Benutzeranleitung / Produktwartung 0G02529 des Produzenten G-Technology
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P or table USB and F ireW ire® PRODUCT MANU AL g-technology .c om G DRIVE ®.
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 ........................................
G DRIVE ® Safety & General U se • Safety Pr ecautions ......................................... p .4 • Backup Y our Data .....................
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.
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.
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.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 .
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 .
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.
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 .
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.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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’ .
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.
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.
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 .
G DRIVE ® U sing Y our D riv e on W indow s ® • Window s Use ................................................. p .24 • Cross Pla tform Use ......
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 conguring and using y our drive with Windows , please visit z.
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.
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.
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.
G DRIVE ® Suppor t & W arranty • T echnical Suppor t ....................................... p.29 • Limited W arranty ........................
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.
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 v.
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.
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).
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