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14.
G-SAFE will now be displayed as an available hard
disk drive under My Computer as shown below.
G-SAFE is now ready to safeguard your data!!
9.3. Cross Platform Use
To setup your G-SAFE for use on both Windows and
Macintosh systems, use the Apple Disk utility and format
G-SAFE FAT32.
1.
Open the Apple Disk Utility. (The Apple Disk Utility is in
the Utilities Folder located in the Applications Folder
on your system drive). A window like the one below will
appear.
2.
Select the G-SAFE from the left-hand column, then
select the “Erase” button at the top as shown. Select
MS-DOS File System from the drop down menu and
Enter “G-SAFE” in the Name field.
3.
Click on the erase button and the screen on the next
page will appear.
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 currently
limits FAT32 partitions to 32GB in size)
WARNING:
THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE.
NOTE: The 'MS-DOS File System' cannot write
files over 4 GB. If you are working with files over
4 GB, you may want to choose a software option
like MacDrive. MacDrive is Windows software that
enables the Windows OS to mount MAC formatted
drives. (www.macdrive.com)
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