G-Technology G-RAID mini 1TB Installation Manual

G-Technology G-RAID mini 1TB Installation Manual

G-technology g-raid mini 1tb: user guide

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G-RAID mini Product Guide
G-RAID mini™
Installation Guide
G-Technology Inc.
Tel: (310) 449-4599
Fax: (310) 449-4670
support@g-technology.com
P/N GRM120606 RevA

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8.1 Mac OSX
8.2 Windows 2000/XP
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    G-RAID mini Product Guide G-RAID mini™ Installation Guide G-Technology Inc. Tel: (310) 449-4599 Fax: (310) 449-4670 support@g-technology.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4. WHAT’S IN THE BOX 5. G-RAID mini OVERVIEW 6. INSTALLING G-RAID mini 7.
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  • Page 4: Introduction

    G-RAID mini Product Guide 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing G-RAID mini™ from G-Technology, Inc. (G-Tech)! G-RAID mini is an ultra-portable, bus powered FireWire storage solution specifically designed to support professional content creation applications. support Multi-stream video playback with real-time effects and audio while editing on a laptop in the field.
  • Page 5: G-Raid Mini Overview

    G-RAID mini Product Guide 5. G-RAID mini OVERVIEW Power and Activity LED FireWire 400 Port FireWire 800 Ports 6. INSTALLING G-RAID mini The G-RAID mini can be connected to your system via FireWire 400, FireWire 800 or USB. One of the coolest features of the G-RAID mini is that it can be operated without a power supply when connected via the FireWire 400 or 800 port.
  • Page 6: Mac Osx

    G-RAID mini Product Guide 7.1 Mac OS X G-RAID mini is initialized at the factory as a single Mac OS X volume. Power on G-RAID mini, wait 10 seconds, then power on your Mac. G-RAID mini will mount on the desktop as shown below.
  • Page 7: Windows 2000/Xp

    G-RAID mini Product Guide 5. Click on the <Partition> button. The dialog box shown below will appear. Click on the <Partition> button to continue. 6. When partitioning is complete, G-RAID mini will be displayed in the left-hand panel as shown below. 7.
  • Page 8 G-RAID mini Product Guide 4. Click on the <OK> button to continue. 5. The following window will appear. G-RAID mini (Disk 1) is now identified as Basic and Online. 6. Right-click on the Disk 1 “Unallocated” bar entry and select New Partition… from the pull-down menu as shown below.
  • Page 9 G-RAID mini Product Guide 8. The following window will appear. Click on the <Next> button to continue. 9. The window shown below will appear. Click on the <Next> button to continue. This will create one large volume using all of the available space on G-RAID mini. Note: Multiple partitions can be created on G-RAID mini.
  • Page 10: Cross Platform Use

    G-RAID mini Product Guide 12. The following window will appear. Click on the <Finish> button to continue. 13. Windows will format the volume and then display the following window. Disk 1 is now identified as G-RAID mini (E:). Exit the Computer Management console G-RAID mini will now be displayed as an available hard disk drive under My Computer as shown below.
  • Page 11: Unmounting/Disconnecting G-Raid Mini

    G-RAID mini Product Guide 4. Click “Erase” and your drive will be formatted to its full capacity as FAT32. With this format, you will be able to READ/WRITE on both windows (2000/XP) and MAC OS machines. (NOTE: You could format your drive on a Windows machine FAT32, however Windows limits FAT32 partitions to 32GB in size) WARNING:...
  • Page 12: Optimizing Data Transfer

    (310) 449-4599, info@g-technology.com. 11. LIMITED WARRANTY G-Technology Inc. (G-Tech) warrants your product against any For optimal defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the designated warranty period. become defective within the warranty period, G-Tech, will at its discretion, repair or replace the product.
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