User Manual
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Maintenance for Your Drive
 WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE.
6.  Click on the Erase button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the 
window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting. 
7.   After the drive is re-initialized, you should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box. 
• Click the Use as Backup Disk button if you want to use the drive with Time Machine. For 
more info using the drive with Time Machine, go here.
•  Click the Don’t Use or Decide Later button if you do not want to use Time Machine  
at this point.
8.  Quit the Disk Utility program. After re-initializing the drive, the custom icon for G-DRIVE 
USB has been erased. You can optionally restore this icon with the steps on the next page.










