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    G DRIVE USB ® P or table USB Drive PRODUCT MANU AL g-technology .c om[...]

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

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    T able of C ontents Safety & General U se • Safety P recautions .................................... p .4 • Backup Y our Data ................................... p .5 G DRIVE USB ®[...]

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    p.4 Safety & General Use G DRIVE USB ® Safety Precautions The G-DRIVE mobile USB warranty may be v oid as a result of the failure to r espect the precautions listed her e. If you detect a problem with your drive , please contact our T echnical Suppor t department. If the product is returned with damage caused by impr oper handling, the warr an[...]

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    p.5 Safety & General Use Safety & General Use G DRIVE USB ® Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G-DRIVE mobile USB device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to e xcessive ph ysical shock. Under no circumstances will G- T echnology be held liable for the rec overy or restoration of lost data[...]

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    About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB • Introduction ................................................ p .7 • What ’ s in the Bo x .................................... p .8 • System Requiremen ts ............................. p .8 • O verview of the Dr ive ........................... p .9 • Easy Installation for M[...]

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    p.7 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB G DRIVE USB ® intro Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the G-DRIVE mobile USB from G- T echnology . G-DRIVE mobile USB hard drives ar e the ideal storage solutions for people on the go . G-DRIVE mobile USB is the per fect compliment to an y laptop or other por table computer . W[...]

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

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    p.9 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB G DRIVE USB ® Overview of the Drive This diagram sho ws the helpful featur es of your G-DRIVE mobile USB. A P ower & Activity LED is on the front of the unit, along with a USB port. The Activity light will glow when pow er is applied via the USB por t. It will ash brighter as[...]

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    p.10 About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB G DRIVE USB ® Disconnect the Drive A great f eature of G-DRIVE mobile USB 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 st eps below when disconnecting or ‘ unmounting ’ the the drive from y our computer [...]

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    About Y our G-DRIVE mobile USB U sing Y our Drive 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 G DRIVE USB ®[...]

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    p.12 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® Use with Time Machine ® G-DRIVE mobile USB 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 following st eps will quick ly set up G-DRIVE mobile USB with Time Machine. 1. When you attach G-DRIVE mo[...]

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    p.13 Using Y our Drive on Mac Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® 3. In the dialog box that appears, select the G-DRIVE mobile USB. 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 clicking the Options button. Do this to choose volumes , folders or les you do NO T want to backup[...]

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    p.14 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® Initialize Drive f or Mac G-DRIVE mobile USB was factor y-formatt ed for use or ‘ initialized’ f or 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 dr[...]

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    p.15 Using Y our Drive on Mac Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® 4. Choose the F ormat option that you pr efer . • 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 for best performance and media storag[...]

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    p.16 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® 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 automa tically see the Time Machine di[...]

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    p.17 Using Y our Drive on Mac Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® Restore the Driv e Icon If the G-DRIVE mobile USB 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 USB. Howev er , [...]

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

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    p.19 Using Y our Drive on Mac Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® 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 v olume works like a separate disk. Y ou can create up t o 16 dieren t par titions on a hard drive in th[...]

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    p.20 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® 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 Scheme menu. Below , we have selected ‘2 P ar titions’ t o [...]

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    p.21 Using Y our Drive on Mac Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® 5. Click on the rst par tition in the Volume Scheme ar ea. 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 format . If you will use your drive primarily [...]

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    p.22 Using Y our Drive on Mac G DRIVE USB ® 8. Click on the P ar tition button to continue . A progress bar in the low er 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 Util[...]

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    Using Y our Drive on Mac U sing Y our Drive on W indow s • W indows Use .............................................. p .24 • Cr oss Platf orm Use ................................... p .25 G DRIVE USB ®[...]

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    p.24 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE USB ® W indow s Use G-DRIVE mobile USB 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 XP , Vista and Windows 7 syst ems. F or helpful information on conguring and using y our drive with Windows , please visit ww w .g-tech[...]

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    p.25 Using Y our Drive on W indow s Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE USB ® Cross Pla tform Use Y ou can set up G-DRIVE mobile USB for use on both Window s and Mac system by for - matting 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 t[...]

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    p.26 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE USB ® 4. Select MS -DOS F ile System fr om 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 Using Y our Drive on W indow s G DRIVE USB ® 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 [...]

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

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    p.29 Suppor t & W arranty Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE USB ® T echnical Support Thank you f or purchasing G-DRIVE mobile USB . If you have 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 en[...]

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    p.30 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE USB ® 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[...]

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    p.31 Suppor t & W arranty Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE USB ® 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 Authorizatio[...]

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    p.32 Suppor t & W arranty G DRIVE USB ® 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 dr[...]