English dropdown-ico

G-Technology G-Drive mini manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34

Go to page of

Similar user manuals

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of G-Technology G-Drive mini, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of G-Technology G-Drive mini one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of G-Technology G-Drive mini. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of G-Technology G-Drive mini should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of G-Technology G-Drive mini
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the G-Technology G-Drive mini item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the G-Technology G-Drive mini item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of G-Technology G-Drive mini alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of G-Technology G-Drive mini, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the G-Technology service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of G-Technology G-Drive mini.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the G-Technology G-Drive mini item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    High-Speed P or table Drive PRODUCT MANU AL g-technology .com G DRIVE ®[...]

  • Page 2

    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 .............................................................[...]

  • Page 3

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

  • Page 4

    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[...]

  • Page 5

    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 [...]

  • Page 6

    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[...]

  • Page 7

    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[...]

  • Page 8

    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 [...]

  • Page 9

    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[...]

  • Page 10

    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[...]

  • Page 11

    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[...]

  • Page 12

    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[...]

  • Page 13

    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[...]

  • Page 14

    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 [...]

  • Page 15

    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[...]

  • Page 16

    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[...]

  • Page 17

    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 [...]

  • Page 18

    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 [...]

  • Page 19

    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[...]

  • Page 20

    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[...]

  • Page 21

    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[...]

  • Page 22

    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[...]

  • Page 23

    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[...]

  • Page 24

    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[...]

  • Page 25

    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[...]

  • Page 26

    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[...]

  • Page 27

    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[...]

  • Page 28

    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[...]

  • Page 29

    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[...]

  • Page 30

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

  • Page 31

    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[...]

  • Page 32

    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[...]

  • Page 33

    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[...]

  • Page 34

    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[...]