G-Technology G Drive slim, Product Manual

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Maintenance for Your Drive
G DRIVE
slim ®
5. Click on the first partition in the Volume Scheme area. Your partition will be highlighted
by a blue bounding box.
• In the Name field, type a name for the partition.
• From the Format menu, choose your desired disk format. If you will use your drive
primarily on Mac OS, it is recommended to use Mac OS Extended or Mac OS Extended
(Journaled). For info about formats,
go here
.
• In the Size field, type in a size for the partition. Alternately, you can drag the bar in
between each partition to quickly change the size.
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.