User Manual

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Using Your Drive on Windows

Cross Platform Use

You can set up G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt 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 with Thunderbolt will be displayed in the left-hand column.

2. Select G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt by clicking on 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.