G-Technology 0G02428 Portable Media Storage User Manual


 
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Using Your Drive on Windows
®
Using Your Drive on Windows
®
G DRIVE
USB
®
Cross Platform Use
You can set up G-DRIVE mobile USB for use on both Windows and Mac
®
system by
formatting the drive as ‘FAT32’. To do this, use the Disk Utility application and format
the drive to MS-DOS (FAT), also known as FAT32.
1. First, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on youqr hard
drive under Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your
G-DRIVE mobile USB will be displayed in the left-hand column.
2. Select the G-DRIVE mobile USB by clicking its drive icon in the left-side column.
Information about the drive will be displayed at the bottom of the window.
3. Select the Erase tab to view the formatting options. By default, the Format
pop-up menu is set to the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) option.