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- Page 1 PRODUCT MANUAL G DRIVE slim ® Ultra-Slim Portable USB Drive g-technology.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
G DRIVE slim ® Table of Contents Welcome to G-DRIVE slim Table of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ........... 4 Backup Your Data ............ 5 About Your G-DRIVE slim Introduction .............. 7 What’s in the Box ............ 8 System Requirements .......... -
Page 3: Safety & General Use
G DRIVE ® slim Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ......... p.4 • Backup Your Data ........... p.5 •... -
Page 4: Safety Precautions
G DRIVE slim ® Safety & General Use Safety Precautions The G-DRIVE slim warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our Technical Support department If the product is returned with damage caused by improper handling, the warranty will Limited Warranty... -
Page 5: Backup Your Data
Under no circumstances will G-Technology be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data. Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a G-Technology drive is the sole responsibility of the user. -
Page 6: About Your G-Drive Slim
G DRIVE ® slim About Your G-DRIVE slim Introduction ............. p.7 • What’s in the Box ........... p.8 • System Requirements ........p.8 • Overview of the Drive ........p.9 •... -
Page 7: Introduction
About Your G-DRIVE slim Introduction Thank you for purchasing the G-DRIVE® slim from G-Technology®. G-DRIVE slim hard drives are the ideal storage solutions for people on the go. G-DRIVE slim is the perfect compliment to any laptop or other portable computer. -
Page 8: What's In The Box
• G-DRIVE slim • (1) USB 3.0 cable (2.0 compatible) • Quick Install Guide If any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at g-technology.com/support. System Requirements G-DRIVE slim supports the folllowing Operating Systems. The drive is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS®... -
Page 9: Overview Of The Drive
G DRIVE slim ® About Your G-DRIVE slim Overview of the Drive This diagram shows the helpful features of your G-DRIVE slim. A USB port and Power & Activity LED are featured on the front of the unit. The activity light will glow when power is applied via the USB port. It will flash brighter as data is transferred to or from the hard drive. -
Page 10: Using Your Drive On Mac
G DRIVE ® slim Using Your Drive on Mac Easy Installation for Mac ......p.11 • Disconnect the Drive ........p.11 • Use with Time Machine ......p.12 •... -
Page 11: Easy Installation For Mac
G DRIVE slim ® Using Your Drive on Mac Easy Installation for Mac G-DRIVE slim easily attaches to your computer via a USB cable. Simply plug the small end of the cable into the G-DRIVE slim and the large end of the cable into a free USB port on your computer. -
Page 12: Use With Time Machine
G DRIVE slim ® Using Your Drive on Mac Use with Time Machine G-DRIVE slim works perfectly and easily with Time Machine. Time Machine is an application that ships with your Mac and provides automatic backup for your files. The following steps will quickly set up G-DRIVE slim with Time Machine. 1. - Page 13 G DRIVE slim ® Using Your Drive on Mac 3. In the dialog box that appears, select the G-DRIVE slim. 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.
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Page 14: Maintenance For Your Drive
G DRIVE ® slim Maintenance for Your Drive Initialize Drive for Mac ........ p.15 • Restore the Drive Icon ....... p.18 • Reformat with Partitions ......p.20 •... -
Page 15: Initialize Drive For Mac
G DRIVE slim ® Maintenance for Your Drive Initialize Drive for Mac G-DRIVE slim was factory-formatted for use or ‘initialized’ for Mac OS. You can reinitialize if you would like to quickly erase the contents of the drive. Here are the steps. - Page 16 G DRIVE slim ® Maintenance for Your Drive 4. Choose the Format option that you prefer. • Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Use this format if you intend to use the drive for Time Machine or to create a separate bootable installation of the OS. •...
- Page 17 G DRIVE slim ® Maintenance for Your Drive WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Erase button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting. 7.
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Page 18: Restore The Drive Icon
There will be a link to download the icons. 2. Once downloaded, it should automatically open the G-Technology Icons folder as shown below. If not, double-click the Zip file to open. Then double-click the DMG file to open the G-Technology Icons package. - Page 19 G DRIVE slim ® Maintenance for Your Drive 4. Select the G-DRIVE slim icon on your desktop and press Command+I. This opens its Get Info window. (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get Info window. (below left) 6.
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Page 20: Reformat With Partitions
1. First, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive under Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your G-Technology drive will be displayed in the left-hand column. - Page 21 ® 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 22 6. Repeat this process for each partition you have created. 7. Click the Apply button in the lower right corner of the windows. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to partition the G-Technology drive. WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE.
- Page 23 9. When partitioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of 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 this page.
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Page 24: Using Your Drive On Windows
G DRIVE ® slim Using Your Drive on Windows Windows Use ..........p.25 • Cross Platform Use ........p.26 •... -
Page 25: Windows Use
G-DRIVE slim is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS systems. A simple initialization will prepare your drive for use with Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP systems. For helpful information on configuring and using your drive with Windows, please visit www.g-technology.com/support. p.25... -
Page 26: Cross Platform Use
G DRIVE slim ® Using Your Drive on Windows Cross Platform Use You can set up G-DRIVE slim 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 27 G DRIVE slim ® Using Your Drive on Windows 4. Select MS-DOS File System from the Format pop-up menu. This will format to FAT32. NOTE: You may need to rename the drive because FAT32 does not support more than 11 letters in the drive name. 5.
- Page 28 G DRIVE slim ® Using Your Drive on Windows 6. Click the Erase button. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting. Your drive will be formatted to its full capacity as FAT32.
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Page 29: Support & Warranty
G DRIVE ® slim Support & Warranty Technical Support ........p.30 • Limited Warranty ......... p.31 • Copyright ............p.33 •... -
Page 30: Technical Support
Thank you for purchasing G-DRIVE slim. If you have any comments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! G-Technology appreciates and values its customers, striving to give you the finest ser- vice and support. If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using G-DRIVE slim, please contact G-Technology Technical Support at g-technology.com/support. -
Page 31: Limited Warranty
To determine the war- ranty specifically for your product, visit www.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 32 To obtain limited warranty service, you must first obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) and ship-to address by contacting G-Technology at http://www.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.
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Page 33: 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 oper- ating system, and other factors”...