G-Technology External Hard Drive Formatting Made Easy with G-Technology Format Wizard
G-Technology Format Wizard
G-technology format wizard comes with a user friendly interface that guides users through the formatting process step by step. It can also detect G-technology external hard disks and display their volume details, model and serial numbers, disk capacity, etc.
Using clear ordering in wizard steps minimizes decision making (and reduces memory load if completed steps aren’t clearly marked). Adding descriptive labels to buttons provides helpful information scent as well.
Formatting
If you are planning to use your G-Technology external hard drive on a Windows system, it is important to format it first. The formatting process can be done by using a tool such as MiniTool Partition Wizard. This program is free to download and can be used to format RAW external hard drives for both Windows and Mac.
The G-Technology brand is a Western Digital subsidiary that offers external storage devices designed and marketed for the professional Macintosh market. Its most famous products include the G-Drive series of external hard drives. These drives are made for storage-intensive applications such as audio/video editing and digital photography.
Many of the G-Technology hard drives are formatted for MAC OS X “out of the box” and are Time Machine compatible. However, if you plan on using your G-Technology hard drive with a Windows computer, you will need to reformat it to NTFS. You can find instructions on how to do this by visiting the G-Technology Windows compatibility solutions page.
Detection
During the format process, g-technology format wizard can detect and display your G drive’s model and serial numbers, disk capacity and other information. It also supports a variety of RAID modes and can be formatted for MAC OS X “out of the box” and is Time Machine compatible.
G Technology is a brand under Western Digital offering various external hard drives for macOS and Windows. Its most famous series of products are the G-Drive external hard drives.
Deleted files on G-Technology external hard drives are not actually deleted as the system overwrites them with new data. Therefore, they are recoverable for a while until new data overwrites them permanently. This is the reason why you need to back up your important files and folders regularly. With Recoverit, you can easily retrieve your lost files from G-technology external hard drives. The software supports various file formats and can quickly scan your G-Technology external hard drive to look for the deleted files.
Confirmation
The G-Technology brand is a division of Western Digital offering various external hard drives for macOS and Windows. Its most famous series are G-Drive external hard drive and G-Drive SSD, both designed and marketed for the Macintosh, creative pro, photography, A/V and other storage-intensive applications.
At NAB 2017 Las Vegas, G-Technology announced an upgrade to the popular G-DRIVE mobile USB-C and G-DRIVE slim SSD USB-C portable drives to add support for Thunderbolt 3 technology, delivering faster interface speeds and expanding external storage options for the latest computers. The new drives enable faster workflow solutions and help meet the demanding data requirements of today’s video editors and photographers.
To format your g-technology hard drive in windows, just type format g: /fs:NTFS /p:1 in Command Prompt, then wait patiently until the process is 100% completed. During the format, all sectors on the drive will be wiped and zeroes will be written to every sector of the hard drive.
Erasing
If your G-Technology hard drive starts making clicking sounds, or becomes very hot, it may indicate a hardware problem. It will also fail to show up in your disk utility, and you may be able to smell burning from the PCB (Printed Circuit Board). This indicates that there is electrical damage on the drive or in the circuitry that connects it to the computer. In this case, you should remove the drive and contact us immediately.
G-Technology is a brand under Western Digital that offers various external storage devices for both macOS and Windows. Its most famous series of drives include the G-Drive external hard drive and the G-SPEED family of external solid state drives. The company’s limited warranty covers repair or replacement of the product, transportation prepaid. However, it does not cover data loss. For this reason, it is important to backup your data regularly.
The best way to recover deleted files from a G-Technology external hard drive is to use a third-party software program, such as Wondershare Recoverit. The software can recover lost files from a G-Technology hard drive and save them back to your computer.