User's Manual
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Maintenance for Your Drive
Reformat with Partitions
‘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 dierent
partitions on a hard drive in OS X and each partition can be a dierent size and format.
With hard drives getting bigger, it is useful to partition your hard drive so sections of its space
can be used for dierent purposes. For instance, segment user data from backup data, set up
a multi-boot environment with dierent Operating Systems or create a dedicated capture
scratch disk for programs like Final Cut Pro.
The following steps will guide you through this simple process of partitioning your drive. In
this example, we will partition a 4TB G-DRIVE USB connected via USB 3.0.The steps will be identical
for your drive, only the name may be dierent.
1. First, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive under
Applications > Utilities >Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your
G-Technology drive will be displayed in the left-hand column.