Product Manual USB 3.0 external hard drives for use inside Evolution Series compatible docks and cases or as stand alone storage devices.
Table of Contents Welcome to the Evolution Series: G-DRIVE ev RaW SSD | G-DRIVE ev RaW | G-DRIVE ev | G-DRIVE ev 220 Table of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Backup Your Data .................................................................................................................................................
Safety & General Use Safety & General Use Safety Precautions Backup Your Data The G-DRIVE® ev warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our Technical Support department. The disk drive contained in your G-DRIVE® ev device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to excessive physical shock. Please refer to the drop specifications listed for each drive type.
About Your G-DRIVE® ev Introduction Thank you for purchasing the G-DRIVE ev from G-Technology. Designed to meet the demanding storage needs of creative professional workflows, G-DRIVE ev hard drives act as standalone devices in the field, moving project files easily from location to studio, with seamless distribution among partners. When inserted into your G-DOCK ev™, you can capture, transfer and distribute all with one storage solution.
About Your G-DRIVE® ev About Your G-DRIVE® ev What’s in the Box Overview of the Drive The following items are included in the box: This diagram displays the key features of your G-DRIVE ev. A Power & Activity LED is on the front of the unit. A USB 3.0 port is on the back, along with the SATA interface for use with the G-DOCK ev or the ev All Terrain cases available in both Thunderbolt and USB interfaces.
About Your G-DRIVE® ev Disconnect the Drive A great feature of G-DRIVE ev is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your computer is running. To prevent failures and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘unmounting’ the drive from your computer.  1. Before powering down and disconnecting the drive, unmount the system by simply dragging the G-DRIVE ev icon to the trash located in the dock. Keyboard shortcut: Select the drive icon and hit Command+E. 2.
Using Your Drive on Mac® Using Your Drive on Mac® 3. In the dialog box that appears, select the G-DRIVE ev. Click the Use for Backup button. Use with Time Machine® G-DRIVE ev works perfectly and easily with Time Machine. Time Machine is an application that ships with your Mac and provides automatic backup for your files. The following steps will quickly set up G-DRIVE ev with Time Machine. 1. When you attach G-DRIVE ev for the first time, the Time Machine dialog box should automatically appear.
Using Your Drive on Mac® Using Your Drive on Mac® Initialize Drive for Mac 4. Choose the Format option that you prefer. G-DRIVE ev was factory-formatted for use or ‘initialized’ for Mac OS. You can reinitialize if you would like to quickly erase the contents of the drive. Here are the steps. • Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Use this format if you intend to use the drive for Time Machine or to create a separate bootable installation of the OS. 1. First, open the Disk Utility program.
Using Your Drive on Mac® Using Your Drive on Mac® WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE. Restore the Drive Icon 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. If the G-DRIVE ev drive icon was erased during the reinitializing process (see previous section), you can restore the icon with the following easy steps. NOTE: This process is not required for the operation of G-DRIVE ev.
Using Your Drive on Mac® Using Your Drive on Mac® Reformat with Partitions 4. Select the G-DRIVE ev icon on your desktop and press Command+I. This opens its Get Info window. (below left) ‘Partitioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate, discrete sections called ‘volumes’. Each volume works like a separate disk. You can create up to 16 different partitions on a hard drive in the OS and each partition can be a different size and format. 5.
Using Your Drive on Mac® Using Your Drive on Mac® 2. Select the FireWire or USB icon – not the G-Technology drive icon – by clicking it in the left-side column. 5. Click on the first partition in the Volume Scheme area. Your partition will be highlighted by a blue bounding box. • In the Name field, type a name for the partition. 3. Click on the Partition button in the main window. • From the Format menu, choose your desired disk format.
Using Your Drive on Mac® 8. Click on the Partition button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show you the progress of the disk’s reformatting. 9. When partitioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the lefthand panel of Disk Utility. Using Your Drive on Windows® 10. Quit the Disk Utility program. After reinitializing the drive, the custom icon for the G-Technology drive has been erased.
Using Your Drive on Windows® Using Your Drive on Windows® Windows Use Cross Platform Use G-DRIVE ev is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS 10.9+ systems. A simple initialization will prepare your drive for use with Windows® 10, 8.1 and 7. You can setup G-DRIVE ev for use on both Windows and Mac® systems by formatting the drive as ‘FAT32’. To do this, use the Disk Utility application and format the drive to MSDOS (FAT), also known as FAT32.
Using Your Drive on Windows® Using Your Drive on Windows® 4. Select MS-DOS File System from the Format pop-up menu. This will format the drive to FAT32. WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE. NOTE: You may need to rename the drive because FAT32 does not support more than 11 characters in the drive name. 6. Click the Erase button. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting.
Support & Warranty Support & Warranty Technical Support Thank you for purchasing G-DRIVE ev. If you have any comments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! At G-Technology, we appreciate and value our customers, and strive to give you the finest quality products, service and support. If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using any of the G-DRIVE ev series, please contact G-Technology Technical Support at www.g-technology.com/support.
Support & Warranty Support & Warranty Limited Warranty What must you do? HGST, a Western Digital Company (“HGST”) Including G-Technology for External Hard Disk Drives. If you are having trouble with a product, before seeking limited warranty service, first follow the troubleshooting procedures that HGST or your reseller provides.
Support & Warranty CAPACITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER For G-Technology products 1TB or greater: “One gigabyte (GB) is equal to one billion bytes and one terabyte (TB) equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes). Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, the computer’s operating system, and other factors” For G-Technology products less than 1TB: “One gigabyte (GB) is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
