User Manual
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Maintenance for Your Drive
Maintenance for Your Drive
• InitializetheDriveforMac.....................p.29
• RestoretheDriveIcon.............................p.33
• ReformatwithPartitions.........................p.35
• ReplaceaFailedDriveModule.............p.40
Initialize the Drive for Mac
G-RAIDUSBisfactoryformattedor“initialized”forusewithMacOS.Youcanfollowthesesteps
toreinitializeyourdriveifyouwouldliketoquicklyerasethecontentsofthedrive.
1. OpentheDisk Utilityapplication.DiskUtilityislocatedonyourharddriveunder
Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.Thewindowbelowwillappear.YourG-RAIDUSBwillbe
displayedintheleftcolumn.
2. SelectG-RAIDUSBbyclickingitsdriveiconintheleftcolumn.Informationaboutthedrive
willbedisplayedatthebottomofthewindow.
3. SelecttheErasetabtoviewtheformattingoptions.Bydefault,theFormatpop-upmenuis
settotheMacOSExtended(Journaled)option.