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GPT50 Manual

Fixed-Mount Tabletop Hard Drive

with FireWire 800, USB 2.0 Hi-speed, and eSATA

610036-1.1 GPT50 Manual.pdf

December 14, 2011

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Summary of Contents for GPT50

Page 1: ...red Additional rights and obligations regarding this document and its contents may be defined by a separate written agreement with GLYPH and if so such separate written agreement shall be controlling...

Page 2: ...ing Your GPT50 Your Glyph GPT50 and accessories are packaged in a sturdy shipping container Please inspect the container for evidence of shipping damage and mishandling If the container is damaged fil...

Page 3: ...0 to FW800 adapter cable which is available from Glyph If your computer doesn t have any FireWire ports you can either purchase a FireWire or eSATA adapter card recommended or use the USB 2 0 port on...

Page 4: ...g a GUID Partition Table in Windows GUID format is only supported by Windows XP 64 bit Edition Windows 2003 Server Windows Vista Windows 7 and Mac OS X GPT format will not work with XP 32 bit or older...

Page 5: ...ower cable Make sure that the power is off on all of your computer equipment and the GPT50 Connect the power cable to the back of the GPT50 Plug the three prong plug into an appropriate power receptac...

Page 6: ...stem This command will erase all the data on a volume and create a new file system Erase disk will not allow you to re partition a FireWire drive or create a different volume structure than what was p...

Page 7: ...th Windows and Mac OS 4 Formatting will take a few minutes after which your drive will be ready to use Windows 98 98SE Formatting Instructions 1 From your computer s task bar go to Start Programs MS D...

Page 8: ...nal Power Supply Universal 100 240v 50 60 Hz OS Compatibility Mac OS 8 6 9 X 10 X Microsoft Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP Vista 7 Modern Unix based Linux or BSD Warranty 3 Years 2 Years Free Basic Data Reco...

Page 9: ...at 400 speed maximum FireWire is forward compatible and back compatible but the bus always runs at the speed of the slowest link Beta cables are used to connect 800 devices to 800 devices Bi Lingual...

Page 10: ...b sec about 100 MB sec peak FireWire 400 has a max transfer rate of 400 Mb sec about 50 MB sec peak The higher bus speed helps with things like large file copies and RAID where FireWire 400 bus speed...

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