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Problem formatting seagate external drive
I just bought a seagate Freeagent pro 1TB esata, I deleted the Mac insaller on it by mistake.
I then went to Seagate’s site and they gave me a code and sent me to a link to download the installer.
This I did and ran the installer, it didn’t seem to change how the Seagae was formatted (FAT32), so I then ran the disk utility ‘erase’ format to Mac OS extended (journaled).
The disk utility has been running all night (10 hours) and next to the blue strobing progress bar, there is a message saying,
newfs_hfs: /dev/rdisk2s1: partition size not a multiple of 4k
So I’m wondering is this normal, should it take this long and when’s it going to complete the task?
Many thanks.
aka Newbie Wan Kenewbie. “I will get over my manualaphobia, one day at a time.”
System
Mac Pro 2.8Gb quad core
8Gb RAM
1x 320Gb 7200 hardrive
1x 1Tb 7200 hardrive
Nvidia Geforce 8800 512mb Graphics card
1x 1Tb external Seagate FreeAgent eSataEquipment
Panasonic AG-HVX 200
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I have the same problem but with a wd have you found a solution?
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Yes my problem was that the drive I was sold was not for mac format and so therefore could not be formatted in anything other than FAT 32.
I have since bought a WD my book 1tb esata, this is specifically for mac and comes formatted mac os journaled.
However to get it working properly I have had to partition it (one partition) and via the options button formatted it in the GUID format which is for intel based Macs. This seems to have sorted out the problems I’ve been having.
I also needed to update the drivers for my Lacie PCI esata card.
HOpe this helps.
aka Newbie Wan Kenewbie. “I will get over my manualaphobia, one day at a time.”
System
Mac Pro 2.8Gb quad core
8Gb RAM
1x 320Gb 7200 hardrive
1x 1Tb 7200 hardrive
Nvidia Geforce 8800 512mb Graphics card
1x 1Tb external Seagate FreeAgent eSataEquipment
Panasonic AG-HVX 200
Firestore FS-100
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