G-Technology 0G02229 User Manual

G DRIVEUSB®Portable USB DrivePRODUCT MANUALg-technology.com

p.10About Your G-DRIVE mobile USBG DRIVEUSB®Disconnect the Drive A great feature of G-DRIVE mobile USB is its ability to be connected and disconnected

About Your G-DRIVE mobile USBUsing Your Drive on Mac• Use with Time Machine ... p.12• Initialize Drive for Mac ...

p.12Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®Use with Time Machine®G-DRIVE mobile USB works perfectly and easily with Time Machine. Time Machine is an applic

p.13Using Your Drive on Mac Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®3. In the dialog box that appears, select the G-DRIVE mobile USB. Click the Use for Bac

p.14Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®Initialize Drive for Mac G-DRIVE mobile USB was factory-formatted for use or ‘initialized’ for Mac OS. You can

p.15Using Your Drive on Mac Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®4. Choose the Format option that you prefer. • Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Use thi

p.16Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB® WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE.6. Click on the Erase button to continue. A progr

p.17Using Your Drive on Mac Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®Restore the Drive IconIf the G-DRIVE mobile USB drive icon was erased during the reiniti

p.18Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®4. Select the G-DRIVE mobile USB icon on your desktop and press Command+I. This opens its Get Info window. (bel

p.19Using Your Drive on Mac Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®multipleReformat with Partitions‘Partitioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a

p.2Table of ContentsG DRIVEUSB®Welcome to G-DRIVE mobile USB Table of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ...

p.20Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®2. Select the FireWire or USB icon – not the G-Technology drive icon – by clicking it in the left-side column.

p.21Using Your Drive on Mac Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®5. Click on the rst partition in the Volume Scheme area. Your partition will be highli

p.22Using Your Drive on MacG DRIVEUSB®8. Click on the Partition button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show

Using Your Drive on MacUsing Your Drive on Windows• Windows Use ... p.24• Cross Platform Use ...

p.24Using Your Drive on WindowsG DRIVEUSB®Windows UseG-DRIVE mobile USB is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS systems. A simple initialization

p.25Using Your Drive on Windows Using Your Drive on WindowsG DRIVEUSB®Cross Platform UseYou can set up G-DRIVE mobile USB for use on both Windows and

p.26Using Your Drive on WindowsG DRIVEUSB®4. Select MS-DOS File System from the Format pop-up menu. This will format to FAT32. NOTE: You may need to

p.27Using Your Drive on Windows Using Your Drive on WindowsG DRIVEUSB®6. Click the Erase button. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the wind

Support & WarrantySupport & Warranty• Technical Support ... p.29• Limited Warranty ...

p.29Support & Warranty Support & WarrantyG DRIVEUSB®Technical SupportThank you for purchasing G-DRIVE mobile USB. If you have any comments or

Table of ContentsSafety & General Use• Safety Precautions ... p.4• Backup Your Data ...

p.30Support & WarrantyG DRIVEUSB®Limited WarrantyHGST, a Western Digital Company (“HGST”) Including G-Technology for External Hard Disk DrivesWhat

p.31Support & Warranty Support & WarrantyG DRIVEUSB®What must you do? If you are having trouble with a product, before seeking limited warrant

p.32Support & WarrantyG DRIVEUSB®CAPACITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER For G-Technology products 1TB or greater: “One gigabyte (GB) is equal to one b

p.4Safety & General UseG DRIVEUSB®Safety PrecautionsThe G-DRIVE mobile USB warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precaut

p.5Safety & General Use Safety & General UseG DRIVEUSB®Backup Your DataThe disk drive contained in your G-DRIVE mobile USB device is a delicat

About Your G-DRIVE mobile USBAbout Your G-DRIVE mobile USB• Introduction ... p.7• What’s in the Box ..

p.7About Your G-DRIVE mobile USB About Your G-DRIVE mobile USBG DRIVEUSB®introIntroductionThank you for purchasing the G-DRIVE mobile USB from G-Techn

p.8About Your G-DRIVE mobile USBG DRIVEUSB®What’s in the Box The following items are included in the box:• G-DRIVE mobile USB • USB 3.0 cable (2.0 co

p.9About Your G-DRIVE mobile USB About Your G-DRIVE mobile USBG DRIVEUSB®Overview of the Drive This diagram shows the helpful features of your G-DRIVE