G-Technology 0g02529 User Manual

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You can set up G-DRIVE mobile 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 your hard drive 

under Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your           
G-DRIVE mobile will be displayed in the left-hand column. 

2.  Select the G-DRIVE mobile 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.