User's 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.