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  • Page 1 PRODUCT MANUAL g-technology.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Welcome to G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt Table of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ........... 4 Backup Your Data ............ 5 About Your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt Introduction .............. 7 What’s in the Box ............ 8 System Requirements ..........9 Overview of the Drive ...........

  • Page 3: Safety & General Use

    Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ......... p.4 • Backup Your Data ........... p.5 •...

  • Page 4: Safety Precautions

    Safety & General Use Safety Precautions The warranty on G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt may be void as a result of the failure to respect the Technical precautions listed here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our Support department...

  • Page 5: Backup Your Data

    Safety & General Use Backup Your Data The disk drive contained in your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to excessive physical shock. Under no circumstances will G-Technology be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data.

  • Page 6: About Your G-Drive With Thunderbolt

    About Your G–DRIVE with Thunderbolt About Your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt Introduction ............. p.7 • What’s in the Box ........... p.8 • System Requirements ........p.9 • Overview of the Drive ........p.9 •...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces in a solid, all-aluminum enclosure. You’ll love how G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt looks and sounds. It features the latest HGST 7200 RPM drive with up to 64MB of cache, encased in a rugged, stylish and recyclable enclosure.

  • Page 8: What's In The Box

    • (1) Thunderbolt cable • (1) USB 3.0 cable, (backward-compatible to USB 2.0) • Universal AC Power Supply • Quick Start Guide • 3-Year Limited Warranty If any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at support@g-technology.com or call (888) 426-5214.

  • Page 9: System Requirements

    32-bit operating systems. These OS’s are limited to a maximum volume size of 2.2TB. Overview of the Drive This diagram shows the helpful features of your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt. There is a Power & Activity LED on the front of the unit and a Heat Sink beneath it. The activity LED will glow when the unit is switched on.
  • Page 10 Using Your Drive on Mac ® Using Your Drive on Mac Easy Installation for Mac ......p.11 • Optimize Performance ......p.11 • Use with Time Machine ......p.12 • Disconnect the Drive ........p.14 •...

  • Page 11: Easy Installation For Mac

    Mac OS. Optimize Performance For best performance, we recommend connecting your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt via the Thunderbolt port. G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt can be connected to any machine equipped with a Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 port.

  • Page 12: Use With Time Machine

    Mac and provides automatic backup for your files. Use the following steps to quickly set up your drive with Time Machine. 1. When you attach your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt for the first time, the Time Machine dialog box should appear automatically. Click the Use as Backup Disk button.
  • Page 13 Using Your Drive on Mac ® 3. In the dialog box that appears, select G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt. Click the Use for Backup button. 4. Make sure the Time Machine switch is set to ON. You can set its options by clicking the Options button.

  • Page 14: Disconnecting The Drive

    ® Disconnecting the Drive A great feature of G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your computer is running. To prevent failures and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘unmounting’ the drive from your computer.

  • Page 15: Maintenance For Your Drive

    Maintenance for Your Drive Initialize Drive for Mac ......p.16 • Restore the Drive Icon ......p.19 • Reformat with Partitions ......p.21 •...

  • Page 16: Initialize Drive For Mac

    Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window shown below will appear. Your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt will be displayed in the left-hand column. 2. Select the G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt by clicking its drive icon in the left-side column. Information about the drive will be displayed at the bottom of the window.
  • Page 17 To select, click the Format pop-up and its option to Mac OS Extended. 5. Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt partition. p.17...
  • Page 18 • Click the Don’t Use or Decide Later button if you do not want to use Time Machine at this point. 8. Quit the Disk Utility program. After reinitializing the drive, the custom icon for G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt has been erased. You can optionally restore this icon next page.

  • Page 19: Restore The Drive Icon

    If not, double-click the Zip file to open. Then double-click the DMG file to open the G-Technology Icons package. 3. Click to select the drive icon for G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt in the package window. Press Command+C to copy the icon. (below)
  • Page 20 6. Press Command+V to paste the custom G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt icon into the Get Info window. (below right) The icon for your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt has been restored and you can close the Get Info window. Your drive is now fully ready for use!

  • Page 21: Reformat With Partitions

    The following steps will guide you through this simple process of partitioning your drive. In this example, we will partition a 4TB G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt connected via USB 3.0. The steps will be identical for your drive, only the name may be different.
  • Page 22 Maintenance for Your Drive 2. Select the FireWire or USB icon—not the G-Technology drive icon—by clicking it in the left-side column. 3. Click on the Partition button in the main window. 4. Select the number of partitions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu.
  • Page 23 7. Click the Apply button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will appear confirming your choice to partition and erase the G-Technology drive partition. WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE.
  • Page 24 Disk Utility. 10. Quit the Disk Utility program. After reinitializing the drive, the custom icon for the G-Technology drive has been erased. You can optionally restore this icon to each partition with the steps this page.

  • Page 25: Using Your Drive On Windows

    Using Your Drive on Windows Windows Use ..........p.26 • Cross Platform Use ........p.27 •...

  • Page 26: Windows Use

    Using Your Drive on Windows ® Windows Use Although your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt has been set up at the factory for use with Mac OS systems, a simple initialization will prepare your drive for use with Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems.

  • Page 27: Cross Platform Use

    ® Cross Platform Use You can set up G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt for use on both Windows and Mac system by formatting the drive as ‘Fat32’ . To do this, use the Disk Utility application and format the drive to MS-DOS (Fat), also known as Fat32.
  • Page 28 NOTE: You may need to rename the drive because Fat32 does not support more than 11 letters in the drive name. 5. Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt partition. p.28...
  • Page 29 Fat32. 6. Quit the Disk Utility program. You are finished! 7. After reinitializing, the custom icon for the G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt will be erased. No icons are available for Fat32. With this format, you will be able to read/write on Windows 8, 7 and Mac OS machines.

  • Page 30: Support & Warranty

    Support & Warranty Support & Warranty Technical Support ........p.31 • Limited Warranty ......... p.32 • Copyright ............p.33 •...

  • Page 31: Technical Support

    Thank you again for purchasing G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt—if you have any comments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! At G-Technology, we appreciate and value our customers, and strive to give you the finest quality products, service and support. If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt, please contact G-Technology Technical Support at www.g-technology.com/support.

  • Page 32: Limited Warranty

    To determine the warranty specifically for your product, visit g-technology.com. A valid proof of purchase may be required to prove eligibility. If you do not have a valid proof of purchase, the limited warranty period will be measured from the date of sale from HGST to the authorized distributor.
  • Page 33 To obtain limited warranty service, you must first obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) and ship-to address by contacting G-Technology at g-technology.com/support. Please follow the instructions found on the website. You must return the covered hard disk drive using approved packaging to our logistics center.

  • Page 34: Copyright

    Support & Warranty CAPACITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER For G-Technology products 1TB or greater: “One gigabyte (GB) is equal to one billion bytes and one terabyte (TB) equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes). Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, the computer’s operating system, and other factors”...

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