Hi all,
I am a new convert, and I have two external HD that I would like to re-format using disk utility and formatting in the MS_DOS mode.
My problem:
When I connect the external drive to the mac a screen pops up and tell me the drive is unrecognizable and ask me if I wait to initialize it. I do that and the drive shows up in the disk utility screen. I select the drive, select the ms-dos format select the title and hit erase. Then an are you sure screen pops up and I hit erase again.
Then nothing happens: about 2 minutes go by and a spinning pinwheel looking think pops up and sits there. Two hours later the same thing, a progress bar never shows up and the drive is doing nothing.
Additional info:
hd: 240 gb
usb 2.0, no fire wire
usb is running through a powered usb 2.0 hub (but tried it w/o hub too)
I am a new convert, and I have two external HD that I would like to re-format using disk utility and formatting in the MS_DOS mode.
My problem:
When I connect the external drive to the mac a screen pops up and tell me the drive is unrecognizable and ask me if I wait to initialize it. I do that and the drive shows up in the disk utility screen. I select the drive, select the ms-dos format select the title and hit erase. Then an are you sure screen pops up and I hit erase again.
Then nothing happens: about 2 minutes go by and a spinning pinwheel looking think pops up and sits there. Two hours later the same thing, a progress bar never shows up and the drive is doing nothing.
Additional info:
hd: 240 gb
usb 2.0, no fire wire
usb is running through a powered usb 2.0 hub (but tried it w/o hub too)