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PortaGig 800 and SSD Quickstart

Pocket-sized, bus-powered FireWire 800 and USB 2.0

portable Hard Drive and SSD Drive

610027-1.04 PortaGig 800 Quickstart.pdf

July 22, 2009

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Summary of Contents for PGFW8004B-500

Page 1: ...h it was delivered 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 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by GLYPH Although GLYPH will make every effort to inform users of substa...

Page 2: ... the container is damaged file a report with the carrier or dealer immediately Do not at tempt to unpack and operate your PortaGig 800 until the carrier or dealer confirms the damage If the container is in good condi tion proceed with unpacking the PortaGig 800 Verify that all of the items described in the next section are present and in good condition If any of the items you expect to find in you...

Page 3: ...es are available in 7 200 and 5 400 RPM models as well as SSD models All models of the PortaGig 800 perform well in an audio environment however the SSD models have the highest performance The 7 200 RPM models have slightly higher track count compared to the 5 400 RPM models due to their higher transfer rates Ports On the rear of the PortaGig 800 there are two FireWire 800 ports and a USB 2 0 port...

Page 4: ...ech com Look under in the support downloads section of the web site Q My Windows computer doesn t show the drive in My Computer What s up The default format on the PortaGig 800 is for the Macintosh and Windows doesn t recognize it Once you have connected the PortaGig 800 to your Windows PC you have to re initialize it for use with Windows For Windows XP 2000 Vista that s going to be NTFS format fo...

Page 5: ...g Instructions 1 Right click My Computer and click Manage 2 In the Computer Management window under Storage click Disk Management The Write Signature wizard pops up 3 Use the wizard to write a signature to the new drive If you want only one partition we suggest using a primary partition and selecting the maximum size In most cases you ll want to use NTFS volumes this is the default for Windows 200...

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