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    P or table USB and F ireW ire® PRODUCT MANU AL g-technology .c om G DRIVE ®[...]

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    p.2 T able of C ontents G DRIVE ® G DRIVE ® W elc ome to G-DRIVE mobile T able of Conten ts Safety & General Use Safety Pr ecautions ................................................... 4 Backup Y our Data .................................................... 5 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile Introduction ............................................[...]

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

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    p.4 Safety & General Use G DRIVE ® Safety Precautions The G-DRIVE® mobile ’ s warranty may be void as a r esult of the failure to respect the pre- cautions listed here. If you det ect a problem with your drive, please c ontact our T echnical Suppor t department. If the product is returned with damage caused by impr oper handling, the warr a[...]

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    p.5 Safety & General Use G DRIVE ® Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G-DRIVE mobile device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due t o excessiv e physical shock. Under no circumstances will G- T echnology® be held liable for the recov er y or restor ation of lost data. Any loss , corruption or de[...]

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    G DRIVE ® About Y our G-DRIVE mobile • Introduction .................................................... p .7 • What ’ s in the Box .......................................... p .8 • System Requiremen ts ................................. p .8 • O ver view of the Drive ............................... p .9 • Easy Installation for Mac ....[...]

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    p.7 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile G DRIVE ® Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the G-DRIVE mobile from G- T echnology . G-DRIVE mobile hard drives are the ideal st orage solutions for people on the go . G-DRIVE mobile is the per fect compliment to y our Mac® laptop and other por table computers . W eighing in at less than 9 oz., the drive o e[...]

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    p.8 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile G DRIVE ® What’ s in the Box The follo wing items are included in the bo x: • G-DRIVE mobile • (1) USB 3.0 cable (2.0 compatible) • (1) F ireWir e® 800 cable • Quick Install Guide If any items are missing , please contac t G- T echnology at g-technology .com/support . Sy stem Requirements G-DRIVE mobile su[...]

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    p.9 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile G DRIVE ® Overview of the Drive This diagram sho ws the helpful featur es of your G-DRIVE mobile. A P ower & Activity LED is on the front of the unit. T wo Fir eWir e por ts and a USB por t are on the rear . The Activity light will glow when pow er is applied via a USB or Fir eWir e por t. It will ash brighter[...]

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    p.10 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile G DRIVE ® Disconnect the Drive A great f eature of G-DRIVE mobile is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your comput er is running. T o prevent failur es and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘unmoun ting’ the drive from y our computer . 1. Befor e disco[...]

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    G DRIVE ® U sing Y our D riv e on Mac • Use with Time Machine ............................. p .12 • Initialize Drive for Mac ............................... p .14 • R estor e the Drive Icon ............................... p .17 • Reformat with P ar titions ........................... p.19[...]

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

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    p.13 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® 3. In the dialog box that appears , selec t the G-DRIVE mobile. Click the U se for 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 mobile will now b[...]

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    p.14 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® Initialize Drive f or Mac G-DRIVE mobile was factor y-formatt ed for use or ‘initialized’ for Mac OS. Y ou can reinitialize if y ou would like to quickly erase the contents of the driv e. Here ar e the steps. 1. F irst, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on y our hard drive und[...]

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    p.15 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® 4. Click the F ormat pop-up and choose the Format option that y ou prefer . • Mac OS Extended ( Journaled): Use this format if y ou intend to use the drive f or Time Machine or to cr eate a separate bootable installation of the OS. • Mac OS Extended: Use this format f or best per formance and media st[...]

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    p.16 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® W ARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DA T A ON Y OUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Erase button to c ontinue. A prog ress bar in the lower right c orner of the window will show the pr ogress of the disk’ s reformatting. 7. After the drive is reinitializ ed, you should aut omatically see the Time Machine dia[...]

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    p.17 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® Restore the Driv e Icon If the G-DRIVE mobile drive icon was erased during the reinitializing pr ocess (see previous section ), you can rest ore the icon with the follo wing easy steps. NO TE: This process is not r equired for the oper ation of G-DRIVE mobile. How ever , it will make your drive ’ s appe[...]

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    p.18 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® 4. Select the G-DRIVE mobile 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 paste the cust om G-DRIVE mobile icon into the Get Info window . (below right) The icon f or your G[...]

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    p.19 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® multiple Reforma t with Partitions ‘P ar titioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a har d drive into separa te, discrete sections called ‘volumes’ . Each volume works like a separate disk. Y ou can create up t o 16 dieren t par titions on a hard drive in the OS and each partition can [...]

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    p.20 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® 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 Partitions’ to cre[...]

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    p.21 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® 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 desired disk f ormat. If you will use your drive primarily on Mac OS, it is recommended[...]

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    p.22 Using Y our Drive on Mac ® G DRIVE ® 8. Click on the P ar tition button to con tinue. A progr ess bar in the lower right corner of the window will show y ou the progress of the disk’ s reformatting . 9. When par titioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of Disk Utility . 10. Quit the Disk Utili[...]

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    G DRIVE ® U sing Y our D riv e on W indow s ® • Window s Use ................................................. p .24 • Cross Pla tform Use ...................................... p .25[...]

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    p.24 Using Y our Drive on W indow s ® G DRIVE ® W indow s Use G-DRIVE mobile is set up at the factor y for use with Mac OS systems . A simple initialization will prepar e your drive f or use with Window s 7, Vista and XP syst ems. F or helpful information on conguring and using y our drive with Windows , please visit z.com/support .[...]

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    p.25 Using Y our Drive on W indow s ® G DRIVE ® Cross Pla tform Use Y ou can set up G-DRIVE mobile for use on both Window s and Mac system by formatting 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 known as F A T32. 1. F irst, open the Disk Utility program. This applic[...]

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    p.26 Using Y our Drive on W indow s ® G DRIVE ® 4. Select MS -DOS ® F ile System from the F ormat pop -up menu. This will format t o F A T32. NO TE: Y ou may need to rename the drive because F A T32 does not suppor t more than 11 letters in the driv e name. 5. Click the Erase button in the low er right corner of the window . A dialog box will ap[...]

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    p.27 Using Y our Drive on W indow s ® G DRIVE ® 6. Click the Erase button. A pr ogress bar in the low er right corner of the window will show the prog ress of the disk ’ s ref ormatting. Y our drive will be formatt ed to its full capacity as F A T32. 7. Quit the Disk Utility program. Y ou are nished! 8. After reinitializing , the custom icon[...]

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    G DRIVE ® Suppor t & W arranty • T echnical Suppor t ....................................... p.29 • Limited W arranty ......................................... p .30 • Cop yright ........................................................ p .32[...]

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    p.29 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® T echnical Suppor t Thank you f or purchasing G-DRIVE mobile. If you ha ve any c omments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! G- T echnology appreciates and values its cust omers, striving to give y ou the nest ser vice and support. I f you enc ounter any diculties while i[...]

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    p.30 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® Limited W arran ty HGST , a Western Digital C ompany (“HGST ”) Including G- T echnology for External Hard Disk Drives What does this limited w arranty co ver? This Limited W arranty applies to new HGST products purchased from an authorized HGST dealer by the original purchaser f or normal use and not for[...]

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    p.31 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® What must y ou do? If you are having tr ouble with a product, before seeking limited warranty service, rst follow the troubleshooting proc edures that HGST or your r eseller provides. T o obtain limited warranty ser vice, y ou must rst obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) and ship-to address b[...]

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    p.32 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE ® CAP A CITY DEFINITION AND DISCL AIMER F or G- T echnology produc ts 1TB or great er: “One gigabyt e (GB) is equal to one billion bytes and one terabyt e ( TB) equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes). Ac cessible capacity will var y from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive [...]