Can't format external harddrive

[djstarrock]

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.

 

[Insulin Junkie]

Here's the proposed solution to your problem
http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/blog/‘file-system-formatter-failed’-mac-error/

 

[djstarrock]

Thanks, that fixed it.