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Thunderbolt Storage System with Transfer Rates up to 480MB/s

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Page 1: ...g technology com Thunderbolt Storage System withTransfer Rates up to 480MB s PRODUCT MANUAL Welcome to G DRIVE PRO TB ...

Page 2: ...Introduction 7 What s in the Box 8 System Requirements 8 Overview of the Drive 9 Using G DRIVE PRO with Thunderbolt Easy Installation 11 Disconnect the Drive 12 Maintenance for Your Drive Initialize Drive for Mac 14 Restore the Drive Icon 17 Reformat with Partitions 19 Support Warranty Technical Support 24 Limited Warranty 25 Copyright 27 Table of Contents ...

Page 3: ...Safety General Use Safety Precautions p 4 Backup Your Data p 5 ...

Page 4: ...way from moisture or liquids To reduce the risk of damage do not expose this drive to rain or moisture Do not use it in damp or wet conditions Never place objects containing liquids on the drive as they may spill into its openings Ventilation Place the device in a vented area The drive should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat source Temperature Do not expose this drive to temperature...

Page 5: ...held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data Any loss corruption or destruction of data while using a G Technology drive is the sole responsibility of the user Make Two Backups To help prevent the loss of your data we highly recommend that you keep TWO copies of your data in separate storage locations Keep one copy on your G Technology drive Keep a second copy on your internal hard dri...

Page 6: ...About Your Drive Introduction p 7 What s in the Box p 8 System Requirements p 8 Overview of the Drive p 9 ...

Page 7: ...ystems thanks to Thunderbolt and G DRIVE PRO TB Thunderbolt technology enables blazing fast transfers over an interface that is capable of sustaining two data streams at over 1000MB sec each This opens up incredible possibilities for mobile applications as well as simplifying high performance connectivity G DRIVE PRO TB incorporates many of the same features of the standard G DRIVE including a the...

Page 8: ...er Quick Start Guide 3 Year limited warranty If any items are missing please contact G Technology at support g technology com System Requirements G DRIVE PRO with Thunderbolt supports the following Operating Systems The drive is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS systems and formatted as HFS with Journaling Mac OS 10 7 Windows 8 7 and Vista via reformat Thunderbolt port ...

Page 9: ... PRO TB There is a Power Activity LED on the front of the unit that will glow when the unit is powered on and will flash brighter as data is transferred to or from the hard drives On the rear of the unit is a Kensington Security Slot two high speed Thunderbolt ports DC Power In and Soft touch On Off switch ...

Page 10: ...Using G DRIVE PRO with Thunderbolt Easy Installation p 11 Disconnect the Drive p 12 ...

Page 11: ...d the other end into either port on the rear of G DRIVE PRO TB One of the great features of Thunderbolt technology is the ability to daisy chain up to six Thunderbolt enabled devices Connect the power cord to the unit and plug the other end into a surge protector or wall outlet Press and hold the power button until the unit turns on The drive will automatically mount on the desktop ...

Page 12: ...when disconnecting or unmounting the drive from your computer 1 Before powering down and disconnecting the drive unmount the system by simply dragging the G DRIVE PRO TB icon to the trash located in the dock Keyboard shortcut Select the drive icon and hit Command E 2 It is safe to remove the drive from your system when the drive icon is no longer present on your desktop 3 To power off G DRIVE PRO ...

Page 13: ...Maintenance for Your Drive Initialize Drive for Mac p 14 Restore the Drive Icon p 17 Reformat with Partitions p 19 ...

Page 14: ...s application is located on your hard drive under Applications Utilities Disk Utility The window below will appear Your G DRIVE DRIVE PRO TB will be displayed in the left hand column 2 Select the G DRIVE PRO TB by clicking its drive icon in the left side column Informa tion about the drive willl be displayed at the bottom of the window 3 Select the Erase tab to view the formatting options By defau...

Page 15: ...r Time Machine or to create a separate bootable installation of OS Mac OS Extended Use this format for best performance and media storage To select click the Format pop up and its option to Mac OS Extended 5 Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G DRIVE PRO TB partition ...

Page 16: ...he drive is reinitialized you should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box Click the Use as Backup Disk button if you want to use the drive with Time Machine Click the Don t Use or Decide Later button if you do not want to use Time Machine at this point 8 Quit the Disk Utility program After reinitializing the drive the custom icon for G DRIVE PRO TB has been erased You can optionally resto...

Page 17: ... appearance on the computer desktop look nicer and more accurate 1 To get the G Technology icon package go to www g technology com support and navigate to your product There will be a link to download the icons 2 Once downloaded it should automatically open the G Technology Icons folder as shown below If not double click the Zip file to open Next double click the DMG file to open the G Tech Icons ...

Page 18: ...This opens the Get Info window below left 5 Select the default icon in the Get Info window below left 6 Press Command V to paste the custom G DRIVE PRO TB icon into the Get Info window below right The icon for your G DRIVE PRO TB has been restored and you can close the Get Info window Your drive is now ready for use ...

Page 19: ...nt purposes For instance segment user data from backup data set up a multi boot environment with different Operating Systems or create a dedicated capture scratch disk for programs like Final Cut Pro The following steps will guide you through this simple process of partitioning your drive In this example we will partition a 1TB G DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt The steps will be identical for your d...

Page 20: ...con not the G Technology drive icon by clicking it in the left side column 3 Click on the Partition button in the main window 4 Select the number of partitions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu Below we have selected 2 Partitions to create two partitions ...

Page 21: ...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 window A dialog box will appear asking if you wan...

Page 22: ... partitions will be displayed in the left hand panel of Disk Utility 10 Quit the Disk Utility program After reinitializing the drive the custom icon for the G Technology drive has been erased You can optionally restore this icon to each parti tion with the steps on this page 11 The multiple partitions of the G Technology drive will be displayed on the desktop Your drive is now setup with two or mo...

Page 23: ...Support Warranty Technical Support p 24 Limited Warranty p 25 Copyright p 27 ...

Page 24: ...and support If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using G DRIVE PRO TB please contact G Technology Technical Support at www g technology com support Helpful information for support When contacting Technical Support it s best to be in front of your computer and have the following information available Your G DRIVE PRO TB serial number on bottom of unit Operating System and version C...

Page 25: ...sured from the date of sale from HGST to the authorized distributor What does this limited warranty not cover The limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from commercial use misuse accident modification or alteration to hardware or software tampering unsuitable physical or operat ing environment beyond product specifications improper maintenance or failure caused by a product for which HG...

Page 26: ...arrier at HGST shipping point You are responsible for importation of the replaced product if applicable HGST will not return the original drive to consumers therefore the consumer is responsible for moving data to another media before returning Data Recovery is not covered under this warranty and is not part of the warranty returns process HGST warrants that the replaced products are covered for t...

Page 27: ...gigabyte GB is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity Accessible capacity will vary depending on the operating environment and formatting Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Design by G Technology in California G DRIVE and G Technology are registered trademarks of HGST Inc and its affiliates in the U S an...

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