5. G-SATA OVERVIEW 6. INSTALLING G-SATA 6.1 Installing the G-SATA PCI Adapter 6.2 Connecting G-SATA to your Computer 6.3 Attaching the SATA and Power Cables to G-SATA 7. INITIALIZING G-SATA 7.1 Mac OS X (10.4) 7.2 Windows 2000/XP 8. HOT-SWAP PROCEDURE FOR G-SATA 8.1 Mac OS X Computers –...
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1) Install the SATA PCI adapter 2) Cable G-SATA to your computer 3) Initialize G-SATA for use with your choice of operating system 6.1 Installing the G-SATA PCI Adapter 1. Remove the power cord from your computer.
Mac. G-SATA will mount on the desktop as shown below. Note: G-SATA may also be initialized as two independent volumes or as a mirrored (RAID 1) volume for data security documentation on the steps required to re-initialize as individual volumes or as a mirror.
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Utilities Folder located in the Applications Folder on the Macintosh HD. A window like the following will appear. The two drives contained in G-SATA will be displayed in the left-hand column as shown. 2. Select one of the drives contained in G-SATA by clicking on the entry in the left-hand column as shown below.
Click on the <Create> button to continue. 6. When the RAID is created, G-SATA will be displayed in the left-hand panel as shown below. 7. Exit the Apple Disk Utility. 8. G-SATA will now be mounted on the desktop as shown below.
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Press <Ctrl+E> to exit the RAID Configuration Utility. Press <Y> to confirm. 6. Reboot your computer. Now that the G-SATA PCI adapter is configured for RAID 0 operation, the system must be initialized for use. 1. Open the Disk Management utility by right-clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop and selecting “Manage”...
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G-SATA Installation Guide 4. The following window will appear. G-SATA (Disk 1) is now identified as Basic and Online. 5. Right-click on the Disk 1 “Unallocated” bar entry and select New Partition… from the pull-down menu as shown below. 6. The window shown below will appear.
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<Next> button to continue. This will create one large volume using all of the available space on G-SATA. Note: Multiple partitions can be created on G-SATA. Consult your Windows documentation for instructions on setting up multiple partitions. 9. Windows will automatically assign a drive letter (in this example E:).
G-SATA is now set up for use!! 8. Hot-Swap Procedure for G-SATA A great feature of G-SATA is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your computer is running. failures and/or data loss it is important to follow the steps below when hot-swapping G-SATA.
1. Right -click on My Computer, select Manage, and then Device Manager. 2. Go to Disk Drives. 3. Right click on the drives contained in G-SATA and select Remove/Disable. 4. After performing this operation, you can remove G-SATA from the system without risk of losing any data that is currently stored in cache memory.
G-SATA Installation Guide 10. LIMITED WARRANTY G-Technology Inc. (G-Tech) warrants your product against any 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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