Not a waste, just glad you were able to accomplish the goal. If you had been unable to format that drive, I would have wanted to know who made the thing so I could avoid it. :) Just ask if you have other questions and I'll do my best to answer them or make something up that sounds really good. :) On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:54 PM, Brett Campbell wrote:
> > I apologize for waisting your time. I didn't explore enough and hit > the erase available space, rather than moving across a couple more > buttons to the erase. I'm learning new stuff today. Hoping to > figure out the partition concept now. > > Thanks, > > Brett > > On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:25 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Now that is a new one for me. I have not encountered this problem. >> What brand/model drive is this? Wish I had something more useful to >> offer you. >> On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: >> >>> >>> Yes, I also tried formatting without the extra security. As far >>> as I >>> know, the drive doesn't have any partitions, I haven't added any >>> anyway. I am selecting the name of the drive in the discs table. >>> The >>> information shown for the disc shows 1 TB, so I assume the entire >>> drive is being formatted. I'm wondering if a drive can be locked >>> to a >>> particular format. I don't receive any error message. During the >>> erase, everything is dimmed as you would expect, including the popup >>> button that says Mac OS Extended Journal. When the process is >>> complete, the popup button is back on Phat 32. Upon further >>> inspection of the drive on the desktop, using command I, the drive >>> is >>> indeed still Phat 32. >>> Thanks for your response. >>> >>> Brett C. >>> >>> On Nov 6, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Have you tried just formatting without the "seven times"? Are you >>>> selecting the drive or the volume. In other words your formatting >>>> the >>>> drive and not any of the partitions on the drive correct? >>>> On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I'm having trouble formatting an external USB 1 TB drive. It's >>>>> currently phat 32. I'm wanting to format to Mac OS Extended >>>>> Journal >>>>> to use it for Time machine for three different Macs. >>>>> So far, I've opened Disc Utility, selected the drive in the >>>>> column, >>>>> selected the erase tab, selected Mac OS Extended Journal from the >>>>> popup button, hit the erase button and selected 7 times in the >>>>> security window. Disc Utility then goes through the process. >>>>> When >>>>> the process is complete, the drive is still formatted with PHAT >>>>> 32. >>>>> I've gone through the process twice. >>>>> This is my first time formatting an external drive, so if I'm >>>>> missing >>>>> something, I'd appreciate feedback. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Brett >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
