drive on W indows Cross Pla tform U se Y ou can set up G-RAID for use on both Window s 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 to MS-DOS (F A T ), also k nown as F A T32. 1. F irst, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on y o[...]

p.26 Using Y our Drive on W indows 4. Select MS-DOS File S ystem fr om the F ormat pop -up menu. This will format to F A T32. NO TE: Y ou may need to r ename the drive because F A T32 does not support more than 11 letters in the drive name . W ARNING: THIS NEX T STEP WILL ER ASE ALL DA T A ON Y OUR DRIVE. 5. Click the Erase butt on in the low er ri[...]

p.27 Using Y our Drive on W indows 5. Click the Erase butt on. A progr ess bar in the lower right 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. 6. Quit the Disk Utility progr am. Y ou are nished! 7. A fter reinitializing, the cust om icon f or the G-RAID[...]

Suppor t & W arr anty • T echnical Suppor t ........................................ p .29 • Limited W arranty ......................................... p .30 • Copyright ........................................................ p .32[...]

p.29 Suppor t & W arranty T echnic al Suppor t Thank you f or purchasing G-RAID. If you ha ve 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 suppor t. If you encounter an y diculties while installing or using[...]

p.30 Suppor t & W arranty 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 nor mal use and not for resale[...]

p.31 Suppor t & W arranty What must y ou do? If you are having tr ouble with a product, befor e seeking limited warranty ser vice, rst follo w the troubleshooting proc edures that HGST or y our reseller pro vides. T o obtain limited warranty ser vice, you must rst obtain a Return Materials A uthorization (RMA) and ship-to address by conta[...]

p.32 Suppor t & W arranty CAP A CITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER F or G- T echnology products 1TB or greater: “ One gigabyte ( GB) is equal to one billion byt es and one terabyt e ( TB) equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes). Ac cessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive , the compute[...]