Hello George, Reformatting drives is done with the Disk Utility application, but before you reformat your drive, or erase your partition, you might want to try doing some troubleshooting.
Here's the link to the Apple Knowledge Base article on Time Machine: Troubleshooting backup issues: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3275 I think there's probably more information in the Take Control of Backing Up You Mac eBook guide, if you have this (one of the perquisites of being a list member is the 80% discount in buying any of the Take Control Guides). HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 16, 2013, at 10:43 AM, George Cham wrote: > I am having a issue with my time machine backup . > I’m getting a message saying that the backup failed . > What i would like to do is reformat the external drive and start again . > I can’t find the option in system preferences to do this . > > > George Cham > george.c...@mac-access.net > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
