User Manual
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Support & Warranty 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 oper-
ating 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. Accessible capacity will vary depending on the operat-
ing environment and formatting.”
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One gigabyte (GB) is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
Accessible capacity will vary depending on the operating environment and formatting.
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G‐Technology and G-DRIVE are trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its aliates in the
United States and/or other countries. Apple, Mac, FireWire, MacBook Pro, Time Machine and
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What must you do?
If you are having trouble with a product, before seeking limited warranty service, rst follow the
troubleshooting procedures that HGST or your reseller provides.
To obtain limited warranty service, you must rst obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) and
ship-to address by contacting G-Technology at http://www.g-technology.com/support. Please follow
the instructions found on the website. You must return the covered hard disk drive using approved
packaging to our logistics center. You must pay any associated transportation charges, duties and in-
surance in shipping the drive to our logistics center. You should remove all personal information from
the product prior to its return.
What will HGST do?
HGST will replace the drive with a functionally equivalent replacement product, transportation pre-
paid. HGST may replace your product with a product that was previously used, repaired and tested
to meet HGST specications. You receive tile to the replaced product at delivery to carrier at HGST
shipping point. You are responsible for importation of the replaced product, if applicable. HGST will
not return the original drive to consumers; therefore, the consumer is responsible for moving data to
another media before returning. Data Recovery is not covered under this warranty and is not part of
the warranty returns process. HGST warrants that the replaced products are covered for the remainder
of the original product warranty or 90 days, whichever is greater.
How is our liability limited?
HGST AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND RESELLERS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING: 1) THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS AGAINST YOU FOR DAMAGES (OTHER THAN BODILY INJURY
INCLUDING DEATH AND TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY; 2) LOSS OF, OR DAMAGE TO, YOUR DATA; OR
3) SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OR FOR ANY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR SAVINGS), EVEN IF INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY. SOME JURISDIC-
TIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAM-
AGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
How do local laws apply?
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER
RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.