Hi, When in Disk Utility, select the name of the actual HD, not the volume that exists on it. It may say something like 2 TB WD blah blah blah. Stop interacting with the table and select the Partition tab instead. Set the number of partitions to one, set the format to XFAT or whatever you prefer, then press the Apply button. That should do it.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jan 29, 2015, at 17:08, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: > > somehow I set it as a partition so the erase failed because the media kit > doesn’t think I have a partition. how do I fix this? >> On Jan 29, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> First you need to Interact with the Disk selection table, navigate to the >> external HD, stop interacting with the Table, select the Erase tab, change >> the format to XFAT, give the volume a name other than Untitled, press the >> Erase button and confirm that you really want to do that. >> >> Let it do it’s thing and you’re all set. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 16:48, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> what is the process called for doing this? I see first aid, erase, made or >>> rate or something like that and restore. I set it to the format I want but >>> I can’t figure out how to activate it. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Lorie >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
