4. Enter G-RAID mini in the Name field.
5. Click the Erase button and the following dialog box will
appear.
WARNING
: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR
DRIVE.
6. Click the
Erase
button 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 and Mac OS X Machines.
NOTE
: You could format your drive on a Windows Machine as
FAT 32, however Windows limits FAT32 partitions to 32 GB in
size.
NOTE: The MS-DOS File System cannot write files over 4 GB. If
you are working with files over 4 GB, you may wish to choose
a software option like MacDrive. MacDrive is Windows
software that enables the Windows OS to mount Mac
formatted drives. See the
Mac
Drive website for more info.
Disconnecting G-RAID mini
A great feature of G-RAID mini 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 G-RAID
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