G-DRIVE Q Product Guide G-DRIVE Q Installation Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4. WHAT’S IN THE BOX 5. G-DRIVE Q OVERVIEW 6. INSTALLING G-DRIVE Q 6.1 Attaching the FireWire Cable and Power to G-DRIVE Q 6.2 Connecting G-DRIVE Q to your Computer 7. INITIALIZING G-DRIVE Q 7.1 Mac OSX (10.4) 7.2 Windows 2000/XP 7.3 Cross Platform use 8. UNMOUNTING/DISCONNECTING G-DRIVE Q G-Technology Inc. Tel: (310) 449-4599 Fax: (310) 449-4670 support@g-technology.
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G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing G-DRIVE Q from G-Technology, Inc. (G-Tech)! G-DRIVE Q quad-interface external hard drives offer the ultimate in flexibility by providing FireWire 400, FireWire 800, USB 2.0 and eSATA ports all in a single unit. G-DRIVE Q is the perfect high-performance solution for storage intensive applications including audio/video editing, digital photography, MP3 libraries and high-speed data back up.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide Attention Mac OS X Users G-DRIVE Q is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS X systems. If you are running Mac OS X, G-DRIVE Q will mount on the OS X desktop right out of the box. If it becomes necessary to re-format G-DRIVE Q for Mac OS X, see section 7.1. 5. G-DRIVE Q OVERVIEW Attention Windows Users G-DRIVE Q must be formatted for the Windows Operating System before use on a PC. Please see section 7.2 for more information.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 6. INSTALLING G-DRIVE Q G-DRIVE Q attaches to your computer via USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 or eSATA. Choose the connection appropriate for your system and connect G-DRIVE Q with the supplied cable. 7.1 Mac OS X (10.4) G-DRIVE Q is initialized at the factory as a single Mac OS X volume. Power on G-DRIVE, wait 10 seconds, then power on your Mac. G-DRIVE Q will mount on the desktop as shown below.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 3. Select the Partition tab to view the partition options as shown below. Note: Alternatively, G-DRIVE Q can be set up in multiple volumes by selecting the desired number of partitions from the Volume Scheme pulldown menu. 5. Click on the button. The dialog box shown below will appear. Click on the button to continue. 6. When partitioning is complete, G-DRIVE Q will be displayed in the left-hand panel as shown below. 4.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 7.2 Windows 2000/XP 1. Power on G-DRIVE, wait 10 seconds, then power on your computer. 2. Open the Disk Management utility by right-clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop and selecting “Manage” from the drop down menu as shown below. 7. Exit the Apple Disk Utility. 8. G-DRIVE Q is now mounted on the desktop as shown below. 3. The Computer Management console will appear as shown below. Click on “Disk Management” in the left-hand panel.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide Right click on Disk 1 and select Initialize Disk from the pull-down menu as shown. The window shown on the next page will appear. 6. Right-click on the Disk 1 “Unallocated” bar entry and select New Partition… from the pull-down menu as shown below. 4. Click on the button to continue. 5. The following window will appear. G-DRIVE Q (Disk 1) is now identified as Basic and Online. 7. The window shown below will appear. button to continue.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 8. The following window will appear. Click on the button to continue. 10. Windows will automatically assign a drive letter (in this example E:). Accept this assignment and click on the button to continue. 9. The window shown below will appear. Click on the button to continue. This will create one large volume using all of the available space on G-DRIVE. 11.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 12. The following window will appear. Click on the button to continue. 14. G-DRIVE Q will now be displayed as an available hard disk drive under My Computer as shown below. G-DRIVE Q is now set up for use!! 7.3. Cross Platform Use To setup your G-DRIVE Q for use on both Windows and Macintosh systems, use the Apple Disk utility and format GDRIVE Q FAT32. 1. Open the Apple Disk Utility.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 3. Click on the erase button and the following screen will appear. 8. UNMOUNTING/DISCONNECTING G-DRIVE Q A great feature of G-DRIVE Q 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 unmounting/disconnecting G-DRIVE Q from your computer. 8.1 Mac OS X Computers 1.
G-DRIVE Q Product Guide 9. OPTIMIZING DATA TRANSFER RATES G-DRIVE Q can be connected to any Mac or PC equipped with a FireWire 400, FireWire 800, USB 2.0 or eSATA port. For best performance, G-DRIVE Q should be connected via FireWire 800 or an eSATA port. Alternatively, G-DRIVE Q may be connected to a FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 port. 10.
