G-Technology 0G02428 manual Limitations with FAT32

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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. Your drive will be formatted to its full capacity as FAT32.

7.Quit the Disk Utility program. You are finished!

8.After reinitializing, the custom icon for the G-DRIVE mobile USB will be erased. No icons are available for FAT32.

With the FAT32 format you will be able to read/write on Windows 7, Vista and XP and Mac OS machines.

Limitations with FAT32

There are some limitations when using FAT32.

The ‘MS-DOS File System’ cannot write files over 4 GB. If you are working with files over 4 GB, you may want to choose a software option like MacDrive, www.macdrive.com. MacDrive is Windows software that enables you to mount Mac® formatted drives on your Windows computer.

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