Hi, I'm trying to format my external harddrive with disk utility to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) but it keeps coming up with this error.
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Can't format external harddrive
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Here's the proposed solution to your problem
http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/blog/‘file-system-formatter-failed’-mac-error/
http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/blog/‘file-system-formatter-failed’-mac-error/