User guide

GT 205

Quick Guide #610019-1.02 Preparing Your Drive for Use: Mac OS X Users

Your drive is a single volume by default. To re-initialize your drive, use

the following procedure.

AUTION:

This procedure will destroy any data currently on the drive. Before

formatting a drive, save any important data it contains.

1. Select the volume by clicking on it once in the Finder

2. Go to the Special menu and select Erase Disk...

The Erase Disk dialog box opens to verify your decision to erase

the disk.

3. In the Name field, enter the new name for the disk or leave the

name as it is.

4. In the Format drop-down menu, choose an Extended volume

All GT Key drives are formatted at the factory as Extended

volumes.

5. Click Erase.

The disk is now erased and should mount on your desktop with

the new volume information.

Preparing Your Drive for Use: Mac OS X Users

Since your Glyph hard disk drive comes pre-formatted for Macintosh

you don’t need to format it on installation. If your computer is

running Mac OS X and you decide to reformat or partition your drive,

use Disk Utility (supplied with the Mac OS X operating system).